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Beyond the Baguette: A Guide to the Regional Food of France
… After millennia of neighborly skirmishes and bloody borderland disputes, … But within this single country remains residual evidence of countless former kingdoms and regions that continue to boast their own distinct heritage—especially when it comes to …
“Climbing the Ladder”
… Amid a challenging start to the men’s basketball season, Crimson fans looking for a … his upper body and learning coach Tommy Amaker’s offense and defense. Harvard Hardwood Sign up for Harvard … with 27 points, 20 rebounds, and 12 assists. “Every bit of time that he gets is very meaningful for him,” said …
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… Bury the Chains: Prophets, Slaves, and Rebels in the First Human … wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace" (a once-lost former captain of a slave ship) gathered in a London bookshop in 1787 to … chronicle, Hochschild characterizes them as the creators of the first grass-roots human-rights campaign—they …
Issue: January-February 2005
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… Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence , by … Langguth 55 (Simon & Schuster, $30). This gripping history of the war that finally established the nations permanence, …
Issue: November-December 2006
Harvard School of Public Health
… with a Commencement Eve reception for degree candidates and their families and friends on Wednesday, May 26, from 4 to 7 … is open to the entire HSPH community. The Harvard School of Public Health Commencement festivities begin at noon on … Koh, assistant secretary for health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The ceremony, which will also …
“Hi” to the Harvard Innovation Lab
… The Harvard Innovation Lab —“Hi” in its cheery logo (the … dedicated today, 13 months after the announcement of plans for the facility . Adjacent to the Harvard Business … to incubation and mentoring of potential new enterprises. So far, he noted, 15 entrepreneurs and experts in …
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
Harvard at Home
… The University's on-line educational venture, Harvard at Home, now offers a dozen capsule versions of seminars, talks, and … of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, explores Cromwell's rise to power, complete with battle maps and a timeline. …
Issue: November-December 2001
The Accidental Agriculturist
… Up to a point, the vita of John G. Bemis '68 looks like that of a classic preppy. Born and raised in Concord, …
Parkes Named Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean
… David C. Parkes , Colony professor of computer science, will become dean of Harvard’s Paulson … and Applied Sciences (SEAS) on October 15. An expert in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to …
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Details Initial Budget Cuts
… The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) today unveiled a … in cost-saving measures it is implementing now and in the fiscal year beginning July 1: … do not address what he then called the larger "reshaping" of how the faculty performs its core academic mission to …
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… Architects of an American Landscape , by Hugh Howard (Atlantic Monthly … 1864, LL.D. ’93, was creating New York’s Central Park in the late 1850s, Henry Hobson Richardson, A.B. 1859, from New … playing whist than to academics. In this joint biography of the great landscape designer and the great architect who …
Issue: March-April 2022
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 Basics
… Much of my writing since last spring has been devoted to the great challenges of the day: an extraordinary public … and the Harvard Corporation. The individuals who comprise these groups bring with them extraordinary experience …
Issue: May-June 2021
Over the Moon
… The rock itself is tiny, but it has caused much excitement. … inch wide and half an inch tall, and an inconspicuous shade of dark grey, it certainly appears less interesting than the … just a few feet away from it. But it’s not the aesthetics of the rock that have caused all the excitement. It’s where …