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A New Era in Allston
After years of discussions and planning—and more than a quarter-century after the University began buying land for development in Allston—Harvard and its community and development partners are poised to effect significant change there. In coming months, …
Issue: March-April 2015
Danielle Allen: What Do COVID-19 and Extreme Inequality Mean for American Democracy?
America's response to the COVID-19 crisis, says political philosopher Danielle Allen , represents "the biggest possible announcement one could have of the broken state of affairs" in our nation's democracy. Allen has helped lead one of the most …
Just Perfect
Slate-gray skies and trepidation shrouded the home side of Harvard Stadium late in the afternoon of Saturday, November 22. In the big picture, the anxiety seemed unwarranted. The Crimson football team already had clinched a share of the 2014 Ivy title. It …
Issue: January-February 2015
A New Code of Conduct: Hacking Gender in Tech
Hackers hack for five main reasons, according to Parisa Tabriz, Google’s official “Security Princess”: They want security (in software). They enjoy the challenge (of breaking “unbreakable” defenses). They have something to say (and, perhaps, a point to …
Miserable She's Not
She made a high-energy but graceful entrance, nothing too theatrical, sat in a director's chair at a butcherblock coffee table in this reporter's office, picked up a pot containing the orchid Phalaenopsis Jungle Cat 'Bloody Mary', and asked, "Do you mind …
Issue: July-August 2003
A "Down Payment" on Financial Aid
The university has created new scholarships, launched a dedicated fundraising drive, and unveiled a low-cost loan program to assist graduate- and professional-school students pursuing public-service or academic careers. Announcing the initiatives on …
Issue: March-April 2003
A "portion of the People"
When Dale and Theodore Rosengarten sent out the invitations to their son's bar mitzvah in 1993, their northern friends and family members barely concealed their surprise, according to Dale (Rosen) '69, Ph.D. '97. "How could we raise a good Jewish boy in a …
Issue: January-February 2003
An Artful Business
Aiming to create their own “art stimulus package” during the 2008-09 economic downturn, Emma Katz ’06 and her sister, Ani, put together an exhibit at the Brooklyn Art Space. Her job as an assistant to a Broadway producer had evaporated with the recession …
Issue: September-October 2013
E-mail Implications
A report on Harvard’s investigations of resident deans’ e-mail accounts last year —prepared by attorney Michael B. Keating, LL.B. ’65, at President Drew Faust’s request, delivered to a Corporation subcommittee July 15, and released yesterday—provides a …
Radcliffe Ramps Up
Things are different at Fay House. As the academic year begins, Drew Gilpin Faust, the Civil War historian who is the first dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (RI), has made sweeping changes in programs and personnel, including a series of …
Issue: September-October 2001
Science and Politics and Stem Cells
Scientists became alarmed this spring when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) canceled a meeting to review applications for federally funded stem-cell research. Stem cells are considered the most promising area of research for treating many human …
The Undergraduate: Dear Younger Self
Since I was very young, I’ve routinely wished that my future self could give me advice. Despite having some doubts about how stable selves are over time, it’s something that I still wish for, from time to time—mostly when I’m anxious, upset, bored, or …
Issue: September-October 2013
Fracking’s Future
Supplies of natural gas now economically recoverable from shale in the United States could accommodate the country’s domestic demand for natural gas at current levels of consumption for more than a hundred years: an economic and strategic boon, and, at …
Issue: January-February 2013
The Mating Game
Each year Harvard students and prospective employers begin a complicated rite of courtship, complete with flirting (invitations), wooing (interviews), and proposals (offers). There is even a matchmaker, the Office of Career Services (OCS), making sure …
My Families
I didn’t know what avocados were until I met my host parents. I mean, I’d kind of heard of them, but had never really been fully acquainted. I definitely didn’t know how or when to eat them—or even if you could eat them at all. I didn’t drink coffee, and …
Issue: May-June 2013