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Coronavirus Closes Classes
The third shoe has dropped, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread. The University’s site for information on countermeasures is updated continuously. Highlights appear here. Updated March 12, 2020, 2:45 p.m.: Ivy League athletic practices and …
Harvard Alumni Association Honorands
Six alumni have been recognized for their outstanding service to the University. Lewis “Lew” Auerbach ’63, A.M. ’64, of Ottawa, Canada, has served the Harvard Club of Ottawa for 40 years. As president, he increased membership and strengthened both …
Issue: November-December 2024
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The Tardigrade Moment Regarding the cover of the January-February issue, that’s exactly how I felt on New Year’s Day. William D. Gould Jr., M.B.A. ’65 Baltimore Re: Harvard Magazine’ s January-February cover: How in the world did you manage to get such an …
Issue: March-April 2020
An Astronomer's Desert Photography
At twilight, the bulbous hoodoos and sculpted plateaus of the Sonoran Desert lose their depth, standing like cardboard cutouts against the dim blue sky. The illusion lasts only a few minutes, but that’s when photographer Stephen Strom ’62, Ph.D. ’64 is in …
Issue: July-August 2022
Allston planning options outlined
Harvard released on June 2 a report by New York planning firm Cooper, Robertson & Partners on its long-term visions for an Allston campus. The report is presented here (as a PDF), as well as the official letter from President Lawrence H. Summers , and the …
(More) March Madness
While winning five consecutive Ivy League championships from 2011-2015, the Harvard men’s basketball team twice participated in a one-game playoff to decide who would receive the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament: a heartbreaking 63-62 loss to …
Harvard Football Great Performances: Charlie Brickley ’15
This Saturday the Harvard football team was supposed to be visiting Easton, Pennsylvania, to play Lafayette of the Patriot League. Instead, we will have to fill the void with another road trip to yesteryear. In early November of 2012, a back named …
Sidney Verba, and a Classy Class Reporter
A Mensch. In the Memorial Minute on the life of the late Sidney Verba, a prominent government scholar, presented to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in March, it was observed that as a youth, “He was unaware of Harvard until his public high school …
Issue: July-August 2021
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 …
Whither the Harvard Endowment?
The University’s endowment—its largest revenue source by far— was valued at $37.6 billion as of June 30, 2015 (the end of that fiscal year, and the most recent reporting date). In nominal terms, not adjusted for inflation, that was an important milestone: …
Buildings and Benefits
The story of Harvard's 2003 budget came down to benefits and buildings. During the 12 months ended last June 30, the University's revenue totaled $2.47 billion—a 5.3 percent increase, just slightly slower growth than in the prior fiscal year. …
Issue: January-February 2004
“Insider Luck”
The compensation of top American corporate executives has soared during the past 15 years. Measured in 2005 dollars, the average annual compensation of the CEOs of the large companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 almost tripled from 1992 to 2005, growing …
Issue: March-April 2007
Tom Hanks: Truth, Justice, and the American Way
As prepared for delivery. Thank you. On behalf of all of us who have studied for two years at Chabot Community College in Hayward, California, two semesters of California State University, Sacramento, and forty-five years at the School of Hard Knocks, …
Harvard Postpones Commencement
President Lawrence S. Bacow informed the community this afternoon of his decision to postpone the University’s Commencement, scheduled for May 28, in light of the coronavirus pandemic . Importantly: A virtual exercise will be conducted on that date, so …
Faust Names Grosz Radcliffe Institute Interim Dean
Harvard president-elect Drew Gilpin Faust made her first decanal appointment today, naming computer scientist Barbara J. Grosz, Higgins professor of natural sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interim …