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Lessons in Leadership
… Harvard University, or even America, when he came across the website for the International Summer School on … Harvard collaborative that aims to develop a new generation of post-Soviet leaders in the Republic of Georgia. But he instantly knew the program was for him. …
Brattle Theatre to Screen “Children of Invention”
… The independent film Children of Invention, produced by … Magazine 's March-April issue, Louie discusses Children of Invention and the wider subject of independent filmmaking …
Soul Beyond the Skin
… years, documentary filmmaker Julie Mallozzi ’92 had learned of every fateful turn in Lalita Bharvani’s life—her … skin with white; her battle with ovarian cancer; and, out of nowhere, heart failure. But now, for the first time, Mallozzi wanted to turn off the camera. …
Issue: May-June 2013
The Son Also Rises
… that what he really wanted to do was learn to perform the Mexican “roots” music he loved so much. Instead of pursuing the academic career he seemed destined for, the … folk music. … 1531 … 8468 … 1505 … 1507 … The Son Also Rises … article …
Issue: November-December 2009
The Way Forward
… What can Harvard learn from the administration of Lawrence H. Summers—cut short of its expected duration, and short of achieving many of its …
Issue: May-June 2006
University Endowments: The Gathering Storm
… In reporting investment returns on the endowment through last June 30, Harvard Management … (see here )—cautioned that "We are quite cognizant of the near-term risk of subpar investment returns from many … genuine national and international political and economic crises—Faust said, "We are not immune" to circumstances. The …
The Peter Pan Myth, Reinvented
… The new musical theater production Finding Neverland, which … Theater on August 13, extends the century-old mythology of Peter Pan. The saga of the boy who would not grow up, with its crocodiles, …
The Overseers’ Higher Profile
… If past is prologue, last summer’s pandemic-delayed election of members of the Board of Overseers represents a significant challenge …
Issue: March-April 2021
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
The Childcare Crisis
… Siegel Muncey, Ed.M. ’05, met through a mutual friend when they were both pregnant. “Our babies were born within just a couple days of each other,” Kennedy says, “and like so many working … their day jobs to establish Neighborhood Villages , a nonprofit organization that advocates for solutions to the …
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
How Deforestation Damages Even the Rainforests That Survive It
… Last summer —seemingly a lifetime ago—the news was dominated by reports of the escalation of human-created fires in the Amazon … staying below 1.5 degree Celsius global average temperature rise,” Eric Dinerstein, a wildlife scientist who was not …
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 …
Back to the Gridiron
… When last we glimpsed the Harvard football team and its supporters, it was … and they were wandering stunned and spent around the floor of the Yale Bowl following the Crimson’s ghastly … defeat in the program’s history and the denouement of a godforsaken 4-6 season. At the time, few could envision …
Issue: September-October 2021
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 …