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Lessons in Dementia’s Decline?
Public-health officials have for years been warning of a coming “gray wave” of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Today, an estimated 47 million people worldwide live with the disorder. That cohort is expected to triple in the next three …
Issue: November-December 2020
U.S. Representative Blasts Harvard’s Discipline
On September 26 , U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina), chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued a press release in which she “denounced Harvard University for its refusal to hold those responsible for the …
The "King of Palindromes"
“Kay fixes trapeze part; sex if yak…” was a promising start, but now palindromist Mark Saltveit ’83 needed one final, reversible word—one that would convey Kay’s questionable character and the conditions under which a yak would engage in adult activities. …
Issue: September-October 2021
Bias in Artificial Intelligence
One of the more startling and instructive documentaries of the recent past is 2020’s Coded Bias , which explores a thorny dilemma: in modern society, artificial-intelligence systems increasingly govern and surveil people’s lives—algorithms now routinely …
Online Takes Off
The pandemic’s effects on classroom teaching were immediate and binary: given the dangers of viral transmission, courses last March were hurriedly adapted to Zoom, and, last fall, more refined versions of online pedagogy appeared (see “School Goes …
Issue: March-April 2021
Faculty Member Remarks at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Meeting, March 15, 2005
William C. Kirby, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences I'd like to say a few words about governance before we begin today's discussion. We meet for the third time in five weeks, and I must tell you, and not for the first time, that it is …
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
On Public Notice
Some might doubt that anyone reads those paragraphs of dense text that appear toward the back of the newspaper: the ones that contain information about ordinances, meetings, petitions, foreclosures, municipal budgets, and other official proceedings that …
Harvard Medalists
Avarita L. Hanson Avarita L. Hanson ’75 in 1975 founded what’s now known as the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW), and has served as treasurer of the Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1975, president of the Harvard Club of Georgia, Harvard Alumni …
Issue: July-August 2022
Harvard@Home
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
Football: Yale 23-Harvard 18
As so often happens, The Game this year ended with the quarterback of the trailing team trying one desperation pass that, if successful, would turn defeat into victory. On Saturday at the Yale Bowl it was Harvard’s sophomore Jaden Craig, in fourth-and-14 …
Artificial Intelligence in the Academy
How is artificial intelligence reshaping the notion of original scholarship? How are faculty using the technology in their research and teaching, and what are administrators doing with the tools to streamline their work? A May 1 symposium convened by …
Harvard’s NBA Champion
For a couple of years now, the Harvard men’s basketball team and Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić have carried on a playful social-media exchange, ever since he kidded in a 2021 pregame radio show that he’d attended the College. (In fact, the …
Harvard University's 369th Commencement Excercises
Thursday, May 28, 2020 commencement.harvard.edu Since 1642, when just nine students graduated, Harvard’s Commencement Exercises have brought together the community unlike any other tradition still observed in the University. Degree candidates with …
Issue: March-April 2020
Education School Dean Bridget Terry Long to Step Down
Bridget Terry Long announced today that she will step down as dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) at the end of this academic year. She has served in a leadership role at HGSE over the last decade, first as academic dean and then, …