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Engineering an Internal Clock
Non-scientists generally think of “circadian clock” as a metaphoric term. There’s nothing literally ticking away inside the human body, helping align it to the regular cycle of day and night. But synthetic biologists from Harvard Medical School (HMS) and …
“Made It: The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion”
The Peabody Essex Museum’s newest exhibit opens with a white T-shirt—intended not for a jog in the park, but as a call to action. Bearing the silver-lettered message “we should all be feminists,” borrowed from Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s …
Issue: January-February 2021
College to Impose Sanctions on Final Club Members
Citing their history of gender discrimination and negative influence on campus life, University President Drew Faust announced in an e-mail today that Harvard will ban members of historically male final clubs and other unrecognized, single-gender social …
Poise, in Spite of Everything
“You have to get the eyes right,” says portrait artist Nina Skov Jensen ’25. “You can mess up a lot of other things and it won’t matter, but the eyes have to be right.” That was one of the first lessons Jensen absorbed when she began teaching herself to …
Issue: May-June 2024
Joseph Aldy
When Joseph Aldy trekked up Mount Kilimanjaro with his father in 2000, he was a long way from the farm in Kentucky where he grew up—but close to the things that matter to him. Aldy is an economist who works on energy and climate-change policy. He loves to …
Issue: March-April 2012
Jordan Bliss Perry’s Latin (and English) Address
Multarum Artium Magistri ( Editor's note: The English translation follows the Latin text.) Praeses Bacove, decani honesti, professores sapientissimi; familiares, amici, et hospites; condiscipuli carissimi denique, ubicumque in mundo estis, SALVETE OMNES! …
Steve Jobs Biographer Is Harvard Overseer
The authorized biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, to be released October 24, is written by Walter Isaacson ’74, CEO of the Aspen Institute, the former managing editor of Time magazine, and a Harvard Overseer . After Jobs died October 5 of …
Jill Abramson ’76 Named Executive Editor of New York Times
Jill Abramson '76 has been named executive editor of the New York Times , the newspaper announced today—the first woman to hold the top editorial post. She has been managing editor since 2003—one of two executives responsible for overseeing the newsroom. …
Harvard Endowment Rises to $36.4 Billion
Updated 9-24-14; see below. HIGHLIGHTS: The endowment's value stood at $36.4 billion as of June 30 (within a half-billion dollars of the peak value realized in fiscal year 2008, just before the financial crisis and ensuing recession), up $3.7 billion …
How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic
On September 23, 1918, when Harvard College opened its doors for the new school year, the Spanish flu had infected hundreds of Cambridge residents. More than 3,000 local children—nearly a quarter of total school enrollment—were reported ill, and Cambridge …
Early-Retirement Program and Other Cost-Cutting Measures
The University on February 10 unveiled a voluntary early-retirement program for qualifying staff members. In a broadcast e-mail, Marilyn Hausammann, vice president for human resources, noted that "staff members who are age 55 and over, have 10 or more …
50 Marathons in 50 States: Scott Kline
Harvard Law School graduate Scott Kline ’88 ran his second Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2024—but his 51st marathon total. Over the past decade, Scott's mission has been running a marathon in all 50 states. … Harvard Law School's Scott Kline ’88. … 50 …
Harvard Aims to Become Fossil-Fuel-Free by 2050
President Drew Faust announced today that Harvard will strive to become fossil-fuel-neutral by 2026, and fossil-fuel-free by 2050. These ambitious goals are being unveiled a year after the University declared success in reducing its greenhouse-gas …
What Legacy?
Sometime in 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs will rule on whether Harvard College impermissibly discriminates against Asian-American applicants, the claim brought by Students for Fair Admissions. Her ruling, if ultimately appealed to …
Issue: January-February 2019
Kennedy School Professor, Two Alumnae Receive the National Humanities Medal
Political scientist Robert Putnam , former dean and now Malkin professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, whose works include the bestseller Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community , was awarded the National Humanities …