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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
Auden and the Little Things
… We must love one another or die. This line appears near the end of W.H. Auden's poem "September First, 1939 . " Perhaps … heard it by now; it was widely circulated in the wake of September Eleventh, 2001. It was alarmingly prescient: …
Issue: July-August 2003
A Revolution in Corporate Reporting
… Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines, is famous for saying, “I want one version of the truth.” The philosophy behind this simple statement …
Issue: March-April 2011
“Our Planet in Microcosm”
… US. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China Nicholas Burns addressed the … The price of greatness is Responsibility. One cannot rise to be in many ways the leading community in the …
A Nearly Perfect Book
… Many poems enact wild rides of the imagination, but John Ashbery’s “Self-Portrait in a … explains. “He told me, ‘Go to the top— ask .’ ”) To his surprise, Vendler agreed. She wrote an introduction, which Hoyem …
Issue: September-October 2013
The Uncertain Art
… doubt." Atul Gawande quotes this saying about surgeons in the opening pages of Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. … a little trepidation, wondering what new situation will arise during that shift. Our culture has difficulty accepting …
Issue: November-December 2002
Harvard Class of 2025 Needs Overflow Housing
… Anticipating a larger student body than usual , the Harvard College Dean of Students Office (DSO) has announced additional housing locations for …
The Mature Dating Game
… people,” she says. “I’ve done on-line dating, matchmakers—the gamut. I did see someone I liked while jogging in the … doesn’t really work anymore.” For those over 45, the world of dating is more complicated for a variety of reasons, … religion, or activities.) Those over age 45 comprise the fastest-growing segment of users at …
Issue: January-February 2009
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 …
A Gate of Whimsy
… By Harvard standards, the gate outside Lamont Library wasn’t really a gate. “It was just an extension of the fencing,” says Nazneen Cooper, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ assistant dean of campus design and …
Issue: March-April 2021
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 …
How to Care for Your Grandfather's Teddy Bear
… Harvard offers a new on-line resource for anyone who has stuff worth … of one's wedding; or those fading newspaper accounts of the embezzler ancestor who fled to Canada to dig for gold … in attics or basements, or near water sources like washing machines or bathrooms. Think about what's in the room above …
Issue: September-October 2003
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
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Delivers the 2016 Norton Lectures
… delivered her first Norton Lecture on March 2. Tickets to the event, which became available at noon that day, … from local high schools and universities as well as members of the Harvard community—fell into a hushed silence as … ovation. “Shall we go?” asked Homi Bhabha, director of the Mahindra Humanities Center, inclining his head to …
The Pay Problem
… Concerns about the compensation of chief executive officers and other top … their immediate subordinates. Finally, it is clear that the rise in executive pay contributes to the skewing of income …
Issue: May-June 2010