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Fond Farewell
In 1966, John T. Bethell ’54 became the editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin —then a competent, if staid, small-circulation magazine published 17 times annually. In an efflorescence of editorial vision and talent, he and a small cohort of superb …
Issue: May-June 2025
Trade Cards in the Age of Invention
In the United States, the late nineteenth century was an age of invention. Machines for sewing and laundering clothes heralded relief from domestic drudgery. Packaged foods, including tinned meats and breads, made their mass-market debut, and patent …
Issue: July-August 2021
Harvard’s Endowment Outlook—Updated
UPDATED October 14, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. MIT reported an endowment investment return of 55.5 percent for fiscal 2021, and a 49.0 percent increase in the endowment’s year-end value, to $27.4 billion. Updated September 14, 2021, at 7:40 p.m. As an early …
Arts and Sciences’ New Look
At its first faculty meeting of the year, on October 3, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) debuted its new look and new leader. As announced last March by President Lawrence S. Bacow, the University’s leader will no longer chair FAS meetings —a …
Arts and Sciences: Aspirations and Anxieties
During the first Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting of the year, on October 1, Dean Hopi Hoekstra tried to set a positive tone for her colleagues concerned about Harvard’s challenges in the wake of a traumatic 2023-2024 (her first year as dean). …
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 …
How Should Harvard Teach Disagreement?
It should come as no surprise that a conference about disagreement began with a disagreement. President Alan M. Garber opened the thirteenth annual Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference with a filmed message. “As we have sought to …
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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