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“My Name is Bono, and I Am A Rock Star”
Graduating seniors chose U2 lead singer Bono to give their Class Day address. Born Paul Hewson, he allegedly picked up his nickname from Bono Vox, bad Latin for "good voice." He spoke of how he reached a new personal level of "unhip." Excerpts follow. …
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For Santiago's Poor, Housing with Dignity
Santiago, Chile —A young boy plays unsupervised in front of a house that bears a small wooden sign, handwritten in marker: Se venden helados (ice cream for sale). Behind this rather ordinary scene is an extraordinary story with deep Harvard ties. In this …
Issue: January-February 2009
The SIGnboard
If you seek fellow alumni who share your interests, remember that the Harvard Alumni Association has approved more than 20 Shared Interest Groups (SIGs)—“any collection of Harvard University alumni who actively engage in communicating and/or gathering …
Issue: January-February 2009
A Feel for the Water
Yale was determined. They were heartily sick of Harvard’s ownership of the annual Harvard-Yale crew race, where the Bulldogs’ only win this century came in 2007. Indeed, the late Harry Parker, arguably the greatest rowing coach of all time , amassed a …
Issue: May-June 2015
Point of No Return
Soon after the Harvard community was upended and scattered around the world by the COVID-19 evacuation, I called my two roommates. Pre-move-out, whenever I felt like my world was falling apart, I could always depend on returning to our room in Adams. The …
Issue: July-August 2020
Pistachio Filled Dates with Yogurt
Pistachio Filled Dates with Yogurt Ingredients • 1 tbsp Orange Zest • 1/4 cup Pistachio, chopped • 2 tbsp Coconut, shredded • 1 tsp Cinnamon • 3 tbsp Maple Syrup • 1 1/2 cup Greek Yogurt • 2 tbsp Mint, chiffonade • 1 tsp Cinnamon • 1 tsp …
The Classes
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Issue: July-August 2015
Imagine That!
A woman repairing an automobile—and showing us the tops of her stockings! This is not a “True Woman,” domestic, docile, dependent on a man. No, she is the “New Woman,” freed from whalebone corsets and stays, spirited, athletic, demanding a right to …
Issue: March-April 2007
Money Matters
An updated, second edition of Managing Harvard’s Resources —with reports from the University’s treasurer, James F. Rothenberg, and chief financial officer, Elizabeth Mora, vice president for finance; simplified financial statements; and details on …
Issue: March-April 2007
The Classes
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Issue: May-June 2015
Oldest and First
Donning his Class of ’44 cap that he got at his 25th reunion fifty years ago—a signature wear, loved ones say—Bertram A. “Bert” Huberman ’44, M.B.A. ’48, led an all-alumni parade past the John Harvard Statue and into Tercentenary Theatre for today’s …
The Classes
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Issue: March-April 2015
Overseer and HAA Director Candidates
This spring, alumni can vote for five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Ballots, mailed out by April 1, must be received back in Cambridge by noon on May 22 to be counted. Election results will be …
Issue: March-April 2015
Elsewhere
Since 2001, College students’ international experiences during their Harvard years—formal study abroad, research, work or public service, internships—have evolved from the “unusual” to the “almost routine.” So reported Gutman professor of Latin American …
Issue: January-February 2006
The Classes
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Issue: January-February 2015