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Harvard Changes Employee Health Benefits
The University announced today that under its health-benefits program, Harvard’s nonunionized employees would become responsible for annual deductibles of $250 per individual and $750 per family, and coinsurance equal to 10 percent of costs, for hospital …
HAA Awards 2014
Established in 1990, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards recognize outstanding service to the University. This year’s awards are scheduled to be presented on September 18 during the HAA board of directors’ fall meeting. Robert R. Bowie Jr. ’73 …
Issue: September-October 2014
Greetings from Elmwood
This is the first of my letters written from home. Right now, Adele and I are suffering through what we hope will be the worst of our COVID-19 symptoms—something that feels a lot like the flu, not fun but also not life threatening. We feel fortunate. Many …
Issue: May-June 2020
Living Collections
I am more of a runner than a rambler— measuring my time outdoors in miles rather than moments—but life in pandemic mode has forced me to slow down and look for opportunities to exit my COVID cocoon and engage with the world. The best walk I have taken …
Issue: March-April 2022
New, Harvard-wide Sexual Assault Policy Released
Harvard today announced the creation of a new University-wide policy and procedures covering sexual harassment, unwelcome conduct, and gender-based harassment. The changes, overseen by Mia Karvonides, Title IX Officer and director of the Office of Dispute …
Off the Shelf
Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq, by Bartle Bull ’93 (Atlantic Monthly Press, $35). It’s a safe bet that most Americans’ knowledge of Iraq doesn’t extend beyond Saddam Hussein. Bull, who has reported from and invested in the region, …
Issue: January-February 2025
Postscript
In its September-October 1996 issue, Harvard Magazine published "The Millenial Class," a selection of admissions essays submitted by six successful applicants to the Harvard College class of 2000. The editors' judgment was doubly flawed--this year, we …
Geoffrey A. Fowler , Caille Millner
Harvard College Unveils Dunster Renovation Plans
The College today released design details for the forthcoming renovation of Dunster House, scheduled to begin right after Commencement and to conclude before classes resume in the fall of 2015. Dunster is the first undergraduate residence to undergo …
Neil Patrick Harris Is Man of the Year
Whether portraying a lovable child doctor on Doogie Howser, M.D. , commanding center-stage with brilliant song and dance as host of the Tony Awards, or getting laughs as the womanizing Barney Stinson on the hit CBS television series, How I Met Your Mother …
Democracy
E very day, my presidency is infused with Harvard history. I work in Massachusetts Hall, a sturdy brick building where John Adams rested his head and George Washington quartered his troops. I live in Elmwood, a stately home built by a loyalist to King …
Issue: March-April 2020
The Mystery of Smell
In the early weeks of the pandemic, as scientists and physicians scrambled to find the edges of this new, dangerous disease—how it spread from person to person, how it behaved inside the human body, and how they might be able to stop it—one emerging …
Issue: November-December 2021
Vacationing with a Purpose
Yearning to learn something new or dive deeper into a hobby? Want to escape pressures at work and quotidian tasks that can wear you down? Envious of your kids’ or grandkids’ camp vacations? Take heart: adults, too, can benefit from the freedom and fun …
Issue: March-April 2024
Biggest Loser Contestants Share Tips
Two former contestants on the popular television show The Biggest Loser, in which obese men and women compete to lose the most weight and win a prize of $250,000, came to the Malkin Athletic Center on January 19 to give motivational speeches on health …
Radcliffe Announces Knafel Center and Fund
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study today announced that the Radcliffe Gymnasium has been renamed the Knafel Center in honor of venture capitalist Sidney R. Knafel ’52, M.B.A. ’54, whose most recent gift—the $10.5-million Knafel Fund—will support …
From Borneo to Rodeo
D erring-do. Peter Ashton, a pioneer in the study of Asian tropical forests—particularly of the towering dipterocarps that dominated the canopy he investigated on foot in Borneo in the late 1950s, before they were largely felled—served as director of the …
Issue: January-February 2020