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“Armenian creativity, culture, and survival”
In 1207 an elderly scribe in the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia completed the Garabed Gospel. Although blinded by the 11-year undertaking, he completed the 250 inked, goat-skin pages, with decorative marginalia, at a monastery near what is now southern …
Issue: January-February 2022
Centennial Medalists
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who have made contributions to society that emerged from their graduate studies. It is the highest honor …
Issue: July-August 2020
Forrest Gander and Theda Skocpol at Phi Beta Kappa Exercises
“It’s tremendously exciting to have this celebration back,” said Howard Georgi, Mallinckrodt professor of physics, welcoming the audience at Sanders Theatre to the 230 th Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Literary Exercises on Tuesday morning, after a three-year …
Serving a “Truly Mission-Driven” Institution
D uring a wide-ranging, reflective conversation at Massachusetts Hall on the morning of May 11, just weeks before the conclusion of his 12-year Harvard Corporation tenure on June 30, senior fellow William F. Lee took stock of the 2010 governance reforms, …
Focus on West African Women
The Harvard Film Archive screens the complete works of this year’s McMillan-Stewart Fellow, filmmaker Rosine Mbakam (January 27-February 9). Born in Cameroon and based in Belgium, Mbakam will be on hand February 8 and 9 to discuss her documentaries, …
Issue: January-February 2025
Lawsuit Alleges Harvard Mishandled Harassment Complaints
Hundreds of students joined a campus demonstration Monday afternoon in support of three graduate students who recently filed suit against the University, claiming Harvard downplayed or ignored their sexual-harassment complaints against John Comaroff, …
Their “Last Shot”
Harvard Hardwood, the Harvard Magazine basketball report Hanging from the rafters of Lavietes Pavilion are 11 banners that read “WOMEN,” each a permanent memento of an Ivy League Championship that head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith and her teams have …
Drew Gilpin Faust, President Emerita, 2024 Phi Beta Kappa Oration—“Free and Brave”: Defending Universities and the Rule of Truth
I am honored to be here today celebrating your achievements and grateful for this opportunity to speak after 11 years of silence at these Literary Exercises—sitting where President Garber is right now. And I am honored to join a long line of distinguished …
Finding Harvard’s Next President
N ow that President Lawrence S. Bacow has announced his plan to step down at the end of the next academic year, by June 30, 2023, how will the University go about soliciting candidates to succeed him? Formally, the Harvard Corporation elects the …
Border Crossing
The story came to him the night he became a father. Author Rudy Ruiz ’90, M.P.P. ’93, had known since college that he wanted to write a novel, but he felt like he needed more life experience first. “When the time is right,” he told himself, “the idea will …
Issue: January-February 2022
Widsom of the Aged
Given separate Commencement and reunions/Alumni Day celebrations, Primus could not devote full attention during the pomp-cum-protests that marked this year’s 373rd exercises. Returning to reflect, he notes that Bertram A. “Bert” Huberman ’44, M.B.A. ’48, …
Issue: September-October 2024
At Home with Harvard: Back to School
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 climate change, racial justice, movies and …
The Poetics of Homelessness
After publication of the May-June feature “ The Homelessness Public Health Crisis ,” Harvard Magazine received an email from Jason Adam Sheets, M.T.S. ’21. A Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and essayist, Sheets earned a B.F.A. from Goddard College in …
Maria Ressa to Address Harvard Graduates
Maria Ressa , who shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 (with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov) for her brave, independent news coverage of her native Philippines, will be the honored guest speaker at Harvard’s 373 rd Commencement exercises, scheduled for …
Made in Germany
Disorienting and unexpected , a white room with a checkered carpet is turned sideways: tables are bound to the wall, and the wall lies at viewers’ feet. This room, collapsed and contorted, symbolizes the home within a collapsed East German state. The …