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Douglas W. Elmendorf Appointed Harvard Kennedy School Dean
Douglas W. Elmendorf, Ph.D. ’89, who concluded his service as director of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO—read his vita here) in March, has been named dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, effective in January. The time between the departure of …
“Let Us Be Courageous Together”
On the eve of her installation as the thirtieth president, the Harvard Gazette asked Claudine Gay about the most significant possibilities she saw before the University she now leads. Alluding to her remarks last December 15 , when her election was …
Issue: November-December 2023
Filmmaker Robert Gardner Dies at 88
Robert Gardner ’48, A.M. ’58, the noted anthropological filmmaker who founded the Harvard Film Study Center, has died of cardiac arrest at age 88, as The New York Times and The Boston Globe have reported. Gardner taught filmmaking in the department of …
Honoring a Life with Birds
Growing up in Cambridge and wandering the wilds of Fresh Pond in the late 1800s, William Brewster scanned the trees and shoreline for signs of fluttering wings, listening for even the faintest peeps, tweets, and coos of avifauna. “It’s a phenomenon among …
Issue: July-August 2022
The Climate Connection between Campus and Home
Often, when we think about the reach of the climate crisis on campus, we think about protests, discussions, and groups like Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard, where I’m an organizer. But for a lot of us in the Harvard community, the climate crisis isn’t confined …
Issue: May-June 2023
Engineering a School’s Future
One hundred days into his new position as dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and after consultation with faculty members in the school and across the University, Francis “Frank” J. Doyle III shared …
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Issue: January-February 2016
The National Academy Elects Eight Harvard Professors
The National Academy of Sciences has elected 120 new members , including eight Harvard professors, drawn principally from the medical and mathematics faculties—but also including a recent Nobel laureate in economics. The new members are: Dennis Gaitsgory, …
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Infrastructure and Olympics I have long felt that a large, modern city cannot function efficiently without free public transportation (see “Why Can’t We Move?” by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, July-August, page 42). The key words here are “efficiently” and …
Issue: September-October 2015
Harvardians Short-listed for National Book Awards
University affiliates were named finalists in all four National Book Award categories today. In nonfiction, Kemper professor of American history Jill Lepore was nominated for Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin. A Bancroft Prize winner …
Claudine Gay in First Post-Presidency Appearance
On Wednesday morning, former Harvard president Claudine Gay addressed the Harvard community publicly for the first time since her resignation. Gay spoke in Appleton Chapel as part of the daily Morning Prayers service. She recounted a story about her …
Better-than-Balanced Books
Faster revenue growth , plus expenses rising at almost the same rate, yielded an operating surplus of $43.6 million for Harvard’s fiscal year ended June 30, up slightly from the $36.8 million surplus reported for 2004. In reviewing the latter results a …
Issue: November-December 2005
Classifieds FAQs
Do you have any advertising tips? What categories do you offer? How much does a classified ad cost? What are your deadlines? How do I get started? How do I know if my ad is working? I am ready to place my ad. What do I do now? What if I want to place an …
Aloian Memorial Scholars
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has named Fariba Mahmud ’22, of Winthrop House, and Courtney Rabb ’22, of Eliot House, as the 2021 David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholars for thoughtful leadership and enriching the quality of life in their Houses. …
Issue: November-December 2021
Listen Up
On a clear day last March movers hoisted the Steinway & Sons concert grand piano out of a second-story window at Groton’s Kalliroscope Gallery and swung it high into the air. The nine-foot-long, 1,000-pound instrument, wrapped and roped for the ride, …
Issue: September-October 2022
Dominica’s “Bouyon” Star
On a Tuesday night in February, thousands of revelers paraded through Roseau, the capital of the Caribbean island of Dominica. Some wore the extravagant feather headpieces and sequinned outfits of the day’s costume bands. It was the last night of …
Issue: May-June 2024