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Gathering Strings
When she was six years old, a harp was the most beautiful thing Elisabeth Remy Johnson had ever encountered. That year, her mother took her to a solo concert near their home on Cape Cod, where young Remy Johnson sat in the front row, motionless and …
Issue: January-February 2025
Harvard Design Dean to Step Down
Mohsen Mostafavi, who was appointed dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) in August 2007 and took office the following January, announced that he will conclude his service at the end of this academic year, next June 30. His departure …
“Panic” and “Friendship” at Phi Beta Kappa
The 220th Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Literary Exercises, conducted Tuesday morning at 11 in Sanders Theatre, began the formal activities of Commencement week, providing the customary intellectual and artistic launch for the academic and emotional celebrations …
Harvard Calendar
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
Harvard Calendar
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
Harvard Calendar
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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