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1911 Because more seniors wish to room in the Yard, the Corporation is likely to furnish the south entry of Thayer Hall with steam heat and...

Chapter & Verse

Dale Higbee hopes to learn the source of a comment by Archibald MacLeish: “We know all the answers; it’s the questions we...

Rethinking New Orleans

In the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush promised to “do what it takes” to help New Orleans’s residents...

Changing of the Guard

After almost three years of attentive service to alumni in general as Harvard Magazine’s class-notes editor, Lisa Rotondo Hampton...

Allston Planning Explained

A room in the Holyoke Center Arcade has been fitted out to help Harvard planners communicate the University’s aspirations for an Allston...

New Corporation member

Patricia A. King, J.D. ’69 was elected to the seven-member Harvard Corporation on December 4, succeeding Conrad K. Harper, J.D.

Presidential Priorities

President Lawrence H. Summers distributed a letter to the Harvard community setting forth key issues and priorities for the academic year...

Curricular review update

The Harvard College curricular review’s committee on general education published its report to the faculty,...

Generous Givers

Donations to the University totaled $590 million in the fiscal year ended June 30 — the second highest sum in Harvard’s history...

A Peak Experience

Douglas Brockmeyer ’82 comes in exactly where more risk-averse people head for safety. At work, he thrives as a pediatric neurosurgeon...

by Elizabeth S. Widdicombe

Faculty Filmmakers

“The people I work with here are the filmmakers I respect most in the world. To watch their work evolve and to have them watch my work...

Comings and Goings

University clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual gatherings. Following is a partial list of Harvard-affiliated speakers appearing at...