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Blanche Calloway, Cab’s Enterprising Older Sister
Before swing-era singer, actor, and bandleader Cab Calloway was a household name, he wasn’t even the biggest name in his household. That distinction went to Blanche Calloway, his vocalist older sister and the first woman to lead an all-male jazz …
Issue: May-June 2022
Extracurriculars
Seasonal The Farmers’ Market at Harvard www.dining.harvard.edu/flp/ag_market.html These outdoor markets emphasizing fresh, local foods and regional purveyors run through October 25. In Cambridge: Tuesdays, noon-6 p.m. Corner of Oxford and Kirkland …
Issue: September-October 2011
The Return of History
On the day Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, historian Serhii Plokhy was on sabbatical in Vienna, researching a new book about Chernobyl. He’d spent weeks sifting through documents in the archives of the International Atomic Energy …
Issue: September-October 2023
U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik Removed from IOP Advisory Committee
U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik ’06 (R-N.Y.) has been removed from the senior advisory committee of the Harvard Kennedy School’s (HKS) Institute of Politics, HKS dean Doug Elmendorf wrote in an announcement today. “Elise has made public assertions …
A Thumb on the Scale
In February 2004 , when Harvard allotted an additional $2 million per year in scholarship funds for undergraduates from families with incomes of $60,000 or less, the College estimated that 73.9 percent of matriculants came from the highest socioeconomic …
Issue: May-June 2005
Harvard’s Endowment to Go “Greenhouse-Gas Neutral” by 2050
Harvard’s endowment will become greenhouse-gas (GHG) neutral by 2050, University president Lawrence Bacow announced in an email to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) today, one day before the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day. “With this commitment, …
Chris Pratt Is Man of the Year
After announcing last week that Amy Poehler will be Woman of the Year , yet another Parks and Recreation actor—comedian Chris Pratt—will take center stage in Farkas Hall as the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year, the group announced today. “We vehemently deny …
Precedent-Setting Presidential Search
The search for a successor to President Lawrence H. Summers will involve expanded outreach to the Harvard community. In a March 30 news release, the University announced that, consistent with past practice, the Corporation had formed a search committee …
Issue: May-June 2006
News Briefs
Toward a Fossil-Fuel-Free Future President Drew Faust announced on February 6 that Harvard would “seek to become fossil fuel free” by 2050—meeting energy needs sustainably and setting goals for purchased services that “rely as little as possible on fossil …
John S. Rosenberg , Marina N. Bolotnikova
Issue: May-June 2018
The Supreme Court Affirmative Action Rulings: An Analysis
Editor’s note: Harvard Magazine asked contributing editor Lincoln Caplan, a leading legal-affairs journalist, to analyze the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action in college admissions. For almost half a century , race-conscious admissions have …
Cambridge Scholars
Four seniors have won Harvard Cambridge Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2014-2015 academic year. Eric Cervini, of Round Rock, Texas, and Lowell House, a history concentrator, will be the Lionel De Jersey Harvard Scholar at …
Issue: July-August 2014
Shedding Light on Life
The scenes are familiar from biology textbooks. A long string of DNA is copied to form a matching strand. A virus infects a cell by stealing through its membrane. Two white blood cells meet and confer before launching an immune attack. In textbooks, all …
Issue: May-June 2008
How Harvard Profited On Keeping Time
Today, most people don’t think much about the accuracy of clocks. A functioning cell phone displays the correct time right away, no effort needed. But in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, coordinating clocks across the world was complicated and …
Issue: September-October 2021
Harvard Students Protest Supreme Court Ruling
Two days after the U.S. Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action in higher education admissions, Harvard Yard transformed into a rallying ground. Led by the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard, more than 100 students, alumni, and members of the …
A Bumper Crop in the National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine has elected 100 new members including a dozen Harvard faculty affiliates—an unusually large cohort, and more evidence of the University’s prowess in medicine, life sciences, and public health—plus a couple of other …