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Cutting Costs
With budgets tightening around Harvard (see the profile of new financial vice president Ann E. Berman), President Lawrence H. Summers has put...
Conquest of the Air
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...
Estimable Seniors
Every year, Harvard College unleashes some 1,600 fresh graduates, all full of the potential to bring their considerable education, talents, and...
Yesterday's News
1923 Samuel M. Scott, A.B. 1886, questions "the rapid increase in membership" at the College and its impact on quality and efficiency. Scott...
Gravity's Riddle
Ever since the fabled apple fell before Isaac Newton, gravity has posed enigmas. Along with electromagnetism and the strong and weak forces that...
Winter Sports
The icewomen (30-3-1 overall, 15-0-1 ECAC) skated one of their best teams ever, and were ranked first in the nation for most of the year. They...
Stemming the Applications Flood
Harvard College will henceforth require that early-action applicants for admission not apply early elsewhere. Students admitted early to...
Affirmative Amicus
Continuing a long tradition of University leadership on diversity in admissions, Harvard filed an amicus curiae brief in the University of...
Mortarboards and Hardhats
The crowning events of Commencement take place in Tercentenary Theatre and the Old Yard the epicenter of Harvard's traditional campus...
The Senior Marshals
Photograph by Stu Rosner The senior marshals, looking ahead to Commencement 2003, are: (clockwise from top left) first marshal...
Open Book
Poet and literary figure John Hall Wheelock '08 (1886-1978) was an editor at Charles Scribner's Sons for 46 years, working with Hemingway...
HAA News
Comings and Goings Local Harvard clubs host numerous lectures and social gatherings throughout the year. What follows is a list of some of the...