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“All Climate Change Is Local”
… with the Cape Ann Climate Coalition, TownGreen 2025, Water Alliance, the City of Gloucester, and the Town …
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, …
Hearing the Faculty’s Voice
Although the campus is far calmer this fall than last , differences of opinion about Harvard’s direction and leadership continue to divide the governing boards and senior administrators from some significant portion of the faculties. Recent actions by the …
Strategy—and a Celebration
Broadly Speaking, the Harvard governance reforms unveiled in December 2010 had three purposes. Foremost was strengthening the Corporation’s fiduciary oversight of the University, in the wake of the 2008-2009 financial meltdown and prior missteps in …
Issue: September-October 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 …
The Context: Life on the Mesopotamian Marshes—and the Specter of Drought
This is the sixth post of "The Context"—a biweekly series of archival stories—offering our readers a useful background to some of the most important subjects in the news today. We hope you enjoy it. As the battle for Mosul in 2016 was raging in Iraq and …
Harvard Cambridge Scholars
Four seniors have won Harvard-Cambridge Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2020-21 academic year. Fernanda Baron, of Lowell House, a sociology concentrator with a secondary field in the studies of women, gender, and sexuality, will …
Issue: July-August 2020
Robert Lue Named Bok Center Director
Given his present and past titles —including professor of the practice of molecular and cellular biology; director of HarvardX; dean of Harvard Summer School; tutor in biochemical sciences; director of life sciences education — the new assignment Robert …
The Evolutionary Case for Exercise
What role does exercise play in shaping the health of our brains and bodies? For Lerner professor of biological sciences Daniel Lieberman , the answer lies in our distant past. In his scholarship, Lieberman has explored how the arc of human natural …
The Aloian Memorial Scholars
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has awarded Jorge Campos ’21, of Los Angeles, and Reeda Iqbal ’21, of Brentwood, New York, the 2020 David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholarships for enriching the quality of life in their Houses. From Housing Day …
Issue: November-December 2020
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 …
The Context: How Exercise Gives Us Purpose
This is the fifth post of "The Context"—a biweekly series of archival stories—offering our readers a useful background to some of the most important subjects in the news today. We hope you enjoy it. When studies describe the benefits of exercise, they …
A Ray of Light amid Middle East Devastation
“Open, sesame!” This phrase, familiar from childhood stories, comes from Antoine Galland’s translation of One Thousand and One Nights. In the story, it is spoken to open the mouth of a cave enclosing untold magical treasures. Like Ali Baba to the cave, …
The Home Front
In his installation address, President Lawrence S. Bacow said, “[W]e must strive to model the behavior we would hope to see elsewhere.” His context then was sustaining free speech on campus in the search for truth. When he invokes the phrase now, it seems …
Issue: May-June 2021
Fresh Start
After a season of gluttony, the new year offers exciting possibilities for healthier habits and rituals. There are plenty of options in Cambridge and beyond to jumpstart a new fitness routine—or to simply refresh and renew. Close to home, pop into the New …
Issue: January-February 2022