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At Home with Harvard: American Democracy
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, immigration, and …
Harvard College Admissions Rate Falls to 6.2 Percent
Harvard College today announced that 2,158 students, from among 34,950 applicants, had been offered admission to the class of 2015, entering this August. The admission rate, slightly under 6.2 percent, fell from 6.9 percent last year, driven by a nearly …
“O” for Opportunity
Imagine, against all the evidence, that the Supreme Court, which is hearing arguments on October 31 in the anti-affirmative-action lawsuits Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) has brought against Harvard and the University of North Carolina , rules for …
Issue: November-December 2022
Developing the Brain-Computer Interface
Growing up in New York City, Benjamin Rapoport, A.B.-A.M. ’03, M.D. ’08 (’13), often tagged along on weekend hospital rounds with his neurologist father. Samuel Rapoport was also an electrical engineer and a pioneering electrophysiology specialist who …
Issue: January-February 2025
Harvard Basketball's Sibling Stars
On a Friday this October, Mason ’22 and McKenzie ’23 Forbes were standing outside Lavietes Pavilion, bobbing to music and smiling as their friends played cornhole and noshed on pizza. With temperatures lingering in the 60s, it seemed as though they could …
The Philosopher of the Real World
When Susanna Siegel was a teenager, two political events shook her world. One was the Nicaraguan Revolution. As a 15-year-old living in Ithaca, New York, she traveled to Managua in 1985 to join the youth brigades supporting the Sandinista movement. It was …
Issue: January-February 2024
Harvard Articulates Principles for “Denaming”
The Committee to Articulate Principles on Renaming , appointed by President Lawrence S. Bacow in October 2020 and led by president emerita Drew Faust, today released its report on the circumstances under which individuals’ names or representations might …
At Home with Harvard: Library Treasures
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, movies and …
The Week’s Events
Commencement week includes addresses by Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust and former Massachusetts governor Deval L. Patrick ’78, J.D. ’82. For details and updates on event speakers, visit harvardmagazine.com/commencement * * * Tuesday, May 26 Phi Beta …
Issue: May-June 2015
Advancing the Allston Enterprise Campus
The University announced today that Steven D. Fessler will become head of enterprise real estate, effective April 18. The appointment to this new position signals progress toward developing a 36-acre Allston parcel designated for development of an …
Portraying Larry Summers
Sixteen years after the portrait of President Neil L. Rudenstine (1991-2001) was unveiled in the Faculty Room in University Hall, that of his successor, Lawrence H. Summers (2001-2006), was introduced at a celebration in Widener Library on September 23. …
Issue: November-December 2022
Harvard Football Great Performances: Vic Kennard ’09
Had COVID-19 not hijacked the Ivy football season, among so many other activities, the Harvard team would be back at the Stadium this Saturday, attempting to avenge last season’s 17-10 overtime loss to resurgent Columbia. Instead, we again will take a …
Ben Franklin’s Project
Joyce E. Chaplin, Phillips professor of early American history, is a multitool scholar, working across fields including the history of science, climate, colonialism, and environment. That breadth of expertise is reflected in her affiliate appointments, …
Issue: May-June 2025
Brevia
Governmental Government Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf, Ph.D. ’89, who concluded his service as director of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last March, has been named dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, effective in January. A macroeconomist, …
Issue: September-October 2015
Harvard Endowment Increases Modestly to $37.1 Billion During Early Stages of Overhaul
Performance highlights for fiscal 2017: •The endowment’s value stood at $37.1 billion as of June 30, the end of fiscal year 2017, an increase of $1.4 billion (3.9 percent) from $35.7 billion a year earlier . (The endowment had reached $37.6 billion at the …