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Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet’s poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” a favorite at weddings, is one of the most anthologized examples of...

Kidding Around

Marc Goldberg ’79 is treasurer of the Varsity Club, a trustee of the Harvard Yearbook, and a season-ticket holder of the Harvard football...

by Nell Porter-Brown

Scripted from Life

For screenwriter Keir Pearson ’89, success and social consciousness have gone hand in hand. His first script, Hotel Rwanda, co-written...

Driving Birds Away

If you were a bobolink thinking about breeding, you would avoid laying your eggs within three-quarters of a mile of either side of a busy...

by Christopher Reed

Chords of Revolution

Fred Ho ’79 has never owned a car, nor is he “married with children.” No boss dictates his workday, and he buys very little.

by Nell Porter-Brown

University People

Garrett M. Graff Courtesy of Garrett M. Graff Susan Dackerman Justin Ide / Harvard News Office Crimson blogsphere. Two Harvard...

At Odds

A sharp debate on University leadership and an unprecedented vote

Texts and speeches referenced in "At Odds"

Full texts of many of the speeches and statements referred to in this article...

The Events of the Week

The many rituals of graduation peak on Commencement day, which this year includes addresses by President Lawrence H. Summers and actor John A...

The Senior Marshals

The senior marshals, looking ahead to Commencement 2005, are: (clockwise from top left) first marshal Caleb Franklin, of Leverett House and Los...

Off the Shelf

Saving Higher Education in the Age of Money, by James Engell ’73, Ph.D. ’78, Gurney professor of English and professor of...

Puritan Party Time

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Of making books about Harvard there is no end, and...