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Is the Law a Creature of Corporations?
How have corporations influenced the way law is taught, practiced, and discussed, as well as the very legal system itself? At a January 27-28 Harvard Law School conference, critics of contemporary law—students, attorneys, legal commentators, and public …
Claudine Gay in First Post-Presidency Appearance
On Wednesday morning, former Harvard president Claudine Gay addressed the Harvard community publicly for the first time since her resignation. Gay spoke in Appleton Chapel as part of the daily Morning Prayers service. She recounted a story about her …
What’s At Stake—Your Letters
Do not give in to Trump. Harvard has been a symbol of justifiable resistance to the current administration. Please remain strong! Dan Aron ’60 Austin, Tex. The right executive decision at the right moment would have begun at once lowering tensions between …
Harvard Men Edge Yale and Brown
Harvard Hardwood, the Harvard Magazine basketball report When Harvard men’s basketball coach Tommy Amaker arrived in Cambridge in 2007, he professed his excitement about making “history” by leading Harvard to its first Ivy League championship in men’s …
Dominica’s “Bouyon” Star
On a Tuesday night in February, thousands of revelers paraded through Roseau, the capital of the Caribbean island of Dominica. Some wore the extravagant feather headpieces and sequinned outfits of the day’s costume bands. It was the last night of …
Issue: May-June 2024
Harvard’s Honorary-Degree Recipients 2019
DURING THE MORNING EXERCISES of the 368th Commencement, on May 30, Harvard planned to confer honorary degrees on five men and four women—the first cohort of honorands to receive their degrees from the University’s new, twenty-ninth president, Lawrence …
Alumni Awards
The HAA Clubs and SIGs Committee Awards honor individuals who provide exemplary service to a Harvard Club or Shared Interest Group, as well as to clubs and SIGs that have organized exceptional programming. Awards were presented to the following recipients …
Issue: March-April 2010
Brevia
The Corporation Replenished Kenneth I. Chenault, J.D. ’76, and Karen Gordon Mills ’75, M.B.A. ’77, have been elected members of the Harvard Corporation, the senior governing board, effective July 1. They succeed retiring members Robert D. Reischauer ’63, …
Issue: May-June 2014
No Longer an “Ugly Step-Child”
On a bright Friday morning in September, a jackhammer bore down on the Mill Street pavement. All through the House, not a Winthrop student was stirring, insulated from the din by the 1,039 new double - paned windows. With their move into the renovated …
How Air Pollution Affects Our Brains
Emerging evidence shows that exposure to air pollution increases the incidence and progression of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurocognitive diseases , according to Francesca Dominici. She spoke as part of a panel on how air pollution affects the …
Ben Franklin’s Project
Joyce E. Chaplin, Phillips professor of early American history, is a multitool scholar, working across fields including the history of science, climate, colonialism, and environment. That breadth of expertise is reflected in her affiliate appointments, …
Issue: May-June 2025
Cambridge 02138
A Report to Readers It is difficult to absorb how much the world has been shaken since mid March, when Harvard dispersed students, faculty, and staff to work remotely: the pandemic and economic crises, prompting untold suffering; the U.S. reawakening to …
Issue: November-December 2020
Greenland’s Fingerprint in Rising Seas
Scientists who study the impact of melting glaciers and ice sheets have for the first time detected the fingerprint of a melting ice sheet, as it creates distinctive patterns of change to global sea levels. Newly released satellite data allowed …
Harvard Defends Race-Conscious Admissions at the Supreme Court
Editor’s note. The magazine asked lawyer and legal analyst and journalist Lincoln Caplan, a contributing editor, to report on the presentation of the Students for Fair Admissions litigation before the Supreme Court on October 31, including both the day’s …
News Briefs
Giving Guidance In the wake of the “Varsity Blues” admissions scandal (which did not touch Harvard) and gifts from Jeffrey Epstein (which assuredly did: see “Jeffrey Epstein’s Extensive Reach,” July-August, page 27), the University has promulgated a new …
Issue: September-October 2020