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Chapter & Verse: Who wrote...?
“Unmeasur’d space is the Lord”s habitation” (March-April 2020). Gayle Sawtell identified the “hymn-like chorus” as a work by Beethoven, composed in 1802 as the fourth in a cycle of six lieder (Opus 48) setting works by the German poet Christian Gellert. …
Issue: September-October 2021
Sophomore Class Acquires Its Color
The class of 2015 was the center of attention yesterday, hosted in Memorial Church by the Harvard Alumni Association and the Undergraduate Council for the official presentation of the sophomores’ class color: blue. The ceremony restored a College …
Threats Foreign and Domestic
During a wide-ranging discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations Tuesday evening, Joseph S. Nye spoke about the threats facing the country, the limits—and possibilities—of American power, and Harvard’s current “moment of crisis.” Nye, the University …
Presidential Priorities
President Lawrence H. Summers distributed a letter to the Harvard community setting forth key issues and priorities for the academic year... President Lawrence H. Summers distributed a letter to the Harvard community setting forth key issues and …
Natalie Portman ’03: “Your Inexperience Is an Asset”
Watching her four-year-old son, Aleph, play a baseball arcade game a few weeks ago, actress Natalie Portman was already picturing him as a major-league player, admiring his sharp aim and focus. But as he gleefully turned in his tickets for a tiny blue …
Arts and Sciences Dean to Leave Office
Friday evening , January 27, was quiet, with the College dispersed for intercession. Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean William C. Kirby was returning from fundraising meetings in New York. President Lawrence H. Summers was at the World Economic …
Issue: March-April 2006
Capital Costs
The dimensions of Harvard’s current building boom—readily obvious to sidewalk superintendents along Memorial Drive at Western Avenue (graduate-student housing), across from Mather House (ditto), behind the Science Center (physical sciences and …
Issue: March-April 2006
Provincetown in the Off-Off Season
J anuary in Provincetown can’t promise the carnival sizzle of summertime. But with the population whittled to around 1,000, and only 20 or so restaurants and bars open, the tip of Cape Cod offers, instead, “a wonderful, quiet romance,” says David Drake, …
Issue: January-February 2020
Texts and speeches referenced in "At Odds"
The dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, announced that she will leave that post on June 30, after just three years of service, to return to teaching and research. March 16, 2005 At its regularly scheduled meeting on …
Bake at 375
Joanne Chang ’91, owner of the three Flour Bakery + Café venues in Boston, will create the birthday cake for Harvard's 375th birthday party on October 14. Chang, profiled in Harvard Magazine' s Montage section in 2008, recently spoke at an event for the …
Overhauling the Endowment
When Harvard Management Company (HMC) president and CEO Stephen Blyth reported on endowment investment returns last fall, he bluntly described declining performance; laid out a new mission statement and investment goals; detailed a new asset-allocation …
Issue: January-February 2016
Harvard and MIT Sue to Overturn Order Banning International Students from Online Learning in Residence
Harvard and MIT this morning filed suit to prevent the federal government from enforcing a policy announced on July 6 that would prohibit international students from studying in the United States if their institutions offer only online instruction as …
Growing Pains
The film Rent Free, which premiered last June at the Tribeca Film Festival, opens with a shot of a sunlit apartment: white walls and hardwood floors, eclectic artwork, green plants curling up a staircase. White sans-serif text overlaying the scene reads: …
Issue: January-February 2025
Jaju’s Premiere Pierogies
Tough. Doughy. Bland. A stingy stuffing-to-starch ratio. Premier pierogies—Polish dumplings—must leap all these culinary hurdles to become the ultimate comfort food. “We have family recipes,” answers Vanessa White, part of the sister-duo who own Jaju …
Issue: July-August 2021
Highlighting Indigenous People’s “Connection to a Place”
In late May , the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Executive Committee made a decision to recognize the First Nations people from the Americas and from all around the world: all future HAA board and annual meetings will open with a formal acknowledgment …