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Morton J. Horowitz reviews "Becoming Justice Bllackmun," by Linda Greenhouse
Few Supreme Court justices, after their appointments, have drastically changed their fundamental views of law and life. Most justtices, after...
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Medalists
Each June, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the...
Harvard Medalists
Three alumni were publicly thanked by President Lawrence H. Summers for their exceptional service to the University during the HAA’s...
Global,
In his afternoon address, President Lawrence H. Summers focused on “perhaps the defining development of our time,” the...
A Notable Dean
The appointment of Thomas professor of government and sociology Theda Skocpol as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)...
Brief biographical sketch of poet Elizabeth Bishop
By the time Elizabeth Bishop settled into her apartment on the Boston waterfront, in recently refurbished Lewis Wharf, it was 1974. She was 63...
Recruiting Redux
The Supreme Court is set to consider how military recruiting may be conducted on campuses when the armed forces’ “Don’t ask...
Memory Retrieved
Novelist and teacher of writing Nicholas Delbanco ’63 explores a box in the attic in one of nine essays, “In Defense of...
Cambridge 02138
AT ODDS I was dismayed to see the Faculty of Arts and Sciences mounting their protests against President Lawrence H. Summers’s suggestion...
Largiantur Donatores
The University had received $493 million in donations through May 31 of the fiscal year, according to University Treasurer James F. Rothenberg...
An American in Paris
More students are venturing abroad, for term or summer study or other experiences, with the College’s encouragement. The first of two...
Honoris Causa
Two women and six men received honorary degrees at Harvard’s 354th Commencement. Provost Steven E. Hyman introduced them to the...