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Bumps in the Road
For the fourth time in the 15-year reign of head coach Tim Murphy, the football team entered the Ivy League lists as defending champions. The 2007 squad—like those of 1997, 2001, and 2004—had gone unbeaten in Ivy play, finishing with a 37-6 demolition of …
Issue: November-December 2008
A Modest Proposal
Harvard is so decentralized that members of the community may not know what they are all accomplishing individually—or might, together. The University, for instance, maintains that “Broad efforts to raise funds for energy and environment research across …
Issue: January-February 2016
University People
Commencement Speaker Jim Lehrer Courtesy of WSIU-TV Jim Lehrer , executive editor and anchor of PBS’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (and founder, with Robert MacNeil, of its predecessor), a frequent moderator of United States presidential debates, will be the …
Issue: May-June 2006
Visiting Manchester, NH
Learn about the art, history, and eclectic restaurants of Manchester, NH in “Manchester, Redux." Destinations America’s Credit Union Museum 603-629-1553 www.acumuseum.org Ash Street Inn 603-668-9908 www.ashstreetinn.com Aviation Museum of New Hampshire …
Issue: March-April 2015
Conservative Curation
Amid the triumphant fanfare of the Harvard Tercentenary celebrations, Radcliffe College’s 1936 exhibit on “Women in Science” was remarkably unassuming. The exhibit marked the first Harvard centenary to celebrate women in university life. Tucked into a …
Issue: January-February 2021
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet’s poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” a favorite at weddings, is one of the most anthologized examples of early American verse. But few realize its author was also an extraordinarily courageous woman whose spirit and faith helped shape …
Issue: May-June 2005
Harvard Campaign Totals $9.62 Billion
The value of Harvard’s brand name has now been established: $9.62 billion. That is the sum raised during The Harvard Campaign, the University announced this morning. From the $2.8 billion of gifts and pledges received as of September 21, 2013, when …
Bouncing Back
As the crow flies , it is just under 270 miles from Lavietes Pavilion to the Palestra. Yet entering the season, the Harvard men’s and women’s basketball teams anticipated a long and arduous path from their home gym to the site of the inaugural Ivy League …
Issue: March-April 2017
Are All Calories Equal?
Low fat. Low carb. Vegan. Atkins. Paleo. South Beach. Zone. As television shows, magazine covers, podcasts, and books release an endless flood of diet advice, the average person finds it difficult at best to know how to find a sustainable method of weight …
Issue: May-June 2016
Cambridge 02138
ADDRESSING CASTRO Thank you for Professor Jorge Domínguez's ironic and interesting look at the U.S.'s relationship with Cuba since the revolution came to power in 1959 ("Your Friend, Fidel," July-August, page 35). We have fallen all over ourselves to …
Dunster Demolition
Approximately seven weeks after the construction project began, the renewal of Dunster House is in full swing. The perimeter of one of the oldest dormitories for upperclassmen is almost completely scaffolded; only its iconic red and white tower looks …
Ross Gay Finds the Right Ground at the Radcliffe Institute
By the end of the hour, Ross Gay had people all but swaying in the aisles. A poet and professor at Indiana University whose 2015 collection, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude , was a National Book Award finalist, Gay is a Bate Fellow this year at the …
Headwinds
In winter 2012, as Harvard was pursuing its first NCAA tournament berth since 1946, Stemberg head coach Tommy Amaker occasionally began practices by telling his players that the quest for the league title was like climbing a mountain—the wind blew hardest …
Penny Pritzker Elected Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow
Penny Pritzker ’81, a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2018, has been elected senior fellow, succeeding William F. Lee ’72, effective this July 1. She will be the first woman to serve in the role, leading the University’s fiduciary governing board. …
Trump and Apocalyptic Thinking
Joining a wave of protesters in cities across the country, demonstrators massed in Harvard Yard this afternoon to rally against Donald Trump’s surprise win in this week’s presidential election. The evening before, just hours after some professors had …