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Arts Transition
At a special dinner in May, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy Knowles ended his lighthearted remarks by presenting a pair of gifts...
Overseers Dis Gov
It is the disquieting habit of the compilers of the twenty-fifth-anniversary reports of College classes to publish a photograph of a class...
2001 Harvard honorary degrees
Three women and eight men received honorary degrees at Harvard's 350th Commencement. In order of presentation, the honorands were:...
Dorm of Bread and Honey
Several years ago, the Jordan residential cooperatives, adjacent to Radcliffe Quad at the intersection of Shepard and Walker Streets, became...
The Moral Leader
I met Neil Rudenstine for the first time on August 5, 1992. I was a partner in a Boston law firm, and a mutual friend had suggested that he talk...
Cogswell’s Grant rewards a visit
Warren M. "Renny" Little '55 and his siblings spent their childhood summers swimming in the Essex River on Boston's North Shore...
Locking Down Crime?
If a nation's crime rate is any measure of its gentility, the United States is getting downright civilized. From 1990 to 1999, crime--which for...
Woodruff Named ART Artistic Director
Robert Woodruff will succeed Robert Brustein as artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre (ART), President Neil L. Rudenstine...
Ball of Mystery
The United Fruit Company planted huge quantities of bananas in Costa Rica in the 1930s. Workers clearing tropical forests in the Diquís...
Wage Wrangling
The sit-in capped a two-year-old campaign organized by the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) and aimed at securing a standard minimum...
The Deadliest War
Drew Faust speaks on how the Civil War’s astounding death toll reshaped American society.