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Reconstructing the Berlin Wall
… Massachusetts, novelist David Leo Rice ’10 sensed there was something lurking beneath the surface of things. Meandering through the aisles of his local video store, he was convinced the VHS tapes …
Issue: July-August 2025
The Rise of Vegan Culture
… Distant are the days of Annie Hall, when Woody Allen resigned himself to a plate of alfalfa sprouts and mashed yeast. Over the years, vegan … went from tasteless to trendy … 1514 … 1517 … 1539 … The Rise of Vegan Culture … article …
Issue: July-August 2017
Harvard Layoffs Continue, with More to Come
… Several Harvard professional schools and one institute have begun layoffs this summer in response to the federal government’s actions: a federal funding freeze, …
From the Archives: The Professionalization of Ivy League Sports
… Although Ivy League athletics does not rise to the level of the powerhouse college sports conferences—with …
An Orphaned Sewing Machine
… it would be interesting to have students look at one of the landmark inventions of the nineteenth century—a sewing … A sphinx also produces riddles. Consider the little surprises and mysteries in the drawers (Images 17-19) . On the …
The Dark Side of Daylight Saving
… ’99 was paying close attention earlier this month when the U.S. Senate voted on the Sunshine Protection Act, which … next year. When senators approved the bill—to the cheers of many Americans who loathe the time change each fall and … to be at work at 9 a.m. (social time) in July, when the sun rises (sun time) around 5:30 a.m. —that early sunrise allows …
Losing the Will to Argue—Civilly—is a National Risk, Professor Says
… At this year’s Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) convocation, the message to graduates was both celebratory and sober. For … and for one’s opponent. She also spoke candidly about the rise of what she termed “performative actions”—institutional …
“The World Right Now Cannot Afford Indifference”
… The life of Lawrence S. Bacow, Harvard’s twenty-ninth … (at one point being denied entry into France) informed some of his decisions as the University’s leader. As he told the … they spoke passionately about the dangers ahead. The rise of antisemitism worldwide was on everyone’s mind. As …
The Poco of Pocos
… The “Poco of Pocos” was Bernard Butekan, a … (“clo’man”), a Harvard celebrity, and the first in a series of rag dealers who played a surprisingly large role in the … fine but slightly worn clothing. The arrival of sewing machines in the 1840s also increased both the production of …
Issue: September-October 2021
Origins of the Urban Housing Crisis
… Across the United States, a chronic housing shortage grips many … in the making—and argues that its origins lie in the rise of “antigrowth politics” that began to take hold in the …
Issue: September-October 2022
“This Beautiful Machine”
… Paola Arlotta is searching for the words to describe the clusters of cells, incubating quietly in a small room next to her … little experiments for us, sometimes silly ones, to surprise us in some way or to describe some concept. And then he …
Issue: July-August 2023
“The Perfect Sheet”
… Matt Gilmore sits straight up on the Zamboni’s elevated seat, his left hand guiding the … back. He leans leftward, his eyes trained on the few inches of space between the vehicle and the boards. Hitting the wall with the five-ton machine would be one of the worst things he could do, but his 14 years of …
Issue: March-April 2020
The Stuff of World War II
… During a field trip to The International Museum of World War II in Natick, … New-York Historical Society, illustrates the incremental rise of prejudicial hatred. Rare documents are highlighted, …
Issue: March-April 2016
Will Global Democracy Survive?
… “Ten years from now , there could be crises that make 2020 look like a garden party,” said Rockefeller professor of Latin American studies and professor of …
Small Talk, From Afar
… three-minute timer started in his head. Once Koerner opened the door to the “radio shack,” its walls paneled with wood … is trying to revive the Harvard Wireless Club, a group of amateur (“ham”) radio enthusiasts. Unlike the student DJs … students of yore—plopped down before an array of antiquated machines, bathed in the subtle aroma of cigarettes smoked …
Issue: May-June 2025