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Countering Alcohol
In the fall of 2003, dean of Harvard College Benedict H. Gross—once an undergraduate here himself—paused in his work as a mathematician and leader of the undergraduate curricular review to deal with a more immediate concern: the use and abuse of …
Issue: January-February 2005
Harvard Basketball's Sibling Stars
On a Friday this October, Mason ’22 and McKenzie ’23 Forbes were standing outside Lavietes Pavilion, bobbing to music and smiling as their friends played cornhole and noshed on pizza. With temperatures lingering in the 60s, it seemed as though they could …
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Sexual Assault Rates Unchanged On October 15, Harvard released the results of a survey estimating the prevalence of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct among its undergraduate, graduate, and professional-school students. The data (with 8,300 of …
Issue: January-February 2020
Photographs from Commencement Week 2024
Jim Harrison, who has covered Commencement for decades, and Harvard Magazine staff members have captured images throughout this 373rd Commencement week. We share some of our favorite images here. Scroll down for images from the beginning of the …
A Soft Bot That Jumps
For most people , the word “robot” conjures up the image of a lumbering metallic machine. Now, researchers report that they can fabricate robots with the exact opposite features—soft, pliant, and mobile—using 3-D printing. Today in Science, researchers at …
Harvard Professor Carla Martin on the Cocoa Crisis
Why have chocolate prices surged since before Valentine's Day, hitting an all time high around Easter? Some analysts have predicted that cocoa may reach highs of $10,000 a ton in this historic period of inflation, growing in value at a rate faster than …
Preet Bharara and Mindy Kaling Named HLS Class Day Speakers
Preet Bharara ’90, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York since 2009, and comedic actress and writer Mindy Kaling will be the 2014 Class Day speakers for Harvard Law School on Wednesday, May 28, the school has announced. Bharara has focused …
Diagnosing Dementia
Millions of Americans live in fear of developing Alzheimer's disease. Yet only a relatively small proportion, surprisingly, ever get an accurate diagnosis; some studies indicate that only one in five people with dementia is properly diagnosed. Older …
Nitin Nohria Appointed Harvard Business School Dean
Continuing a tradition of appointing the leadership of Harvard Business School (HBS) from within its faculty ranks, President Drew Faust today announced that Chapman professor of business administration Nitin Nohria will become dean effective July 1, …
How Physics Can Be Used to Manipulate a Coin Toss
Ever lost a coin toss? In theory, the odds could have gone your way or the other. The stakes may or may not have been low for you, but millions of dollars are regularly waged on the outcome of the Super Bowl coin toss. But what if a coin lands on its …
The Picture of Freedom
The two photographic albums at the center of the Boston Athenaeum’s current exhibit, “ Framing Freedom ,” are deceptively humble: small and squat, with worn leather covers and heavy metal clasps. But the albums, which belonged to nineteenth-century …
Harvard 25-Penn 23 (Triple Overtime)
Sunlight had transitioned to darkness on Saturday at Harvard Stadium when the Crimson football team lined up in the third overtime with a share of the Ivy League title in its hands. Harvard had tried to give the game against Penn away several times but …
Nixon in China Creators Re-create
The three Harvard College alumni behind the acclaimed 1987 opera Nixon in China —composer John Adams ’69, A.M. ’72, librettist Alice Goodman ’80, and director Peter Sellars ’80—gathered at the American Repertory Theater on November 15 to discuss the opera …
Former Crimson Star Spearheads New Soccer League
For a child raised in the United States, Charles Altchek ’07 had an unusually soccer-focused upbringing. The son of a French mother, he spent his summers playing soccer in France and attended French American school in Westchester County, New York, where …
Back to the Bond Market
On March 5, the University placed a new offering of $750 million of taxable bonds, maturing in 2035 and priced to yield 4.609 percent. The new debt (the Series 2024A bonds) is Harvard’s first bond sale since the twin Series 2022 A and B borrowings , …