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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 …
Harvard College Outlines Fall Options—with Instruction Remaining Remote
Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean Claudine Gay today outlined the three planning scenarios for how Harvard College might operate for the fall 2020 semester —from “minimal” to “moderate” to “full” residential density—and the health and safety hurdles …
Note to Readers
Lydialyle Gibson joined the masthead last autumn as a writer and editor. One of the features she wrote for the University of Chicago’s magazine, her prior perch, has justly been recognized as the best alumni-magazine article of 2015—the highest accolade …
Issue: September-October 2016
Diversifying Diet
Diversifying one’s assets is useful not only in finance but also in diet, according to an October study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). Though not many people have heard of the “portfolio diet”—consisting of plant-based foods …
Issue: May-June 2024
Harvard Medalists
Five alumni—Charles J. “Charlie” Egan Jr. ’54, Michael E.A. Gellert ’53, Thomas W. Lentz Jr., Ph.D. ’85, Sandra Ohrn Moose, Ph.D. ’68, and Robert D. Reischauer ’63—received the 2015 Harvard Medal for “extraordinary service to the University” on May 28, …
Issue: July-August 2015
Harvard Seeks Partner for Enterprise Research Campus
On Friday, The Harvard Allston Land Company (HALC ), the entity responsible for developing the University’s “Enterprise Research Campus” (ERC) commercial zone, plans to send a request for proposal (RFP) to developers nationwide. [ Corrected June 14, …
Re-naming Lowell House?
As they prepared to assume the faculty deanship of the renovated Lowell House last summer, David Laibson and Nina Zipser announced they would relocate certain portraits—notably that of Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Harvard’s president from 1909 to 1933 , …
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
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
Seeking the First Speakers of Indo-European Language
A new study of ancient DNA from 727 individuals who lived in the regions cradling the southern half of the Black Sea, and extending into the Levant and western Iran, narrows the hunt for the origins of Indo-European languages—spoken today as a first …
Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2024 candidate slates for the Board of Overseers (one of the University’s two governing boards) and the HAA’s own elected directors. Balloting is open from April 1 through May 14, …
Issue: May-June 2024
A Harvard Senior’s Call to the Home Front
I submitted my senior thesis the day before undergraduate Armageddon. Monday, March 9, five days before spring break. I stood on the steps of Widener Library holding the 108 double-spaced pages I spent the past year writing and smiled for the traditional …
Virtually Perfect
Summer is different this year thanks to COVID-19. But even though we can’t gather, shop, or dine in person doesn’t mean we can’t keep busy. We just have to be creative. These slower, languid days are ideal for home improvements. If you’ve decided to …
Issue: July-August 2020
Football: Harvard 45-Princeton 13
When Andy Aurich was introduced last winter as the new Thomas Stephenson family head coach for Harvard football, there was an undercurrent of grumbling, not only that he had never been a head coach before, but perhaps even more about his pedigree: Aurich …
When Fantasy Isn’t Enough
Ever since documentarian Lance Oppenheim ’19 first heard of The Villages, as a child growing up in south Florida, he’d been intrigued by the place. Often referred to as “Disneyland for seniors,” it is a sprawling retirement community with more than …
Issue: March-April 2021