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… 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
The Aging Brain
… as a way to understand normal brain functions. But doing the opposite also works. A group of researchers at Harvard recently looked at the effects of aging on healthy people’s brains and found that as we get …
Issue: May-June 2008
From the Archives: The Millennial Class
… Later today, the nearly 40,000 applicants to Harvard College’s class of 2021 will receive their decisions. Only a small fraction … friends who have overheard me belting out the lyrics to "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof while in the shower. …
The Omicron Semester
… During the week after Thanksgiving break, when Harvard’s campus was fully populated with students, professors, and staff, the University logged 140 cases of coronavirus; but during an early-January week with far …
Saluting the 2018 Centennial Medalists
… THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who …
Harvard Reveals Healthcare Costs
… In the wake of faculty members’ sharp objections to Harvard’s … $46-million adjustment in pension expense, those figures rise to 34.3 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively). From … of costs. As University spending for medical benefits has risen from $48.3 million in fiscal 2001 to $155.7 million in …
Judge Extends Block on Trump’s Travel Ban for Harvard’s International Students
… said she plans to issue a decision within a week on whether to impose a longer-term preliminary injunction barring … enrolling international students. On May 22, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was revoking … Program (SEVP) certification, stripping the University of its ability to host international students. Harvard sued, …
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ’86
… Barack Obama has selected Arne Duncan '86 as his Secretary of Education, the New York Times reported . Duncan became superintendent of Chicago's schools in 2001, and has been credited with …
The Long View
… From its very first day , the Harvard College class of 1950 has been remarkable. Its … Harvey '71, M.B.A. '74. Baltimore. Chair and CEO, The Enterprise Foundation. Barbara J. Wu, Ph.D. '81; A.B. '75 Smith …
Harvard in Russa: Conflicts of Interest
… The key role that the Harvard Institute for International … a $14-million grant to HIID, pending the conclusion of an investigation into whether two leading figures in the … the public trust by using their positions for private profit. On June 6 USAID canceled the grant and said it would …
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 …
Safe Streets
… Autumn evenings, light off the Charles River glistens through Memorial Drive’s rusting … target is distracted driving. Pedestrian deaths began to rise in 2009—two years after the iPhone’s debut. Now …
Issue: March-April 2025
Off the Shelf
… 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
“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 …