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Growth Spurt
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has grown more in the past nine years than in the previous four decades. In a letter distributed to faculty members early in April, Dean Jeremy R. Knowles sought to explain the dynamics of this spurt (the first since …
Issue: May-June 2007
Harvard Law Offers Pre-matriculation Material Free Nationwide
Amid wide concern driven by the COVID-19 pandemic (Is it safe to attend?) and recession (Can I afford it?), with many colleges and universities expecting enrollment to plummet this fall, Harvard Law School (HLS) has decided to offer Zero-L—its online, …
Urban Adventure Quest, Boston
Exercise body and mind this winter through team-based scavenger hunts in Boston. One covers landmarks along the Freedom Trail, and the other Boston Harbor; both pose puzzling clues and questions. Inspired by The Amazing Race television series (minus the …
Issue: November-December 2020
Natural Winter Wonders, Mass Audubon
Layer up and get outside for a series of winter walks with Mass Audubon. The conservation organization has 60 scenic sanctuaries, from the Berkshire Mountains to the Atlantic Coast, many of which offer year-round events for adults and families. Check the …
Issue: January-February 2022
University People
Dunster Departures Dunster House faculty deans Roger B. Porter , IBM professor of business and government, and Ann Porter announced in early March that they would step down at the end of this academic year, concluding 16 years of service. They took the …
Issue: May-June 2017
Cost of Attendance Will Increase 3 Percent in 2018-19
Total cost of attendance (including tuition, housing, and fees) at the College will increase by 3 percent to $67,580 in 2018-2019, up from $65,609 this year. The increase is notably lower than it has been in recent years (last year’s cost represented a …
First-Year International Students Won't Be Allowed on Campus This Fall
First-year international students will not be allowed to come to campus this year because of the federal visa restrictions announced earlier this month (over which Harvard and MIT sued the federal government), College dean Rakesh Khurana wrote in an email …
Atticus Lish ’93 Wins PEN/Faulkner Award
Atticus Lish ’93 has been named the winner of the 2015 PEN/Faulkner award, which recognizes works of fiction by American authors. Preparation for the Next Life tells the love story of a Chinese Muslim immigrant and an Iraq war veteran, who meet at a food …
Want Freshmen to Bond? Take Them on a Hiking Trip
While backpacking through the New England wilderness, I am often fearful of taking a turn down a wrong path. Usually, I am not alone: 10 bright-eyed incoming first-year students and a fellow upperclassman follow close behind as I crane my neck to scout …
Straight-Up News
In July 2018 , Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump held a summit meeting in Helsinki, Finland. The U.S. intelligence agencies had by then concluded that Russian interlopers had meddled with the American presidential election of 2016. Dan Coats, President …
Issue: May-June 2021
Brevia
Law Leader’s Leavetaking Martha Minow , dean of Harvard Law School (HLS) since 2009, announced in January that she would step down at the end of the academic year; she plans to return to teaching and scholarship, and to “more robust engagement with the …
Issue: March-April 2017
Nieman Fellow Eliza Griswold Wins Pulitzer Prize
Eliza Griswold, a 2007 Nieman Fellow and 2016-17 Berggruen Fellow at Harvard Divinity School, was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction on Monday for her book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America . In the book, …
Hybrid Work’s Sweet Spot
Does hybrid work harm the bottom line? As organizations across the United States wrestle with post-COVID office policies, researchers at Harvard Business School (HBS) present evidence for an optimally productive blended office-and-home schedule. Their …
Issue: January-February 2023
Destroying Childhood
A child has been killed in war every three minutes during the last decade. Many were not civilians. Irregular armies from Sudan to the Philippines, from Turkey to Colombia, from Kosovo to Iraq use child soldiers. They are the shock troops, the cannon …
Issue: September-October 2005
Shruthi Kumar ’24, Senior English Address: “The Power of Not Knowing”
As prepared for delivery. For Kumar’s additional remarks, please read the accompanying article . The Power of Not Knowing Today, we are celebrated for what we know. In fact, for most of our lives, we’ve learned to feel a sense of accomplishment from the …