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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 …
Mick Mulvaney Changes His Mind
On the morning of January 6, 2021, Mick Mulvaney met with new members of Congress in the Capitol. Mulvaney had served in the Trump administration since February 2017, first as director of the Office of Management and Budget, then as acting White House …
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
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
Harvard College Class of 2019 Admissions and Term Bill
Harvard College announced today that 1,990 students have been offered admission to the class of 2019 ( including the 977 previously notified that they were granted early-action admission ). The College received a record 37,307 applications , up nearly 9 …
Football: Harvard 28-New Hampshire 23
Harvard football fans might have been permitted a sinking feeling of déjà vu during the fourth quarter at the Stadium last Friday night. The opponent had just scored to cut the home team’s lead to 28-23 and now the Crimson offense was charged with running …
“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 …
Task Forces on Women Faculty and on Women in Science and Engineering issue reports
Harvard's task forces on women faculty and on women in science and engineering, created in February, issued their reports on Monday, May 16. The reports are available in PDF format below; for a link to the official University news release, click here . …
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
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 …
Words to Live By
Had this been a typical year, College seniors would have walked back to their Houses to receive their diplomas following Thursday morning’s Commencement exercises in Tercentenary Theatre, while newly minted doctor’s and master’s degree-holders would have …
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, …
China's Newest Revolution: Health for All?
… from 8 percent now (about 100 million) to 14 percent in 2025 (approaching 200 million)—posing large challenges of …
Issue: May-June 2010
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 …