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The Context: Simpsons Writer John Swartzwelder on Comedy
This is the second post of "The Context"—a biweekly series of archival stories—offering our readers a useful background to some of the most important (or most fun!) subjects in the news today. We hope you enjoy it. John Swartzwelder is not a household …
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Speakers of Note The speaker at the Commencement afternoon exercises, on May 25, will be Mark Zuckerberg ’06, co-founder and CEO of Facebook. His appearance among the honorands and at the lectern follows by a decade that of Bill Gates ’77, LL.D. …
Issue: May-June 2017
A Look in the Mirror
On December 12, the Harvard Corporation declared its unanimous support for President Claudine Gay. The statement came a week after Gay and other presidents were berated for their testimony during a charged congressional hearing on free speech and alleged …
Issue: March-April 2024
Shaun Donovan Joins Allston Staff
HARVARD ANNOUNCED today that Shaun Donovan ’87, M.Arch.-M.P.A. ’95, will serve as part-time “senior strategist and advisor to the president on Allston and campus development.” Donovan was director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from …
Harvard’s Historic Building Boom
John Harvard , general contractor, was flat-out this summer—in all seriousness, perhaps the University’s busiest building season. Marquee projects include assembling the future home of much of the engineering and applied sciences faculty (shown above). …
Issue: September-October 2017
What Harvard’s Senior Executives Earned Last Year
The University today released its tax return for nonprofit organizations (Form 990) for 2014 (covering the tax year from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015— Harvard’s fiscal year 2015 ). As is its practice, Harvard has simultaneously disseminated information …
Overseers Election Update: Voting Postponed
Updated March 31, 2020 . This news announcement updates yesterday’s post about the election and various endorsements of candidates, from both the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee slates and the Overseer petition candidates …
Education School Announces Interim Dean
Thursday morning , the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) announced that Larsen professor of education and human development Nonie Lesaux will serve as interim dean when Dean Bridget Long steps down at the end of the academic year . Lesaux, who …
In Flight
In the fall of 2015, Maciek Nabrdalik , a Warsaw-based documentary photographer, turned to a contemporary humanitarian crisis: the plight of refugees fleeing ceaseless wars. Nabrdalik, a Nieman Foundation fellow at Harvard this year, is studying …
Issue: January-February 2017
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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
Diagnosing the “Skills Gap”
The problem : There’s a “skills gap” in the American workforce. Employers searching for skilled candidates can’t find them—even as candidates applying to hundreds of jobs can’t get hired. The diagnosis: an underperforming partnership between community …
Sleep Deprivation in America
Sleepless in America , a television program on the current epidemic of sleep deprivation, will air on the National Geographic Channel on Sunday, November 30, at 8 p.m. EST. A wide range of illnesses and accidents—crashes involving drowsy drivers are an …
King, Kirschner Named University Professors
Quantitative social scientist Gary King and systems biologist Marc Kirschner have been named University Professors. King becomes the Weatherhead University Professor, succeeding the late Samuel P. Huntington. Kirschner becomes the Enders University …
At Home with Harvard: Nature Walks
This is the fifth installment in Harvard Magazine’ s new 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 and spring …
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A Note on Standards As an essential service to readers, Harvard Magazine publishes letters to the editor on its contents and on Harvard matters, broadly defined. Beyond printing a representative sample of letters received in each bimonthly magazine, …
Issue: March-April 2024