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Harvard’s New Football Coach: A Real Tiger
On February 15 , Harvard introduced Andrew Aurich as the new Stephenson Family head coach of football. A product of St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of a high-school football coach and father of three young children, Aurich has a Sisyphean act to follow as he …
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
Commencement Confetti
Lattes in the Library? Lamont Library has a full café. The renovated Harvard Art Museums’ central court can now be rented for catered events (no red wine, no food in the galleries). But the chief marshal’s luncheon in Widener’s reading room? Nominally, …
Issue: July-August 2015
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, …
Alan Garber’s Opening Words
In a message to the Harvard community on Thursday morning, as students were returning for the start of classes next week, President Alan M. Garber offered a welcome—and an admonition. He asked those coming back to campus to seek “enlightenment, …
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 …
“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 …
When Harvard Should—and Shouldn’t—Speak
Harvard and its leaders should not issue official statements about public matters that do not directly affect the institution’s core function of research, teaching, and learning. That was the conclusion reached by a faculty working group tasked with …
Caring for Your Heart
Heart disease kills more Americans every year than all cancers combined. Yet a cancer diagnosis prompts immediate action and mobilizes families, said Ami Bhatt ’96, one of a panel of heart disease experts who spoke at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of …
Can Financial Crises Be Predicted?
In his memoir of the 2008 financial crisis, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner wrote that such crises are like “earthquakes”—they “cannot be reliably predicted, so they cannot be reliably prevented.” Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben …
Issue: January-February 2021
Antisemitism on Campus—And Beyond
Sunday afternoon , September 22, hundreds of Harvard community members donning miniature Israeli flags and hostage dog tags filed into Sanders Theatre for a summit about antisemitism and anti-Zionism on campus. The high-security gathering was organized by …
Football: Harvard 45, Georgetown 0
The tiredest fellow at Harvard Stadium last Friday night may well have been Kenny Smart ’18. The Crimson placekicker had a full evening of work, having swung his right leg on the game’s opening kickoff, six successful point-after-touchdown conversions and …
College Admits 14.5 Percent of Early-Action Applicants
THE COLLEGE has admitted 14.5 percent of early-action applicants to the class of 2022, the same percentage as last year , the admissions office announced today. Of the 6,630 students who applied through the program, 964 were admitted. The admissions …
A Passion for Equity
As an undergraduate studying environmental systems technology at Cornell, Anyeley Hallová, M.L.A. ’03, wanted to give back to the black community. She would travel from Ithaca to her home in South Florida to encourage students from predominantly black …
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