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Editor's Note The September-October issue attracted an unusually large volume of unusually long letters, on academic freedom and free speech, teaching reading, and the continuing campus reactions to the war in the Middle East. We regret the constraints …
Issue: November-December 2024
Peabody Museum Discovers Possible Slave Remains in Its Collections
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology has found among its holdings the remains of 15 people of African descent who were likely alive when slavery was legal in the United States, University president Lawrence S. Bacow announced in an email today. …
Charles Lieber Arrested
Charles Lieber, chair of Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology, and a University Professor , a designation bestowed on only the most eminent scholars, has been arrested, charged with misleading investigators from the Department of …
A New Prescription for Drug Development
Almost all the drugs that physicians prescribe to cure diseases or treat specific medical conditions were discovered by trial and error, and the way they work is frequently not well understood. But that outmoded discovery process and the lack of …
People-Powered Journalism
With 20 years of hindsight, to many the U.S. war in Afghanistan looks tragically ill-conceived. But in the wake of 9/11, critics of the invasion, when they were heard at all, were regarded as naïve, even un-American. Amy Goodman ’84, host of the …
Issue: November-December 2021
Francesca Dominici: How Does Air Pollution Affect COVID-19?
How does the air we breathe affect our body’s reaction to COVID-19? Early on in the pandemic Francesca Dominici, Gamble professor of biostatistics, population, and data science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, explored this question …
A Victory—and a Campaign
Dean Michael D. Smith’s annual report for fiscal year 2012 —previewed with Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) colleagues at their October 2 meeting and published two days later—declares victory and outlines a future campaign. The retrospective victory …
Issue: November-December 2012
Arts and Sciences: Better Budget, Burgeoning Ambitions
Dean Michael D. Smith’s annual report for fiscal year 2012 —previewed with Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) colleagues at their October 2 meeting and published two days later—declares victory and outlines a future campaign. Stabilizing Finances The …
Campus Survey: Sexual Assault, Harassment Remain Serious Problems
On October 15, Harvard released the results of a survey intended to estimate the prevalence of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct among its undergraduate, graduate, and professional-school students. The survey, conducted during the spring of …
Reviving Black Classical Music
In the mid-1850s, a blind, enslaved boy sat down at his owner’s piano in Columbus, Georgia. After mimicking the pieces he’d heard others play, “Blind Tom” Wiggins started composing classical music. A few years later, when Wiggins was eight, his owner …
Issue: November-December 2023
A Sensitive Census
The revelation last autumn that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) had made offers of tenured professorships to only four women during academic year 2003-2004—fewer than in any year save one during the preceding decade—set off the debate …
Issue: September-October 2005
Defying Limits
One spring day in Las Vegas, adventure-writer David Roberts ’65 set out for a round of golf with Alex Honnold, the world’s foremost free-soloist. More than a generation apart, the two men have shared a fanatical drive to ascend, and grew close while …
Issue: January-February 2021
Dialogue, not Debate
Following last semester’s convulsive Israel-Palestine protests, Harvard has intensified its interest in fostering open, respectful dialogue on campus. In the past few months, the Kennedy School published a report on constructive conversations , Harvard …
N.P. Narvekar Appointed New Harvard Management Company Leader
A week after Harvard Management Company (HMC) reported continued disappointing investment returns for the University’s $35.7 billion endowment , the University announced that N.P. Narvekar, chief executive officer of Columbia University Investment …
Nitin Nohria to Conclude Business School Deanship
Nitin Nohria, dean of Harvard Business School (HBS) since 2010, announced yesterday that he will step down at the end of the academic year, concluding a decade of service. His announcement comes one week after the memorial service for John McArthur , …