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The University’s on-line learning initiative has released two new segments. One highlights the fall 2005 conference on women and war, the other offers an Alumni College about Harvard’s role in the Olympics. (To access the features, go to …
Issue: May-June 2006
Students for Fair Admissions Loses North Carolina Case
I n a ruling handed down on October 18 , Judge Loretta C. Biggs, of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, rejected Students for Fair Admissions’ (SFFA) lawsuit against the University of North Carolina (UNC)—the latest effort …
The Year That Was
T-shirt Spirit To build, and bolster, spirit among the pandemic-dispersed members of the College class of 2024—many deferred enrolling; those who matriculated took their classes remotely, whether from socially distanced single bedrooms in Cambridge or …
Issue: July-August 2021
“An Academic Year in an Age of Upheaval”
As classes begin for one of the most challenging semesters in Harvard and higher-education history —with most instruction remote, only a small cohort of undergraduates in residence, and rigorous coronavirus testing and other measures to protect the …
A Vision for Post-Pandemic Harvard
As a president twice, and adviser to many other university leaders, Lawrence S. Bacow says he often counsels them that their second year in office, after the honeymoon, is often the toughest. That was true for his predecessor, Drew Gilpin Faust , who set …
Psychedelics for Healing
Psychedelic drugs, once considered primarily recreational, are making their way into clinical settings—and increasingly, helping patients with a range of conditions. Last fall, Harvard launched the Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture : an …
Harvard’s Slave Legacy
“People have this image of Harvard University being an ivory tower, as if it’s separated from the world,” observes Warren professor of American history and professor of African and African American studies Vincent Brown near the beginning of a short …
Fare Thee Well
Ever wonder why there are so few superlative Chinese restaurants in this country? Why all we expect is dependable, cheap food in nondescript surroundings? Why no one in the kitchen wants to prove that Chinese cuisine can be haute? It’s the same story with …
Issue: May-June 2005
Portraying Lawrence H. Summers
Last Friday afternoon , September 23, the official portrait of Lawrence H. Summers was unveiled during a celebratory tribute in the Widener Library rotunda, 16-plus years after his departure from Massachusetts Hall. (This and future presidential portraits …
Harvard Professor James Hanken on the Amphibian Extinction Crisis
The Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology is one of the oldest museums in the United States–but part of its immense collection remains tucked away, constantly in use but never displayed to the public. Hidden below those towering floors of …
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Computing and Humans Thank you for Harry R. Lewis’s “ Mechanical Intelligence and Counterfeit Humanity ” (July-August, page 38). I wish everyone who has or uses a computer would read it. We lost the game when we adopted the term “Artificial Intelligence.” …
Issue: September-October 2024
Endowment Insights
Last February , three Republican members of Congress sent a questionnaire to the 56 private universities and colleges with endowments valued at $1 billion or more, seeking information about those endowments, investments, financial aid, and financial …
Issue: July-August 2016
A “Scholar’s Scholar”
Claudine Gay arrived in Cambridge in the fall of 1992 as a first-year graduate student, lugging the things that seemed most essential to her success: a futon, a Mac Classic II, and a cast iron skillet for frying plantains. The futon, no doubt, was …
Issue: September-October 2023
Governing Boards Change Composition of Overseers
As three newly elected members nominated by petition and elected after campaigning vigorously as part of the Harvard Forward slate joined the Board of Overseers, it and the Harvard Corporation have voted to enact changes in the election process and the …
At Home with Harvard: Traveling for the Story
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 previous selections, featuring articles about climate change, racial justice, theater, and …