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Mame-loshn at Harvard
Harvard professor Ruth Wisse conveys the joys of Yiddish and finds in its literature a provocative case for a strong Israel.
Tenure and Gender
A tenure review, normally among the most discreet of Harvard procedures, erupted into loud, public controversy this spring. President Neil L. Rudenstine's…
Umm Kulthum Ibrahim
Brief life of "the star of the East": 1904?-1975
Dividing Lines
Fresh perspectives on Americans' persistent disagreements about race.
A Formidable Woman
Mary Fasano, A.A.E. '93, addressed the Extension School on June 5.
From Lonely to Alone
Until the night before I left for winter break my first year, Harvard was enchanted. The people were winged, the ideas were utopian, the Yard was sylvan bliss. But that night, Harvard gave up another side of itself: its loneliness.
by Miriam Udel