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The Prankster’s Secret
… in muted grays, stocking-caps, and ski-masks, review, for the umpteenth time, their plot. Lock-pick kit? Check. Map? Check. Camera? Frantically, one of the conspirators searches his seemingly countless … South of L___ house. 2:26 a.m. The section of tunnel that rises over the Charles, through ___ Bridge, eventually …
Issue: March-April 2004
Ghost Stories for the Apocalypse
… On the balmy waves above a coral reef we once called Harvard … 25, run the gamut in setting, scope, and even form: a scrap of scripture from an imagined monastery shares space with a sci-fi saga spanning a million years of future history. But in a way, they are all ghost stories. …
50 Years of Social Studies
… In 1960, the idea that Harvard undergraduates could concentrate in a … science, sociology, history, and philosophy, instead of choosing just one of those disciplines, was revolutionary. Social studies (the …
Issue: November-December 2010
Executive Director of New Harvard-Wide Library Named
… Capping a busy December for Harvard’s libraries, including the announcement of a new administrative structure , Helen Shenton this afternoon was named executive director of the new University-wide library system. Shenton, who one …
Climate-Solutions Investments Near 1 Percent of Endowment Assets
… solutions”—such as carbon-capture and sequestration enterprises—are approaching 1 percent of total endowment assets, and growing rapidly. HMC, which oversees investment of endowment and other University financial assets, issued its second annual …
The Volvocracy Votes
… The upper-middle-class alumni of select colleges might be … the "Volvocracy": those who rule from the driver's seats of their Volvos--or some other expensive import. They are …
Reefs at Risk
… David Arnold Shallow-water coral reefs are best known for their beauty, and as home to rafts of colorful fish. That these complex ecosystems support a quarter of all marine species is less commonly appreciated. If the …
Issue: July-August 2011
Cambridge 02138
… 2024, page 21) is half good. In focusing on only one of the causes of high prices, regulation, it is an advocacy … supply. While zoning undoubtedly plays a role, I was surprised by the omission of one of the most significant …
Issue: January-February 2025
Designs for the Dance
… his Ballets Russes in Paris in 1909, he injected into the tired corpus of European ballet a massive dose of adrenaline. In the 20 years that he ran the legendarily …
Issue: July-August 2004
Sticking to the Union
… New York City for 15 years, Greg Lichtenberg ’88 tolerates the cash-flow anxieties because of the clear lifestyle benefits: lots of control over his time (especially helpful for parenting), …
Issue: July-August 2010
The "Nicest Building in the Yard"
… three centuries, Massachusetts Hall has stood quietly at the entrance of Harvard Yard. It is perhaps more quintessentially Harvard than any other building, for as a central part of the Yard and as the oldest building on campus, it has …
Issue: November-December 2001
Of Phở, Bún, and Fish Sauce
… Duong Huynh and Vinh Le (no relation to Le’s owners) peruse the menu. As the duo behind Nem, a local Vietnamese food venture that offers culinary classes and pop-up dinners, they are, … for a meal you have only two or three small pieces of meat. So when we have food, we sit around and talk and we …
Issue: March-April 2019
The “Messy Experiment”
… scientist Mary Ingraham Bunting unveiled her vision for the Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study. Newly … president. Change was in the air, but Bunting was one of the foresighted few who realized women should be part of that changing equation. To provide an intellectual …
Issue: May-June 2020
Intergenerational Social Mobility Varies by Region
… A new study to be published this week summarizes one of the largest efforts yet to examine the social, political, … 40. … Economists ask what factors help children rise out of poverty. … Harvard study finds regional …
Graduate School of Design
… provisions from Redbones and ice cream, at 1 p.m. in the portico rooms. Class photos will be taken on Wednesday, May 26, in Piper, followed by a rehearsal of the GSD ceremony in the studio trays. The schedule, by … Planning and Design 3 p.m. Master in Design Studies/Doctor of Design Denise Scott Brown, principal of Venturi, Scott …