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Money and Military Recruiting
With a fiscal gun at the University’s head, Harvard Law School (HLS) has reversed its position on military recruiting on its campus. The armed services now have access to students through the Office of Career Services (OCS), rather than through informal …
Issue: November-December 2005
Harvard Aims to Reinvent Business-Engineering Education
The most interesting new collaboration at Harvard—between the schools of business (HBS) and engineering and applied sciences (SEAS)—took a significant step forward today when their deans unveiled a joint master’s degree aimed at equipping students with …
News Briefs
Mending the Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) has sold a 99-year leasehold in eight of the 11 floors of its Harvard Institutes of Medicine building. The decision to sell the interest in 190,000-plus square feet of lab space ( News Briefs , …
Issue: September-October 2018
Cryptic Puzzle: “To Russia With Love”
SOLVE THE most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. Download the Puzzle Download the Hints Download the Solution "To Russia" solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically) Cathy …
Toward a “Modified Honor Code”?
At the April 2 Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting, where discussion about administrative investigations of resident deans’ e-mail accounts dominated the day’s business , dean of undergraduate education Jay M. Harris also introduced proposals for …
For the Virtual Museumgoer
The Busch-Reisinger museum will celebrate its hundredth birthday by mounting an exhibition, from October 24 through February 15, 2004, devoted to art in Germany in 1903, its natal year. That was a vibrant time in the arts community, as about 40 paintings, …
Issue: September-October 2003
Cryptic Puzzle: "Song"
Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. Download the Puzzle Download the hints Download the solution "Song" solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically) Cathy Childs …
Abortion Rights Advocacy: Past and Present
In 1970 , when Mary Summers ’70 and three other women’s rights activists—Jane Pincus, Karen Weinstein, and Catha Maslow—made a documentary about illegal abortion, they saw it as an organizing tool for state-by-state legalization efforts. Fifty-two years …
The Day’s Events: Wednesday, May 28
Events for Wednesday, May 28, include: ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, with General Darren W. McDew and President Drew Faust. The ceremony will take place at 11:30 A.M. in Tercentenary Theatre. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) will …
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"Ask me what College class I was in," says Harvard Alumni Association president Charles L. Brock, "and I have to admit I don't have any." He jokes about being a "minority" at the HAA because he earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University …
Issue: September-October 2002
"Only" a Law School Man
"Ask me what College class I was in," says Harvard Alumni Association president Charles L. Brock, "and I have to admit I don't have any." He jokes about being a "minority" at the HAA because he earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University …
Issue: September-October 2002
Cryptic Puzzle: “Bookman”
Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solutions “Bookman” solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically) Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY Charles J. Rohrmann, …
Albanian Joins the Language Curriculum
Harvard has an addition to its language courses: Elementary Albanian I classes began this semester, housed in the Near Eastern languages and civilizations (NELC) department, which also offers Aramaic, Persian, Turkish, Yiddish, and more. Edona Cosovic, a …
Nuclear Weapons or Democracy
The most fateful object yet to appear on this planet could be the “nuclear briefcase,” or “nuclear football,” a 40-pound titanium case containing top-secret information and tools that enable the president of the United States to launch a nuclear strike. …
Issue: March-April 2014
The Gamut of Grades from A to B
Slightly more than half the grades given to Harvard undergraduates during the past three academic years have been A or A-. More than any other datum, that underscores the "general upward trend in grades across divisions and across course sizes," as …
Issue: January-February 2002