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THEATER. The American Repertory Theatre presents The Miser, by Molière, at the Loeb Drama Center through July 11. Those musical jugglers The Flying Karamazov Brothers present a special Democratic National Convention-themed edition of their show Life: A …
Issue: July-August 2004
Reading the Winds
When Sophia Montgomery first sailed, she hated it. Then eight years old, she disliked the waves and felt seasick. She kept getting hit by the boom—the long metal pole at the bottom of the sail. And she didn’t even know how to turn her boat around, so she …
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SPECIAL. The Schlesinger Library celebrates its sixtieth anniversary with an all-day conference on "Gender, Race, and Rights in African-American Women's History" on October 3. For registration, call 617-495-8922. The annual ice-skating exhibition An …
Issue: September-October 2003
Finding a New Footing
Although summer provided a break from a financial annus horribilis , Harvard continued to grapple with the fallout from the projected 30 percent decline in the value of its endowment assets—and the resulting need to “do business differently,” as President …
Issue: September-October 2009
First Impression
Anna Harkey's cylinder seal, when rolled across damp clay, yields an autobiography in relief. The image includes her name in English, the year she was born (1982), the year she graduated from high school (2001)—which is also the year she made the …
Issue: September-October 2002
Active Duty in a Pandemic
From early April to the beginning of June, Richard Menger, M.P.A. ’16, who normally teaches neurosurgery and political science at the University of South Alabama, left his hotel at 6 a.m. each morning with three other doctors, all in uniform, and walked …
A Visit from Bill Gates
Several hundred Harvard students got a thrill on Thursday when Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ’77, LL.D. ’07, came to campus. After touring the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), where he learned about mechanical bees and …
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SPECIAL. The thirty-second annual ice skating exhibition An Evening with Champions, organized by the students at Eliot House, takes place at the Bright Hockey Center on October 12 and 13 at 8 p.m., with an additional matinee at 2 p.m. on October 13. …
Issue: September-October 2001
Brevia
Michael E. Porter , M.B.A. '71, Ph.D. '73, a member of the Business School faculty since 1973 and an internationally recognized scholar of strategy and competitiven Strategist-in-Chief Michael E. Porter , M.B.A. '71, Ph.D. '73, a member of the Business …
The Disinformation Dilemma
In the discussion of how Russian operatives manipulated public opinion during the 2016 presidential election, it’s easy to overlook how their malicious goals were easily advanced thanks to tools originally designed to further the economic interests of …
Issue: May-June 2018
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 …
The Endowment: Up, and Upheaval
A strong year for investors generally was a very strong year for the University. Harvard Management Company (HMC), concluding its first full year under new leadership, reported on August 21 that the endowment had risen to $34.9 billion during the fiscal …
Potholes, Pensions, and Politics
In January , the newly elected mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner, J.D. ’80, donned work gloves and safety goggles, picked up a shovel, and spread hot, smoking asphalt over a gaping pothole on Neuens Road in West Houston. As news reporters watched, the …
Issue: May-June 2016
Educating “Citizens and Citizen Leaders”
In his book-lined office in University Hall, Rakesh Khurana keeps handy a well-worn copy of Samuel Atkins Eliot’s 1848 A Sketch of the History of Harvard College and of Its Present State. The slender, red volume arrived in the mail last summer, an …
Issue: July-August 2015
Holiday Decorating on Steroids
Forget a lone Christmas tree, front door wreath, and even a slew of dangling baubles. For seriously dazzling holiday decorations, head instead to two Newport, Rhode Island, mansions meticulously dolled up for the season. The Preservation Society of …
Issue: November-December 2024