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Honors in Full
This year's Harvard Alumni Association Award winners were publicly recognized on October 28, at the fall meeting of HAA directors. The following...
"Hell's Aardvarks" at 50
In the antediluvian days before e-mail, the Harvard Crimson's notice column published an alphabetical list announcing student events. Space...
Bruce Jenkins
As an undergraduate working for the New York University cinema studies department, Bruce Jenkins operated a technological device that has...
Thomas Forrest Kelly teaches about “First NIghts”—musical premieres
A look at Thomas Forrest Kelly’s Harvard Core course on five musical premieres
Fustiness in the Fine Arts Department
Fairfield Porter '28 was a realist painter in the midst of the abstract expressionist movement. He had an emotionally complex life. Although he...
Wired for Life
Forget the stereotypes of new technology being only for younger people. Seniors in growing numbers are exercising their mental muscles by...
The President's Grandfather
HARVARD HAS about 125 notable old clocks. Fifty came in 1943 from Grenville L. Winthrop, A.B. 1886, LL.B. '89 (who gave to the Fogg Art Museum...
Sisters in Thin Air
The tallest group of women ever to play basketball for Harvard is now on the court. They're not just high, but mighty: "This is potentially...
Beyond the Budget
"It was a very simple year." So Elizabeth C. Huidekoper, vice president for finance, characterizes Harvard's getting and spending for...
Harvard Then and Now: The Decade Detailed
Value of Endowment, Average Salaries, and other statistics; 1990 and 2000.
John Harvard
John Harvard's name is so familiar that it may come as a surprise to learn how much of a man of mystery he is. Most graduates of the university...
Fixing Medieval Wine
Every year, French wholesalers airlift cases of Beaujolais Nouveau worldwide so that wine shops can start selling bottles to the public on the...