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CFO for Tighter Times
The University's fiscal affairs are now in the hands of Ann E. Berman, who was appointed vice president for finance and chief financial officer...
The Purely Pragmatic University
American universities face exceptional opportunities and exceptional risks. Their research is needed more than ever, now that new scientific...
Harvard Calendar
SPECIAL. The annual ArtsFirst festival, showcasing more than 200 student performances of music, dance, and drama most of them free and...
Learned Linguist
A Nevada humanities award presented recently to William H. Jacobsen Jr. '53 recognized his contribution to the state's "living history."...
Stars, Bulls, and Bears
Picture an investor trying to decide which mutual fund will make the most of her retirement savings. As she reads prospectuses, the fine print...
Quick at the Plate
It came down to an esophagus-and-esophagus finish, but with friends cheering him on, Ian Walker '03 swallowed up the lead of a chomping Eagle...
Speak Memory
"Here I am, an old man in a dry month,/Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain," said T.S. Eliot '10 into the microphone. He was giving a...
Undergraduate Education Overseers
The committees charged with leading the Faculty of Arts and Sciences review of the undergraduate curriculum (see "College Studies...
The Events of the Week
The many rituals of graduation peak on Commencement day, which this year will include addresses delivered by President Lawrence H. Summers and...
Crimson Coincidence
Orville Wright's historic first flight lasted just 12 seconds. The Wright Flyer traveled 120 feet, a skip across the sand at Kitty Hawk's Kill...
Off the Shelf
The Crimson Letter: Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture, by Douglass Shand-Tucci '72 (St. Martin's, $25.95). After...
Vote Now
Vote NowTo be counted, all votes for Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors must be returned by noon on May 30. Results of...