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Corporation member quits
Conrad K. Harper resigned from Harvard’s senior governing board on July 14 (see “ I can no longer support the president ,” September-October 2005). Also presented here, the University's official statement [external link] of July 28 and the statements …
Easing the Energy Transition
What are the biggest economic obstacles to the needed rapid transition in energy supplies and the challenges of deforestation driven by climate change? Leon Clarke, director of decarbonization pathways at the Bezos Earth Fund, provided a brief …
Scholars Galore
What a difference a year makes! In 2005, Harvard affiliates earned one Marshall Scholarship and two Rhodes Scholarships. In 2006, those numbers doubled and quadrupled, respectively. Harvard had more Rhodes picks than any other school, including winners …
Issue: March-April 2007
All In Her Head
Georgina Milne ’21 stands straight, preparing to execute a daunting front three-and-a-half tuck. One of the country’s best collegiate divers from the three-meter springboard, she knows the seven half-rotations will take unwavering focus, tight execution, …
Issue: July-August 2020
Harvard Basketball's Unlikely MVP
In the summer of 2017, men’s basketball assistant coach Brian Eskildsen was on vacation in Rome, eating a gelato, when he heard someone shout, “Eski?” He looked up to see Justin Bassey ’20 smiling back at him. The encounter was pure …
The Fight for the Republic
In 2021, the United States failed for the first time in its history to achieve a peaceful transfer of presidential power. The events of January 6, observes conservative commentator William “Bill” Kristol ’73, Ph.D. ’79—and the enabling political rhetoric …
Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2024 candidate slates for the Board of Overseers (one of the University’s two governing boards) and the HAA’s own elected directors. Balloting is open from April 1 through May 14, …
Issue: March-April 2024
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
At Home with Harvard: Harvard on the Small Screen
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 …
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A genetic analysis of African Americans who labored at a Revolutionary War-era forge for the first time connects ancient DNA to living people who have shared their data in a genealogical database. Researchers used techniques originally developed for …
Climate-Change Advocacy Intensifies
At its first meeting of 2020, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) concluded an extensive debate about climate change by voting today in favor of an advisory motion calling upon the Corporation to direct Harvard Management Company (HMC) to shed certain …
Extracurriculars
The diverse array of activities offered in and around Harvard Square this winter ranges from Turkish films, holiday concerts, and stargazing to exhibits on Sherlock Holmes and Peruvian pottery. SEASONAL • November 14, 7:30 p.m. Cambridge Society for Early …
Issue: November-December 2005
Brevia
Another Nobelist Thomas C. Schelling University of Maryland Joining Mallinckrodt professor of physics Roy J. Glauber ’45, Ph.D. ’49, and MIT chemist Richard R. Schrock, Ph.D. ’72, as Nobel honorands this year (see “ Premier Physicist ,” November-December …
Issue: January-February 2006
Seven Harvard Affiliates Named HHMI Investigators
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced today that it had chosen 33 new investigators—including four from Harvard, and three more from the University’s affiliated hospitals, as well as five alumni. Each will receive approximately $9 million in …
Boats and Coats
B y all means. Nathaniel Phillips Carleton ’51, Ph.D. ’56, a physicist-turned-astronomer who practiced his craft for many years at the Harvard-Smithson- ian Center for Astrophysics, died on February 25, at age 90. He had an early hand in arraying smaller …
Issue: May-June 2020