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Chinese Trade Dragons
China’s economy has grown more than five-fold during the last 20 years, adjusted for inflation—making it the second-largest economy globally, behind only the United States. Based on purchasing power parity (not per capita output), many believe China’s …
Harvard Commencement to Be Virtual Again
President Lawrence S. Bacow informed the community this morning that degree-conferring exercises for the class of 2021 will again be virtual, building upon the experience of the 369 th Commencement last spring, after the coronavirus pandemic emptied …
Commencement Confetti
Affinities Affirmed There are now eight University-wide affinity group celebrations on the Monday and Tuesday preceding Commencement proper. Student groups honored graduates representing LGBTQ+; Black; Indigenous; Latinx; Arab; and Asian American, Pacific …
Issue: July-August 2023
Off the Shelf
Imaginary Peaks , by Katie Ives ’99 (Mountaineers Books, $26.95). Riffing on the infamous Riesenstein Hoax (about an unscaleable, indeed imaginary, set of peaks in British Columbia), and drawing on her concentration in literature and her M.F.A., the …
Issue: January-February 2022
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Jane Rosenzweig
In 2022, Jane Rosenzweig published an op-ed in the Boston Globe, “What We Lose When Machines Do the Writing”—the first of several she’s produced about artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT. The director of the Harvard College Writing Center and a …
Issue: January-February 2025
Efficiency and Productivity in the Academy
Speaking at the February 1 Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting—two years to the day from the detection of the first Massachusetts case of COVID-19—Dr. Giang Nguyen, executive director of the University Health Services, disclosed an astonishing fact about …
Issue: May-June 2022
Overseer and HAA Director Elections
This spring, alumni can vote for new Harvard Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) elected directors, beginning on April 1, by paper ballot or online. Completed ballots must be received by 5 p.m. (EDT) on May 19. All holders of Harvard degrees, …
Issue: March-April 2020
Harvard Confers Seven Honorary Degrees
During the 371 st Commencement this morning, Harvard will celebrate a small cohort of accomplished leaders, conferring honorary degrees in person on four women and two men: a prime minister, three distinguished scholars, a public-sector …
At Home with Harvard: Theater & Broadway
This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the previous selections, featuring articles about income inequality, racial justice, immigration, …