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Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to Speak at Harvard Alumni Day
T he University’s inaugural Harvard Alumni Day will feature two-term U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith ’94, who last year joined Harvard as professor of English and of African and African American studies and the Wallach professor at the Harvard Radcliffe …
Where to Gift Your Grad
It’s been an unusual year for students, and graduates deserve a little bit of extra love. Happily, there are plenty of options in and around the Square to help them celebrate in the style they deserve, from wardrobe consults for that all-important job …
Issue: May-June 2021
The Overseers’ Higher Profile
If past is prologue, last summer’s pandemic-delayed election of members of the Board of Overseers represents a significant challenge to the norms of Harvard governance. • Harvard Forward put forth a slate of five petition candidates for places on the …
Issue: March-April 2021
Axim Online Education Venture Debuts
T wenty-one months after co-founders Harvard and MIT agreed to sell their edX online-learning venture to 2U , a for-profit course manager, the successor nonprofit organization has a new name, leader, and strategy to go with the $700 million or so in net …
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). …
The Boston Camerata Turns 70
… Tero Saarinen (slated to be performed in Europe in 2025-26). More recently, the ensemble has developed programs … will be performed at Boston’s Old West Church on April 27, 2025. Among Boston Camerata’s best-known sources is the …
Issue: November-December 2024
Katie Lapp Steps Down as Executive Vice President
On the morning of May 12, Katie Lapp, Harvard’s executive vice president since 2009, announced that she will be stepping down from her position at the end of the summer. Moving into her position will be Meredith Weenick ’90, M.B.A. ’02, the current vice …
Another Competitive Overseers’ Election Takes Shape
With the announcement today of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee’s candidates for the Board of Overseers, a second consecutive, competitive campaign for election to the governing board appears to be shaping up. Harvard Forward (HF) …
Off the Shelf
… but don’t want to invest in a Harvard M.B.A. (2024-2025 estimated cost of attendance for a married student …
Issue: September-October 2024
What’s At Stake—Your Letters
Do not give in to Trump. Harvard has been a symbol of justifiable resistance to the current administration. Please remain strong! Dan Aron ’60 Austin, Tex. The right executive decision at the right moment would have begun at once lowering tensions between …
Unsound Sleep
The National Sleep Foundation’s 2005 survey found that 75 percent of American adults experience symptoms of a sleep problem at least a few nights per week. Sleep clinics like Sleep Health Centers, a for-profit enterprise whose medical director, David P. …
Issue: July-August 2005
Orators Three
Each year, three student speakers address the Commencement crowd in Tercentenary Theatre: the student “parts” that are an essential feature of Harvard’s graduation traditions. Here Harvard Magazine profiles the honored student speakers at the 373 rd …
Over the River Dept.
Branding. Even when at play, apparently, the M.B.A.s-to-be at Harvard Business School (HBS) are also at work. The lawn between the spiffy Klarman Hall (HBS’s terrific conference facility) and the Schwartz Pavilion (for covered outdoor lounging) is …
Issue: March-April 2023
Why Aid Cuts Didn’t End Worker Shortages
When the COVID-19 pandemic triggered global economic turmoil, including the layoffs of millions of U.S. workers, legislators responded in unprecedented ways through the CARES Act of 2020, which dramatically expanded unemployment benefits. “At the …
Issue: July-August 2022
Stand-Up to Simmer Down
On a campus where student organizations vie for superlatives—from the nation’s “oldest continuously published student newspaper” to its “oldest collegiate social club”—the improvisational comedy troupe On Thin Ice claims a more idiosyncratic honor. It’s …
Issue: July-August 2025