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Heads of the Parade
“I don’t think we have reunions anymore,” said George Post ’45, who turns 102 in the fall, at this year’s third annual Alumni Day, on Friday, May 31. Post—the oldest alumnus at this year’s Alumni Day by three months, who marks his seventh-ninth reunion …
Pins for Women
Tiny pins with their delicate metal fasteners still intact, some more than 100 years old, read “Votes for Women” and “I March for Full Suffrage” in faded letters. Some sit in miniature carrying cases, signifying, perhaps, that they once meant a great deal …
Issue: November-December 2016
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
“Not Meant to Be”
When the Ivy League announced that Harvard would host the 2020 conference basketball tournaments, it appeared to set up an ideal situation for the Crimson teams. Both would be led by talented seniors playing in a gym where they had a combined 80-18 career …
Issue: May-June 2020
2019 HAA Award Recipients
Six alumni were recognized with HAA Awards, for their outstanding service to the University, during the alumni association’s fall meeting. Salvo Arena, LL.M. ’00, of New York City, has served in various roles since 2004, including as president of the …
Issue: November-December 2019
Scrubbing Supply Chains
Harvard leveraged construction of its massive new Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) in Allston in order to coax building-materials manufacturers into removing hazardous chemicals from their supply chains, the University reports. Heather Henriksen, the …
HIID Denouement
The federal lawsuit concerning the conduct of the Harvard Institute for International Development’s advisory work on the privatization of Russia’s economy has been expensively settled, without any admissions of institutional or personal liability, as …
Issue: March-April 2006
Court Sparks
Brogan Berry The point guard —the #1 position—is the quarterback of a basketball team. She’s the floor leader, starting the attack and shouting defensive signals. Much of the team’s success or failure hinges on her performance—and luckily, the Harvard …
Issue: November-December 2011
Bringing Pride and Plans to Life
In Uganda , there is a hierarchy of houses. The poorest live in huts made of dung. Mud is a step up; brick with mud walls, one more. Next comes brick-and-mortar; stucco over the brick says someone has really made it. The roof makes a statement too: it can …
“We Only Have One Planet”
Former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, M.P.A. ’84, had harsh words for the world’s leaders during an address to Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) graduates on Wednesday afternoon’s Class Day ceremony. Speaking nearly four decades after his own …
Yesterday's News
1920 The Graduate School of Education registers its first female students, making them the first women ever admitted to candidacy for a Harvard degree. 1925 The College establishes a board of faculty advisers to counsel freshmen. 1930 Six hundred …
Issue: September-October 2005
Cast Your Ballot
This spring, alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. Ballots should arrive in the mail by April 15 and must be received back in Cambridge by noon on June 3 to be counted. …
Issue: March-April 2005
Upending U.S. Politics
Among the many ways U.S. politics has been transformed in the past decade, the rise of nationwide citizens’ activist groups devoted to resisting a president—the Tea Party on the right, and Indivisible on the left—has been especially remarkable. These …
Issue: March-April 2020
Steven Spielberg Named Harvard’s 2016 Commencement Speaker
Academy Award-winning director , screenwriter, and producer Steven Spielberg will be the guest speaker at Harvard’s 365th Commencement on Thursday, May 26, the University announced today. Calling Spielberg “a genre-defying filmmaker whose unparalleled …
The (New) Calendar Canon
The process has been served. It took a 40-page report, delivered on March 22, but the Harvard University Committee on Calendar Reform, by an 18-1 vote, has found a way to coordinate all the schools' diverse academic schedules—almost. (The text is …
Issue: May-June 2004