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During a meeting on April 15—Good Friday, and before the first Passover seder he celebrates with family friends—President Lawrence S. Bacow said he was pursuing the “balance between managing the crisis du jour and what I call playing long ball”: advancing …
Issue: July-August 2022
Crimson’s Mr. Green
Rob Gogan, Harvard’s recycling and waste manager, retired in October, having long done more than anyone else to instill a culture of waste-reduction, reuse (of furniture, for example), recycling, and composting throughout the University. Helped by friends …
Issue: January-February 2021
Brevia
Astronomy agenda. The next-generation, 24.5-meter (aperture) Giant Magellan Telescope—supported by a 13-member consortium of universities and science institutions, prominently including Harvard—has been recommended for federal support as part of the U.S. …
Issue: January-February 2022
Harvard Presidential Search Committees Named
As the search for a successor to President Lawrence S. Bacow gathers momentum, following the announcement on July 7 that it had formally begun , faculty and staff advisory committees were unveiled today; a third committee, of students drawn from across …
At Home with Harvard: The Climate Crisis
This is the ninth installment in Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the prior pieces, featuring stories about Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, famous and …
Cambridge Smorgasbord
… restaurants … 88565 … Restaurant Recommendations Cambridge 2025 … 1539 … 8472 … Cambridge Smorgasbord … article …
Issue: May-June 2025
College Yield Drops 3 Percent During COVID-19
The College’s yield for the class of 2024 , or the share of admitted students who indicated that they will attend Harvard, has dropped from 84 percent on May 1 to 81 percent, according to a University announcement made today. Some students have deferred …
Dename Winthrop?
In November 2023 , a group of students spoke at the Institute of Politics (IOP) about their campaign to dename Winthrop House. Earlier that year, in March, they had submitted an official denaming request to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) that …
Brenda Tindal Named Inaugural Chief Campus Curator
After a national search, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has appointed Brenda Tindal the inaugural chief campus curator, beginning February 13. Tindal—who has been the executive director of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) since May …
“We Urgently Must Do More”
Harvard celebrated the launch of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability on Wednesday, October 26, with a symposium at the Radcliffe Institute that illustrated both the breadth of climate-change impacts, and the University’s educational and …
A Dazzling Class of Zebras
“You have been undergraduates for 1,349 days. I have been interim president for 140 days,” began Alan M. Garber at the baccalaureate ceremony, an occasion when the president traditionally addresses graduating seniors. Alluding to the circumstances that …
The Day’s Events: Friday, May 29
FRIDAY MAY 29 is Radcliffe Day, and this year’s festivities will include the panel “A Decade of Decisions and Dissents: The Roberts Court, from 2005 to Today,” moderated by Margaret H. Marshall Ed.M. ’69, Ed ’77, L ’78 at 10:30 A.M. The Radcliffe Day …
Write It!
Why not carve out time for a writing retreat through The Muse & The Marketplace? Organized by Boston’s nonprofit creative-writing center Grub Street, the annual conference is held online this year during two April sessions. During week one, April 21-25, …
Issue: March-April 2021
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November-December 2022
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