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New Kennedy School Dean Announced
The University announced today that Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) announced that Jeremy M. Weinstein, Ph.D. ’03, a professor of international studies at Stanford University, will become Harvard Kennedy School dean on July 1. Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf …
Harvard Projects $750-Million Revenue Shortfall in Next Academic Year
Harvard forecasts a net shortfall of $415 million in anticipated revenue for the fiscal year ending this June 30, reflecting the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and a further $750-million shortfall compared to budgeted expectations for the year …
Guy Davenport
“Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker’s attention, it fails,” Guy Mattison Davenport Jr., Ph.D. ’61, once advised. “This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding.” The author, artist, and …
Issue: November-December 2017
Football 2023: Harvard 38-Holy Cross 28
Football consists of three components: offense, defense, and special teams. On Saturday at Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts, Harvard excelled in all three. The upshot was a major upset, with the Crimson taking down Holy Cross 38-28. The Crusaders, …
“We’re Better Than That!”
Early in the fourth quarter of last Friday’s women’s basketball game against Brown, the Bears ripped off six unanswered points, so Delaney-Smith Head Coach Carrie Moore called a time-out: “We’re better than that!” she shouted to her players. Harvard was …
Houghton Library Features Children’s Books in Opening Exhibit
With the extensive collection of children’s books donated by Peter J. Solomon ’60, M.B.A. ’63, the newly renovated Houghton Library could have opened an exhibit of the genre’s “greatest hits.” Among other treasures, Solomon’s collection includes first …
Allston, Beyond the Groundbreaking
The week after a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the future enterprise research campus (ERC) in Allston, Harvard Magazine spoke with Harvard Allston Land Company (HALC) CEO Carl Rodrigues—the University’s point person for the commercial development …
Business School Dean Transition Extended during Coronavirus Crisis
President Lawrence S. Bacow announced this afternoon that Nitin Nohria, dean of Harvard Business School (HBS), who had announced his retirement effective at the end of this academic year , in June, will now remain the school’s leader through the end of …
News Briefs
Exploring Natural and Artificial Intelligence Chan Zuckerberg Initiative founders Mark Zuckerberg ’06, L.L.D. ’17, and Priscilla Chan ’07 announced in December a $500-million gift to establish the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial …
Issue: March-April 2022
Harvard Art Museums Now Admission-Free
T he Harvard Art Museums (HAM) announced this morning that all visitors will be admitted free of admission charges, effective immediately. Until this change, adults were charged $20 for access to the collections, and those over 65 years, $18. To be sure, …
Antisemitism on Campuses
As Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack and the ensuing war in the Middle East reverberated on college campuses, some academic departments felt the impacts more acutely than others. Professors of Jewish studies, antisemitism studies, and Israel studies …
“Make Elections Boring Again”
“Secretary Raffensperger , you’ve had an interesting couple of years.” So began a conversation at the Institute of Politics (IOP) Tuesday evening with Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger, who took the infamous phone call from Donald Trump after …
Harvard Medalists
THE HARVARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (HAA) has announced the recipients of the 2023 Harvard Medal, to be awarded in person during the Harvard Alumni Day festivities on June 2. Paula A. Johnson ’80, M.D. ’84, M.P.H. ’85, a physician-scientist, educator, and …
Arnold Arboretum Turns 150
“It smells like cake,” says the Arnold Arboretum’s keeper of the living collections, Michael Dosmann, standing beneath a nearly 150-year-old Japanese katsura tree. Its dark, curvy limbs are surrounded by a halo of delicate red leaves worthy of a …
Issue: March-April 2022
Newell and Weld Boat Houses Scheduled for Major Renovation
The historic Newell and Weld boat houses, homes to the storied Harvard and Radcliffe rowing teams, are about to undergo the most comprehensive renovation and updating since they were constructed in 1900 and 1907, respectively. Although some hints about …