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Football: Harvard 38, Yale 19
On Saturday at the Yale Bowl, Justice was swift. Justice was sure-footed. Justice was elusive. Justice prevailed. With magical wide receiver Justice Shelton-Mosley ’19 scoring three touchdowns, Harvard defeated Yale 38-19 to win The Game for the ninth …
Reviving Black Classical Music
In the mid-1850s, a blind, enslaved boy sat down at his owner’s piano in Columbus, Georgia. After mimicking the pieces he’d heard others play, “Blind Tom” Wiggins started composing classical music. A few years later, when Wiggins was eight, his owner …
Issue: November-December 2023
Special Gifts
IMPACT | OPPORTUNITES | TESTIMONIALS As Harvard University pursues exciting opportunities—from the arts and engineering sciences to ever-wider international engagement— Harvard Magazine is committed to responding with coverage, providing …
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 …
Thinking Archaically
Romolo Del Deo ’82 knew his sculpting career was going well. In his opinion, perhaps too well—unsustainably well. He was teaching at Harvard shortly after graduating himself, receiving grants, winning awards. The whole “system” of academic art seemed to …
Issue: January-February 2024
A Presidency’s End
Claudine Gay’s truncated 185-day term as Harvard’s thirtieth president came undone with astonishing speed from October 7—when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, setting this and other campuses aboil—through her resignation on January 2 (see …
Issue: March-April 2024
Hammonds Named Dean of the College
Evelynn M. Hammonds, the senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity, will be the next dean of Harvard College, the University announced today. Hammonds, who is Rosenkrantz professor of the history of science and of African and African …
Capital Costs
The dimensions of Harvard’s current building boom—readily obvious to sidewalk superintendents along Memorial Drive at Western Avenue (graduate-student housing), across from Mather House (ditto), behind the Science Center (physical sciences and …
Issue: March-April 2006
Bake at 375
Joanne Chang ’91, owner of the three Flour Bakery + Café venues in Boston, will create the birthday cake for Harvard's 375th birthday party on October 14. Chang, profiled in Harvard Magazine' s Montage section in 2008, recently spoke at an event for the …
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Scarcity and Poverty “The Science of Scarcity” (May-June) presents important insights into the psychology of poverty. But—unless I missed something—it seems to make a jump from the discovery that poverty leads to bad choices, to encouraging better choices …
Issue: July-August 2015
Save the Date: President Gay Installation
P resident-elect Claudine Gay, who assumes office July 1 , will be formally installed on Friday, September 29, the Office of the University Marshal announced today . No further details are available yet, but in this digital age, the posting of the news …
A Championship—and Seasons Cut Short
A fter College administrators informed students that they must move out of their dorms by 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 15, Harvard Athletics began to make its own cancellations—a necessary response, but a brutal blow to athletes, coaches, and staff. On …
Issue: May-June 2020
Fed Chair Janet Yellen to Receive Radcliffe Medal
FEDERAL RESERVE chair Janet Yellen will receive the Radcliffe Medal and speak to guests at the Radcliffe Day luncheon on May 27, during Commencement week. The event will feature remarks from former Fed chair Ben Bernanke ’75 on Yellen’s contributions to …
Senior Fellow William Lee on Harvard’s Strategic Challenges
The University’s governance reforms, unveiled in late 2010 , expanded the size of the Harvard Corporation, enabling it to broaden the range of expertise among its members and thereby populate newly created standing committees for better oversight of …
Faculty Meeting, Part 2
The meeting continued the faculty meeting of February 15, with open discussion of the University's administration. Speakers' prepared texts are provided here, or, where they spoke without a text or did not provide one, a summary account …