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President Bacow’s Baccalaureate Address
First, I’d like to thank all the participants in the Baccalaureate service today, our readers, our chaplains, our wonderful musicians, our composers, everyone who’s participated. Please join me in thanking everybody. Well, I’ve waited a long time to say …
Cambridge Scholars
Four seniors have won Harvard Cambridge Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2019-2020 academic year. Madeleine Woods, of Colorado and Winthrop House, an English and folklore and mythology concentrator, will be the Lionel de Jersey …
Issue: July-August 2019
A Call for Precision
On January 21 , 2017, millions of people gathered across the country for the Women’s March—at that point, the largest single-day protest in American history. Amid disputes about the number of participants, Jeremy Pressman, a professor at the University of …
New Corporation member
Patricia A. King, J.D. ’69 was elected to the seven-member Harvard Corporation on December 4, succeeding Conrad K. Harper, J.D. ’65, who resigned last July. The University news release is posted here. [Update: See “ The Corporation, Completed ,” from our …
New Home for ART Underway
Harvard ’s American Repertory Theater (ART) announced the start of construction on its new building at 175 North Harvard street in Allston today, heralding the project as a more modern, spacious, and accessible successor to the Loeb Drama Center, its …
Ending an Epidemic
An effective vaccine remains the best hope for ending the COVID-19 pandemic. As deaths and economic damage mounted worldwide this spring, every reasonable measure to seed and accelerate vaccine development was being considered. By late May, more than 170 …
Issue: July-August 2020
A Culinary Journey
Cooking practices “can open a window into the lives of enslaved people and help us understand slavery and its legacies,” said Radcliffe Institute dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin on Thursday, introducing a talk by chef and culinary historian Michael Twitty on the …
Harvard’s Expanding Allston Plans
Last night , University officials presented the proposed first steps toward developing its “enterprise research campus” (ERC)—a non-academic “innovation” district for established companies and startups, as well as a hotel and conference center, together …
Moving On
To accommodate Harvard Law School’s large new building, an existing garage and dormitory had to be razed. But three historic wooden buildings were saved, making a gingerly trip up the closed Massachusetts Avenue on the weekend of June 23-25—their weight …
Issue: September-October 2007
Brevia
Global Perspective At a time of war, shifting international alliances, and reassessment of the gains from "globalization" of the world economy, the Harvard Alumni Association's guest speaker on Commencement afternoon will be Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de …
Issue: May-June 2003
Sherry Turkle, Mark Doty, to Speak at Phi Beta Kappa Exercises
writer Mark Doty and social psychologist Sherry Turkle will speak at this year’s Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Literary Exercises, which will take place in Sanders Theatre on May 23. This is traditionally the opening event of Commencement week, and during it, the …
“A Moral Obligation”
“I tell people the first 60 years are the hardest,” jokes Charles Berlin ’58, Ph.D. ’63. He would know: Berlin has headed Harvard Library’s Judaica Division since September 1962, when he was a 26-year-old graduate student finishing a dissertation in …
Issue: September-October 2022
Harvard Invests in MIT’s The Engine
MIT-created venture firm The Engine, which aims to provide capital required to tackle difficult technological problems, has completed a $230-million funding round, including Harvard as an important new partner in the venture, and bringing its total …
Cambridge 02138
Scarcity and Poverty “The Science of Scarcity” (May-June) presents important insights into the psychology of poverty. But—unless I missed something—it seems to make a jump from the discovery that poverty leads to bad choices, to encouraging better choices …
Issue: July-August 2015
Harvard Confers 11 Undergraduate Degrees
Harvard has conferred degrees on 11 undergraduates who were denied their diplomas on May 23 because they were suspended or placed on probation for violating University standards pertaining to the statement of rights and responsibilities for actions …