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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
Little Boat, Unsalvaged
Thwarts, chines, ribs mud-caked, this one's deadrise bow is lifted as if by gusts, whitecaps' scud and swat no fear with her. Would she plane, or plow? Give a good ass-bumping if we'd go out today? Someone left his dream-sized hull to salt's pimples, …
Issue: September-October 2004
An Overview of Long-term-care Insurance
What follows is a summary of information about long-term-care insurance (frequently abbreviated as LTCi). For an inexpensive brochure on buying LTCi, call the National Council on Aging at 800-373-4906. For details on rating LTCi providers' financial …
Issue: July-August 2004
A Victorious Vessel
Boston’s iconic USS Constitution, a 1790s warship that is the oldest active-duty boat in the world, is often taken for granted. But a recent stroll through the USS Constitution and its museum revealed a surprisingly fresh and interesting experience for …
Issue: September-October 2024
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
Neighbors on Edge
Residents bordering Harvard have turned building projects into political battlegrounds. Below, a Harvard rejoinder. More than five years of discussions and negotiations between Harvard and neighbors about the University's proposed Center for Government …
Issue: September-October 2002
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
Can Memory Be Related to Creative Cognition?
Fuhgeddaboudit! Or maybe (and as many of us prefer) don’t. As it turns out, “episodic memory”—the ability to relive specific moments from past experiences—may be related to a person’s creative capacity. “Memory is not just for going back into the past …
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Harvard and the Middle East War Robert Soto and Robert Park ( Letters, May-June, pages 8 and 69) are both very concerned that Harvard doesn’t care about the Gazan victims of the war that Hamas began on October 7. Soto wants “equal condemnation” of what he …
Issue: July-August 2024
Reconstructing the Berlin Wall
Growing up in Northampton, Massachusetts, novelist David Leo Rice ’10 sensed there was something lurking beneath the surface of things. Meandering through the aisles of his local video store, he was convinced the VHS tapes were portals to other worlds. At …
Issue: July-August 2025
When Having Babies Beats Marriage
In February The New York Times ran a story under the provocative headline, “For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside of Marriage.” The article suggested childbearing outside of marriage was the “new normal”—that recently released data signaled a …
Issue: July-August 2012
Twyla Tharp: “Minimalism and Me”
Renowned choreographer Twyla Tharp, Ar.D. ’18, known for her breakthrough innovations bridging ballet and modern dance, recounts her early years as a creator in “Minimalism and Me” at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Fittingly, the show is an unusual …
Issue: November-December 2018
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 …
Touting Teaching
In a year of heightened University focus on learning and teaching , the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is premiering “Harvard’s Great Teachers” (for which it has the address http://greatteachers.harvard.edu) a series of online videos featuring …
A Love Letter
F ilmmaker John Alexander ’11 never thought he would make a music documentary. He’d heard too many horror stories: how editing them could be a logistical headache, how securing music rights could eat up a budget. But then he met Wichita funk musician Rudy …
Issue: May-June 2020