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The Founders

If you were told that an emeritus professor at Harvard had decided to stitch together several of his recent public lectures and publish them as...

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ONLY IN AMERICA "Simple Hosts" (January-February, page 48) was most enlightening.Author Patricia Thomas achieved a journalistic tour...

A Rush from Olympus

This isn't their first team effort, not by a long shot. "For so many years, they have spent so much time on the same sheet of ice together that...

by Craig Lambert

Iron and Silk

Half an academic year into his service as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), William C. Kirby uses his first annual letter to set...

Harvard's Hammond

Mason Hammond '25, G '32, LL.D. '94, Pope professor of the Latin language and literature emeritus, died on October 13, 2002, four months short...

Eleanor Rathbone

Seventy years ago, on April 13, 1933, a debate took place in the House of Commons over how the British government should respond to the new Nazi...

The Road to Romance

"I'm at that age where I'm crossing the threshold from high-school-fantasy concepts of romance to the brutal, painful, hopeless world of adult...

by Nell Porter-Brown

Testosterone Dips after Vows

Beer-guzzling frat boys, catcalling construction workers, and muscle-bound professional wrestlers who prance like peacocks in the ring are...

Zvon Song?

According to the Moscow Times, the monks of the Danilov Monastery in Moscow are preparing a formal petition to Harvard for the return of the...

Accidental Academics

(Please note that I should not be writing this column: I have a thesis chapter due on Thursday and pages to go before I sleep...) Harvard...

by Garrett M. Graff

A "Down Payment" on Financial Aid

The university has created new scholarships, launched a dedicated fundraising drive, and unveiled a low-cost loan program to assist graduate-...

The Originals

During a late-night bull session at Winthrop House in 1965, Harvard undergraduates Jeff C. Tarr '66 and Vaughan Morrill '66 dreamed up what was...

by Nell Porter-Brown