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Dinner Without the Din
… After spending the evening at an unnamed establishment, hollering at fellow … Association, seeking guidance and maybe the names of a few of its 1,800 members who had successfully assuaged …
Issue: November-December 2015
Off the Shelf
… (Mariner, $36.99). With customary brio, Hochschild relates the politically hellish time, even by today’s standards, … vigilantism, and hysterical reactions to the possibility of a domestic Communist revolution strained the system of law as never before. The subtitle, about “democracy’s …
Issue: January-February 2023
The Crimson Party
… Remember the giant sucking sound as the Harvard professoriate drained … folk that the University was said to be "the fourth branch of government." The New Yorker ran a cartoon showing two old …
Miniature Worlds
… Look through the hole, and a world appears in miniature: a train chugging … village squares, and fairs across Europe. Relatively few of the fragile creations survive, but two are housed at Harvard Business School’s Baker Library. The peepshow’s rise mirrored the rapid expansion of Europe’s material …
Issue: May-June 2025
The Originals
… C. Tarr '66 and Vaughan Morrill '66 dreamed up what was then a far-out notion: use a computer to arrange compatible … dropout who went on to become a Harvard Law School professor and nominee for the Supreme Court), they drafted … attracts—we knew that then," says Crump, today a law professor at the University of Houston. "But attraction is a …
Issue: March-April 2003
Off the Shelf
… The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World, by Michael Wheeler, MBA Class of 1952 professor of management practice, retired (Simon & … (1825-1975) history of Crimson maths—the period of the rise of American mathematics, with a confident prediction …
Issue: November-December 2013
“Risk Forgiveness”
… who spoke at Morning Prayers last academic year about the 1965 voting-rights march in Selma and about the diversity of the Harvard community , opened the 2015 fall term by … 2 to talk about diversity again—this time in the shadow of the lawsuit now challenging Harvard’s admissions …
Opening Exercises, Class of 2011
… President Drew Gilpin Faust welcomed first-year students at the College in a ceremony at Sanders Theatre on Sunday, … a ceremony at Sanders Theatre on Sunday, September 9. Audio of the remarks by Michael D. Smith, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and by President Faust, …
The Graduate School Agenda
… Quality of life and academic matters receive equal billing in a four-part program for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) spelled out … and many social-science students pursue a "lonelier enterprise," first acquiring a broad body of knowledge before …
Out of Cambridge
… The Boston I knew at the beginning of the semester was … There’s plenty to explore, and I’ve learned to expect surprises. In predominantly white South Boston, I encountered a …
Issue: January-February 2012
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
Your Take: Asking Questions Outside the Classroom
… In the May-June issue, Undergraduate columnist Madeleine … are few opportunities. Were conversations about the meaning of life part of your Harvard experience? Do you think Harvard should do …
Harvard Endowment Increases Modestly to $37.1 Billion During Early Stages of Overhaul
… Performance highlights for fiscal 2017: •The endowment’s value stood at $37.1 billion as of June 30, the end of fiscal year 2017, an increase of $1.4 … and the HMC board of directors. Outsiders may be surprised by the scope of the operating changes he reported: The …
Harvard Business School Class of...
… School case comparing 1949 and current-year graduates, by professors of business administration Richard S. Tedlow and Nancy F. … School case comparing 1949 and current-year graduates, by professors of business... … 2541 … Harvard Business School …
Issue: November-December 2005
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