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Nobel Duo Harvard scholars received the highest accolades this October, when Farber professor of medicine William Kaelin was announced as co-winner of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and Gates professor of developing societies Michael Kremer …
Issue: January-February 2020
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Gram Parsons Thank you for Nancy Kathryn Walecki’s excellent piece on Gram Parsons, his Harvard connections, and his influence on popular music (“ Sound as Ever ,” July-August, page 44). He opened the ears of a generation with his fusion of country and …
Issue: September-October 2023
The Senior Marshals
The senior marshals , looking ahead to Commencement 2005, are: (clockwise from top left) first marshal Caleb Franklin, of Leverett House and Los Angeles; Sheria Smith, of Winthrop House and Gary, Indiana; Duncan Graham Wells, of Leverett House and Chevy …
Issue: May-June 2005
Will Spring Education Plans Slip?
As the coronavirus pandemic threatens public health and overwhelms hospitals around the country, University leaders sent a “sobering” note to the community today, noting that although “some of our Schools have announced that they intend to welcome back …
New Institutional Master Plan Unveiled
After 18 months of planning and community discussions, the University unveiled a new 10-year Institutional Master Plan Notification Form (IMPNF) at the Harvard-Allston task force meeting on October 11, enumerating projects that administrators deemed to …
Football: Harvard 31- Penn 28
In the 151 years of Harvard football there have been many players who have stepped into the breach to rescue the Crimson. (Think Frank Kenneth Champi ’69, “Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29.”) Now the name of Charles P. DePrima ’25 must be added to the annals. On …
News Briefs
Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker ’81, a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2018, has been elected senior fellow, succeeding William F. Lee ’72, effective July 1. She will be the first woman leader of the University’s fiduciary governing board. Penny …
Issue: May-June 2022
Crimson Red Ink
Harvard’s annual financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, published today, shows the initial, adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic as: revenue decreased by 3 percent, to $5.4 billion; and the University recorded a $10-million …
Both Sides Now
Tomiko Brown-Nagin is a legal historian of what she calls “one of the most celebrated social movements of all time—the black freedom struggle.” Two photographs sit on a bookcase behind her desk at Greenleaf House, the residence of the Harvard Radcliffe …
Issue: January-February 2022
Dumebi Menakaya Shoots Secrecy
Dumebi Malaika Menakaya ’s Nzuzo I initially appears as a reflection, but it’s not. In the photograph, two women with short, curly hair and long lashes face each other, heads angled just slightly, chests touching, lips inches apart. One woman places her …
Issue: March-April 2023
Off the Shelf
Learning to Depolarize: Helping Students and Teachers Reach Across Lines of Disagreement, by Kent Lenci, Ed.M. ’05 (Routledge, $29.95 paper). Drawing on two decades of experience in middle schools, the author crafts a surprisingly warm and hopeful …
Issue: March-April 2023
The Off-Kilter Economy
By most measures, the U.S. economy weathered the pandemic recession. But even as life returns to normal for most Americans, the recovery remains hard to interpret. Policymakers face conflicting signals: job growth, for example, that would normally presage …
Issue: November-December 2022
How Harvard’s Professional Schools Will Cope with the Economic Crisis
In the wake of initial financial guidance and principles for drafting new budgets disseminated by President Lawrence S. Bacow and the central administration on April 13, Harvard’s faculties are learning from their deans what the pandemic-related …
Live Long—and Save the Planet
It’s widely accepted that diets that emphasize plant-based foods—such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes—are beneficial for human health, reducing the risk of chronic ailments such as heart disease. At the same time, mounting evidence shows …
Issue: March-April 2023
At Home with Harvard: Extraordinary Lives
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 prior pieces, featuring stories about the history of women at Harvard, the climate crisis, …