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New Rules for Campus Use
Though students are on summer recess, Harvard administrators have continued to grapple with the past academic year’s campus chaos . On August 1, executive vice president Meredith Weenick shared an updated slate of rules governing shared campus spaces. …
Jobs Well Done
We salute four outstanding contributors to Harvard Magazine for their work on readers’ behalf during 2019, and confer a $1,000 honorarium on each. Chad Oldfather Our awards for distinguished writing happily recognize a veteran graduate and a recent one. …
Issue: January-February 2020
President Will No Longer Chair Faculty Meetings
At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting on March 7, President Lawrence S. Bacow used his “President’s Business” time to introduce a surprise change in a hallowed tradition. Saying that he wanted to address “the role of the president in chairing …
The Semester Begins
The University’s pace accelerates from summer’s relative somnolence to full-bore fall activity as students and faculty members return to Cambridge and Boston for the new academic year. Among highlights scheduled early in the fall semester are: Freshman …
Animal (Code) Cracker
The July-August cover story about efforts to decode the click communication of sperm whales prompted numerous letters, including one that detailed the involvement of a talented undergraduate, Peter Bermant ’19, in the project’s origins. He ultimately …
Science Surges
Applied Tech 1 Harvard’s Office of Technology Development and Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have launched the Grid: a hub for funding, mentorship, and education intended to accelerate commercial development of faculty-led …
Issue: November-December 2022
Harvard Great Performances: Endicott Peabody ’42
If we lived in an ordinary time , this Saturday would have seen Game 3 of the 2020 Harvard football season, with ancient and honorable non-league rival Holy Cross visiting the Stadium. Last year in Worcester, the Crimson defeated the Crusaders …
At Home with Harvard: The Real History of Women at Harvard
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 Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, famous and not-so-famous …
A Dogged Observer
Daniel Mason ’98 got his idea for his 2023 novel North Woods while walking in a frozen forest, wondering what his dog was sniffing. During a yearlong retreat to Western Massachusetts, he’d wandered the woods, visually researching his book. At first, he …
Issue: March-April 2024
Brevia
Silent Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Harvard Year Book Publications U.S. Senators seeking a paper trail of the career and views of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. ’76, J.D. ’79, won’t find much in his College class reports. The summa cum laude …
Issue: September-October 2005
At Home with Harvard: The Secret Lives of Animals
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, the …
Candidates for Election
This spring, five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board will be chosen by alumni. Election results will be announced at the HAA’s annual meeting on June 7, Commencement day. All Harvard degree …
Issue: May-June 2007
Can New Drugs Help Millions of Americans with Obesity?
More than 100 million Americans struggle with obesity, but one drug is poised to change the weight-loss landscape—not only by shrinking waistlines, but reshaping how physicians approach chronic disease. Ozempic (semaglutide) and other GLP-1s agonists are …
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Ukraine Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy perpetuates the claim that the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022 was “unprovoked” (“ The Return of History ,” September-October, page 33). But NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg himself refuted that in …
Issue: November-December 2023
Maia Sandu at Kennedy School Class Day
The war in Ukraine loomed over the Class Day celebrations at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Wednesday afternoon, with a keynote address delivered by Maia Sandu, M.C./M.P.A. ’10 , president of the Republic of Moldova, a small nation that borders Ukraine …