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“People Were Making Bricks Out of Straw”
“We have to see our own power.” That was the core message from civil rights lawyer and 2022 Radcliffe Medal recipient Sherrilyn Ifill during a Radcliffe Day discussion on Friday. Her remarks were intended to inspire, but also to warn: “One of the …
The New Old Boston Athenaeum
In the mid 1990s Leah Rosovsky ’78, M.B.A. ’84, was raising money for the Harvard libraries during a capital campaign as a member of the FAS development team. She recalls people saying, “‘But libraries are going to disappear. Nobody uses libraries anymore …
Issue: March-April 2025
After the Pandemic’s Peak
The good news is that the bad news isn’t so bad. That’s a quick interpretation of dean Claudine Gay’s annual report on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and the accompanying financial results for fiscal year 2021, discussed with colleagues …
An Academic Worker’s Union?
In early February, non-tenure-track faculty and other academic staff members launched an effort to form a union, calling for higher wages, better job security, and stronger workplace protections regarding issues like safety and harassment. “We’re fighting …
Issue: May-June 2023
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Three New University Professors
The three of them around a table would make quite a dinner party: a molecular biologist studying the link between brain circuits and behavior, an immunologist harnessing research on T cells to find new therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases, and a …
Harvard Football Goes Bowling
As the clock ticked to zero this past November 23, hundreds of Yale fans jumped over the wall separating Harvard Stadium’s bleachers from its field. Despite securing a share of the Ivy League championship, Crimson footballers were left with this bitter …
Reporting on Your Behalf
Dear Readers , The pandemic has changed all of us—and even a venerable institution like Harvard, as we reported during this most unusual of Commencement seasons. Yes, the Class of 2022 enjoyed a traditional, in-person Commencement morning celebration …
2015 Dietary Recommendations Cover New Ground
A scientific report outlining new recommended dietary guidelines is already drawing attention in Washington D.C.—less for its fresh take on optimal diets than for its policy suggestions—and some of the authors joined a symposium hosted at the Harvard T. …
Zachary R. Mider ’01 Wins 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
The Pulitzer Prize board today announced the 2015 winners and finalists in 21 categories in journalism and the arts. Zachary R. Mider ’01 received the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting, for his series “Tax Runaways,” about corporate tax avoidance. …
Football 2022: Holy Cross 30-Harvard 21
If you’re going to lose a football game, make it a non-league game against a superior team. That, at least, is the theory. But that does not necessarily lessen the sting of Harvard’s 30-21 defeat to Holy Cross of the Patriot League Saturday at the …
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tidies Up Pandemic and Single-Gender Policies
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) cleared up its remaining routine tasks during this most non-routine of years at its last regular meeting of the academic year on Tuesday afternoon. Many of the prior meetings had been largely given over to hearing …
Maria A. Ressa, LL.D. ’24, Harvard Commencement Address 2024
Maria Ressa Commencement Address Thank you, President Garber. And thank you former President Gay, who called me last year to extend this offer. It’s an incredible honor to address the distinguished Harvard faculty, the mysterious Harvard Corporation, and …
Deval L. Patrick Named 2015 Commencement Speaker
Deval L. Patrick ’78, J.D. ’82, the seventy-first governor of Massachusetts, who completed his second term last month, will be the principal speaker at Harvard’s 364th Commencement on Thursday, May 28, the University announced today. Calling Patrick “an …
Presiding during the Pandemic
During a conversation on December 16, just as the first half of academic year 2021-2022 concluded, President Lawrence S. Bacow assessed the necessarily dual nature of his administration. The pandemic, he acknowledged, had overshadowed life since January …
Issue: March-April 2022