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The Constancy of Change
Great Universities endure —in the United States, none more so than Harvard. It is startling to read through the list of 102 academic symposiums presented during the University’s 350th anniversary extravaganza and to recognize how many of the participants …
Issue: September-October 2011
The War and the Writ
Huzaifa Parhat, a fruit peddler, has been imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay Detention Center for the last seven years. He is not a terrorist. He’s a mistake, a victim of the war against al Qaeda. An interrogator first told him that the military knew he was not …
Issue: January-February 2009
Girl Power
When Dan Kindlon watches the Tigers play softball, he sees the legacy of feminism for girls. “My daughter’s concentrating on catching the ball, and this other girl just slams into her, slides under,” he recalls. “Julia got hurt a little bit, she got …
Issue: January-February 2008
Teaching Humanities at West Point
When President Drew Faust visits the United States Military Academy at West Point today, she is scheduled to meet with an interdisciplinary colloquium of faculty and staff members who have been reading her acclaimed 2008 book, This Republic of Suffering: …
New Social Entrepreneurs
Graduating seniors are “definitely interested in making an impact on the world,” says Robin Mount, director of Harvard’s Office of Career Services. “They are poised to combine fresh ways of approaching a problem, including using digital and technological …
Issue: January-February 2013
Designs for a New India
There are two Hyderabads. One, a historic city in the heart of India, established with a hilltop fort built by Hindu rulers in the fourteenth century, is rich with ancient palaces, tombs, and mosques built by the Muslim rulers who came later. The other is …
Issue: May-June 2012
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ART MUSEUMS IN A NEW WORLD As aformer student in Harvard's fine arts department and now a professorof art history, I eagerly read Janet Tassel's " Reverence for the Object "(September-October, page 48) on the program and its influence ongenerations of art …
Issue: November-December 2002
Analysis: Pedagogy, Practice, and Teaching Innovation at Harvard
By chance, the Boston Globe on October 16 ran comments by President Faust and her three predecessors on the occasion of Harvard’s 375th anniversary, looking ahead to its 400th. Focusing on a theme he has sounded for decades, Derek Bok , president from …
The Corporation’s 360-Year Tune-Up
The Harvard Corporation’s self-review of its operations and organization- -begun in 2009 and first disclosed to the community that December 15 by President Drew Faust --has culminated in a series of measures to modernize and, in part, refocus the work of …
Issue: January-February 2011
"Knitt Together...As One"
I stand honored by your trust, inspired by your charge. I am grateful to the Governing Boards for their confidence, and I thank all of you for gathering in these festival rites. I am indebted to my three predecessors, sitting behind me, for joining me …
Issue: November-December 2007
Twenty-eighth, and First
Honored historian, seasoned scholar steeped in universities’ distinctive role, adept academic administrator—Drew Gilpin Faust forcefully took possession of her Harvard presidency during inaugural celebrations and a formal installation ceremony on October …
Issue: November-December 2007
Installation Address
Drew Faust gave the following address for her installation as Harvard’s 28th president on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. To view additional coverage of the Installation festivities, including additional audio recordings and an exclusive slideshow, see our special …
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Justice Breyer A comment from an uninformed foreigner. It seems to me that the U.S. Supreme Court is the very insurance that the government reflects what people want, to some extent anyway, that many foreigners look on with envy (“ A Workable Democracy ,” …
Issue: May-June 2017
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DNA Drawing Your discussion of using gene drives to combat malaria was very even-handed (“ Editing an End to Malaria? ” May-June, page 37); but DNA is, and must be, right-handed in the twist of its helix. Alas, on your very clever cover illustration it is …
Issue: July-August 2016
Graduate School of Design Launches $110-Million Campaign
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) launched its $110-million-plus fundraising campaign on September 12 and 13 with a series of events highlighting the school’s “grounded visionaries”: architects, planners, and designers who are at once free to …