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Seafaring America
“There are people who come to Mystic just so they can get stuck in traffic at the drawbridge,” says historian Nancy Steenburg ’72, a resident of the picturesque Connecticut town since 1980. The captivating bascule bridge that connects to the village …
Issue: July-August 2022
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2012-2013 Fellows
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study announced the 51 fellows who will be in residence during part or all of the next academic year. Among them are these Harvard faculty members and their projected work during their fellowships: I. Glenn Cohen, …
Tuning Pianos with Mariana Quinn
“In 1999, I was like, ‘I’m going to be a storm chaser,’” says Harvard’s lead piano technician Mariana Quinn, who oversees the maintenance of the University’s more than 200 pianos. Although her father was a piano technician and musician, she had no desire …
Issue: July-August 2022
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 …
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, …
How Will Regulation Evolve Around AI and Data Protection?
Bruce Schneier is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, called a "security guru" by the Economist. He is the New York Times bestselling author of 14 books, including A …
Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences Receives $400-Million Endowment Gift
John A. Paulson, M.B.A. ’80, has given a $400-million endowment gift to Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)—the largest in University history, and the second enormous endowment gift, which bears naming rights, to a Harvard school …
Overseer and HAA Director Members Elected
The University announced today the newly elected members of the Board of Overseers (one of Harvard’s two governing boards), who assume their roles May 24, and directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), whose terms begin July 1. They were chosen by …
“Seeking Strange Flowers”
As tales of adventure go , his had it all: treacherous passages through snow-covered mountains; escapes from gun-wielding marauders; grand dinners alongside tribal princes; and religious rituals virtually unknown to the outside world. In 1924, Harvard …
Issue: September-October 2015
How to Create Your Springtime Oasis
Designers are seeing a trend: After two years at home during the pandemic, people want to transform living spaces into sanctuaries. Whether you’re in the mood for a complete overhaul or just impactful adjustments, local experts have ideas. Sam Kachmar of …
Issue: March-April 2022
Goldie Named Director of Harvard Institute for Global Health
Sue J. Goldie , Lee professor of public health and director of the Center for Health Decision Science at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), is the new faculty director of the Harvard Institute for Global Health (HIGH), President Drew Faust …
Victor Clay
On Victor Clay’ s twenty-first birthday, in 1984, came a knock at the door. “You want to be a deputy sheriff? Be downtown in two hours.” The Olympics were coming to Los Angeles, his future wife had taken a corporate job, and this was how Clay, who’d been …
Issue: September-October 2022
Private Equity and the Practice of Medicine
Is private equity monetizing medicine at patients’ expense? According to associate professor of health care policy and medicine Zirui Song and other Harvard researchers, patients in hospitals owned by private equity firms suffered significantly more …
Issue: May-June 2024
Brevia
Her Honor, Honored The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, L ’59, LL.D. ’11, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, returns to campus to receive the Radcliffe Medal on Radcliffe Day, May 29. The ceremony will be preceded by a panel on the Roberts Supreme …
Issue: March-April 2015
Numbers Game
Although the College has developed the roster of courses for the reenvisioned General Education portion of undergraduates’ curriculum , debuting this coming fall semester, a final piece of the puzzle remains. Alongside three divisional distribution …