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Theresa McCulla
Walking in Paris years ago, Theresa McCulla ’04 suddenly came face-to-face with small macarons (sandwich cookies), displayed on velvet cloth and dramatically lit from above in the shop window of pastry chef Pierre Hermé. “They were presented like …
Issue: January-February 2010
No Easy Answers
Hundreds of listeners tuned in Thursday evening for an online Harvard-community discussion, led by Bass professor of government Michael Sandel, on the ethical, social, and political questions provoked by the coronavirus pandemic. Is it morally OK to avoid …
Springtime Antics at the Arnold Arboretum
For many visitors, springtime at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum means Lilac Sunday—a 112-year-old annual celebration on Mother’s Day in honor of the delightfully fragrant, eye-catching flowers. The 281-acre landscape, which holds more than 15,000 woody-plant …
Issue: May-June 2022
Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly to Speak at HLS Class Day
The founders of Americans for Responsible Solutions—an issue-advocacy organization and political action committee focused on reducing gun violence—will speak at Harvard Law School’s Class Day ceremony on Wednesday May 27. Gabrielle Giffords, who …
Geopolitics and the Energy Transition
On January 25, Kirkpatrick professor of the practice of international affairs Meghan O’Sullivan, director of the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs since last summer, spoke about the impact of the energy transition on …
“Living Underwater”: Harvard’s Inaugural Black Commencement
The Black Graduate Student Alliance held its inaugural Black Commencement at the Law School’s Holmes Field this morning, a ceremony honoring black graduates from across Harvard’s graduate schools. There was no headline speaker; instead, the event featured …
Brevia
Interim College Dean Gray professor of systematic botany Donald H. Pfister was appointed interim dean of Harvard College in early July, succeeding Evelynn M. Hammonds, whose service concluded at the end of June. Pfister has been dean of Harvard Summer …
Issue: September-October 2013
The State of Unions
“What do we do when we have the public on our side, when we have workers in motion, when we see people playing by the rules and still not getting ahead?” asked Sharon Block, executive director for the new Center for Labor and a Just Economy, based at …
Executive Education, Innovation Lab, Allston Alterations
Harvard Business School (HBS) today announced receipt of a $50-million gift to fund a new building on its campus for executive education . At the same time, the University announced that it would convert one of the buildings it owns in Allston—the former …
Harvard Kennedy School Reverses Position on Human-Rights Fellowship
T he highly contested public debate over the Harvard Kennedy School’s decision not to appoint a prominent human-rights leader to a fellowship last summer—publicized in recent weeks—has, today, been followed by a reversal of that decision. Last spring, the …
Dirt Flies
Construction is proceeding rapidly at the commercial enterprise research campus in Allston , where a hotel and apartment and office/laboratory towers (above) will rise alongside a University conference center. South of the Stadium, on North Harvard …
Issue: May-June 2024
Three for the Road
Thanks to Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships, three current Harvard students will do their research in England next year. Senior Jay A.H. Butler , of Eliot House and Paget, Bermuda, was named that island’s 2006 Rhodes Scholar. The history concentrator plans …
Issue: March-April 2006
For Sciences and Art
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is in the throes of a major, multipurpose building boom, as shown in these autumn images. The site of the Laboratory for Interface Science and Engineering Photograph by Jim Harrison The site of the New College Theatre …
Issue: January-February 2006
Legacies’ Legacy
If legacy preferences in admissions—an advantage for alumni children applying to college—end soon, historians will identify two 2023 nails in the coffin. The first is the Supreme Court’s June decision outlawing affirmative action in admissions. Because …
Issue: November-December 2023
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 …