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The Office for the Arts Turns 50
No celebration for the Office for the Arts (OFA) could possibly capture the organization’s broad reach . Nearly 40 percent of Harvard’s 7,000 undergraduates participate in OFA programming every year. Through classes, apprenticeships, and funding …
Behind the Scenes: Chance reunion between old chums
Former deputy editor Craig Lambert reflects on his history with Stephen Bergman and what it’s like to reunite after 39 years. Writing my March-April feature profile “ Diagnosis by Fiction ,” on novelist Stephen Bergman ’66, M.D. ’73, was an enjoyable …
Breaking Even in a Bleak Year?
Despite a second consecutive year of reduced revenues—as the pandemic closed many executive-education programs, for example, and reduced degree-student enrollment (and associated tuition, room, and board income)—and increased expenses for coronavirus …
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Issue: July-August 2021
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EVP Exits Katherine (“Katie”) N. Lapp, executive vice president since 2009, announced in May that she would step down this summer. Lapp has largely been a behind-the-scenes administrator, responsible for campus services, finance, human resources, …
Issue: July-August 2022
The Best Diets for Healthy Aging
How can we eat to age well ? New research published January 9, 2023, in JAMA Internal Medicine links four major healthy eating patterns to a lower risk of premature death and of cancer, diseases of the cardiovascular system, and respiratory illness. The …
Postseason’s End
On Sunday , Harvard trailed Columbia with just over a minute remaining in the Great Eight round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT), when guard McKenzie Forbes ’23 received the ball on the perimeter. The Crimson had been behind by 20 …
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Presidential Search As the search for the successor to President Lawrence S. Bacow proceeds, faculty and staff advisory committees were disclosed on August 25. Archon Fung, McCormack professor of citizenship and self-government and director of the Ash …
Issue: November-December 2022
Harvard Endowment Increases $11.3 Billion to $53.2 Billion, and University Operations Yield $283-Million Surplus Despite Pandemic
H arvard’s annual financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, published today, shows much more favorable results than might have been expected when the University was forced to send students home in March 2020, beginning more than a year of …
Football 2023: Harvard 48-Howard 7
In football parlance, a “chunk play” is one in which the offense gains a chunk of yardage—at least 15 yards rushing or 20 passing. On Saturday at the Stadium Harvard was exceedingly chunky in a stress-free 48-7 rout of Howard. The victory moved the …
A Decisive Postseason Victory—and Now a Third (Updated)
Last April , shortly after she was hired , Carrie Moore, the Delaney-Smith head coach of women’s basketball, held her first workouts with the team. Defense, she emphasized, was paramount. Last night that message seemed to have gotten through. Harvard …
Engineering Dean Frank Doyle to Depart for Brown
F rank Doyle, dean of engineeering and applied sciences since July 2015, will step down next June to become provost at Brown University. With his departure, Harvard’s new president, when appointed, will have the opportunity to influence the selection of …
Merrick Garland’s Commencement Address
Thank you, President Bacow for this extraordinary honor. And for your kind, but overly generous introduction. And thank you to my wife, Lynn, Harvard Class of 1982, for listening to President Bacow’s introduction without laughing out loud at the parts …
The 2020 HAA Award Winners
Six alumni have received HAA Awards for their outstanding service to the University. J. Jacques Carter, M.P.H. ’83, of Brookline, Massachusetts, has served as a teacher, adviser, and mentor for students at the College, Harvard Medical School, and the …
Issue: November-December 2020
Overseer Candidates’ 2024 Harvard Priorities
Each year , Harvard Magazine asks candidates for Harvard’s Board of Overseers—one of the University’s two governing boards—to answer the questions listed below. This compilation of their responses is published to help eligible voters understand the …
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 …