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Building Boom

The University is on a building boom of sorts. The campus was transformed in the post-World War II era, extending itself outward and upward in...

Literary Warrior

The study where Mark Helprin writes his novels and short stories, essays, speeches, letters, and Wall Street Journal columns is a spectacular...

by Craig Lambert

The Dating Game

Since 1978, thousands of people have streamed into Tercentenary Theatre on an early Thursday in June, looking forward to the University’s...

Educating Women

In October, Thunder’s Mouth Press released Vaginas: An Owner’s Manual by Liz Topp ’98 and her mother...

Remarks at the FAS faculty meeting, March 15, 2005

Faculty members forwarded remarks to Harvard Magazine

FAS Faculty Meeting Summary (March 15, 2005)

In a remarkable meeting held on the Ides of March in the Loeb Drama Center, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) twice voted to register its lack of confidence in...

Return to Harvard Day

On April 13, alumni/ae of all classes, their spouses, and their high-school-aged offspring are welcome to visit the College to attend...

Money-Manager Transition

The University announced on January 11 that Jack R. Meyer, M.B.A. '69, president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company...

Winter Sports in Brief

Women's Ice Hockey The icewomen (11-6-2) revenged an early 3-2 road loss to Yale with an 11-2 blowout at home in January. Four of the team's six...

Reforming Social Security

The current discussion of ways to reform the U.S. Social Security retirement system is becoming increasingly polarized over the issue of...

Cilia in C-Major

In the human ear, it takes only a few millionths of a second from the time a sound wave vibrates the receiving "hair cells" to the...