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Marty Baron Named Harvard Commencement Speaker
Martin (“Marty”) Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post since 2013, will be the principal speaker at the afternoon exercises for Harvard’s 369th Commencement ceremonies, scheduled for May 28, in Tercentenary Theatre. At the Post , according to …
“Once Upon a Time” in Translation
Most American kids have probably never heard of Tonke Dragt’s The Letter for the King —a fantasy tale of good and evil, feuding kingdoms, and a questing teenage squire named Tiuri—but for millions of Dutch readers the book is a childhood classic, akin to …
Issue: November-December 2015
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Harvard and Liberal Arts I am responding to Brian Rosenberg’s “Is Harvard Complacent?” (September-October, page 47). I appreciate his perspective, but I do not share it, at least with regard to Harvard College. He addresses whether studying English, for …
Issue: November-December 2021
Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Debt Deal
Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean Michael D. Smith used his annual report to colleagues for the 2016-2017 academic year, being released today, to highlight an academic initiative focused on inequality in America; update data on the faculty’s makeup; …
Brevia
Journalism’s Decline What befell the print news media during the digital transition? John Huey, former editor in chief of Time Inc.; Martin Nisenholtz, former senior vice president of digital operations at The New York Times Company; and Paul Sagan, …
Issue: November-December 2013
Harvard Graduates Leave No One Behind
THROUGHOUT HIS TWO DEPLOYMENTS TO AFGHANISTAN as an Air Force officer, Phil Caruso, J.D.-M.B.A. ’19, worked closely with an Afghan informant who collected information on behalf of the United States, risking his life in the process. “He was the most …
Issue: May-June 2022
Underpinning Public Service
The University today announced a $15-million gift, from Eric M. Mindich ’88 and Stacey Mindich, to support public-service-oriented experiential learning in undergraduate courses and a fellowship program for College students interested in public service. …
Can Harvard Advance Social Justice and Inclusion?
Elite universities have been challenged to confront social justice, and particularly racism, on their campuses—a challenge that has been expressed, at Harvard and peer schools, by loud and frequently mocked student protests. The controversy over racist …
Football: Harvard 53, Brown 27
Memo to the Brown University football team: When it’s the third quarter, you’re facing a fourth down and 50 yards to go, and you snap the ball out of the end zone for a safety that raises your deficit to 39-0—it might not be your night. In a game that was …
Bacow on Biden’s Agenda, Harvard Policing
In a flurry of activity just before Harvard begins its extended winter recess December 21, President Lawrence S. Bacow wrote a letter to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. urging U.S. policies more welcoming to international students and scholars after …
A Far Cry Nominated for Grammy Award
The debut album from Crier Records, the record label of the chamber orchestra A Far Cry ( profiled in our January/February issue ), has been nominated for a Grammy Award. Dreams and Prayers is the only member of its category, Best Chamber Music/Small …
Great Trepidations
Beginning in late summer (I think , but can’t be sure about the dates--I deleted the e-mails from my in-box before deleting them from my trash, working as thoroughly as if they had been electronic vampires), and then with increasing desperation throughout …
Issue: May-June 2010
Finding Harlem
Vera Ingrid Grant , director of Harvard’s Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African-American Art , notes that the name “Harlem” evokes many different visions. Some people recall the landmarks central to the Harlem Renaissance, like the Apollo Theater …
The Events of the Week
The many rituals of graduation peak on Commencement day, which this year includes addresses by President Lawrence H. Summers and PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer. For updates, visit www.harvardmagazine.com or www.commencementoffice.harvard.edu . Commencement …
Issue: May-June 2006
Adam Falk Address to PBK
The Price of the Pin, Adam Falk, Harvard Literary Exercises, May 23, 2023 It’s truly an honor to have been invited to offer some remarks at this august gathering. I’ve spoken in public more times than I can count, but I’ve never before been invited to …