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Using the Law for Good
As a child , Justice Sonia Sotomayor loved watching the television show Perry Mason . From the living room of her Bronx public housing apartment, the future Supreme Court associate justice was enraptured by the lead fictional lawyer. “In the first half of …
Small Talk, From Afar
As Leo Koerner ’26 trudged upstairs with Declan Deady ’27, a three-minute timer started in his head. Once Koerner opened the door to the “radio shack,” its walls paneled with wood veneer and plastered with Soviet-era maps, he had just a few moments to …
Issue: May-June 2025
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 …
Five Questions with Professor Jia Liu
Assistant professor of bioengineering Jia Liu received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Harvard in 2014 and then completed postdoctoral research at Stanford from 2015 to 2018. He joined the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) faculty in …
Business School Dean Jay O. Light to Step Down
Harvard Business School (HBS) dean Jay O. Light announced today that he would relinquish his position at the end of the academic year . He will also retire from the faculty at that time. Light, D.B.A. ’70, who is Baker professor of business …
Seeing Life
We live in an age of ecosystems —of life threatened on a planetary scale by climate change—and of genomes—of life analyzed at the molecular level, unveiling our own evolutionary history and the processes that underlie all of biology. Powerful though these …
Issue: March-April 2021
Justice Ajogbor Holds Court
Last December, with just under four minutes remaining in the second half, the Harvard men’s basketball team trailed fourth-ranked Kansas by just nine points when Jayhawks guard Bobby Pettiford exploded toward the hoop. Crimson forward Justice Ajogbor ’24 …
Harvard College Announces Admissions, Term Bill
Harvard College announced today that 2,023 students have been offered admission to the class of 2018 ( including the 992 previously notified that they were granted early-action admission ). The College received 34,295 applications, down marginally from …
Cambridge 02138
… our mentors and classmates. Thinking of Harvard’s class of 2025 and future classes, we worry about what may become of …
Issue: May-June 2022
Cambridge 02138
The Humanities… While I totally agree with James Engell’s conclusions in “ Humanists All ” (January-February, page 34), the institution that he is writing from is the only platform in the United States that can effect such change. He should be directing …
Issue: March-April 2023
Reunions, Alumni Meeting to Be Virtual
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) today notified members of reunion classes that their spring functions would be conducted virtually. In an email, Philip W. Lovejoy, HAA executive director, wrote: In consultation with University leadership and Harvard …
Seeing Methane from Space
Harvard scientists are tackling a major climate change challenge: targeting emissions of methane, a gas with a much shorter lifespan in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide but 80 times the warming potential. With a privately funded globe-spanning satellite …
Harvard Medalists
The Harvard Alumni Association has recognized three individuals as the 2020 Harvard Medalists, honoring their extraordinary service to the University. (The actual medal presentation, typically part of the HAA’s annual meeting on Commencement day, has been …
Issue: July-August 2020
By the Book
Harvard’s 364th was a mannerly , by-the-book Commencement. After a year of campus protests seeking divestment from fossil-fuel investments, advocates let signs and buttons carry their message. The graduates-to-be, normally somewhat spontaneous, barely …
Issue: July-August 2015
Peabody Museum Removes Native American Funerary Objects
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology has begun removing Native American funerary objects from its exhibits, after federal regulations went into effect earlier this month barring museums from displaying the sacred cultural items without …