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… The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst, by David Nasaw … liberally with money, which he used to buy popularity. One of several old questions that Nasaw answers in this …
The Layered Histories in Black Family Keepsakes
… Historian Tiya A. Miles conjured the haunting image of a cotton sack for her audience at a … her newly released book, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake . The bag tells …
Reunion: The Musical
… Six years ago, at the class of 1961's thirty-fifth reunion, Phil Carl sang a … Price says, "and some people in the audience were surprised" at how directly the show tackled that "well-kept …
Issue: January-February 2002
Astonish Us, Class of 2018
… Monday afternoon, this year’s freshmen thronged outside their dormitories, greeted by nearly 400 alumni marshals … were charged with bearing its banner. When the bells of Memorial Church struck the hour, the students—teetering … .’” It was not only mathematicians who wanted to be surprised, she continued: “The great ballet master Diaghilev is …
Longer-lasting Harvardians
… In his foreward to the anniversary report of the class of 1954, class secretary … rates among Harvard College classes have been on the rise for almost a century, and we're at the leading edge," …
Issue: July-August 2004
“Hard Truths” about Harvard’s Classroom “Compact”
… The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ committee examining the … provides some encouraging evidence that the academic enterprise in Crimson classrooms is doing at least okay. For … But the overall impression is that the fundamental enterprise of teaching and learning—call it the Crimson classroom …
The Educator
… contact with Neil Rudenstine has been in our mutual pursuit of a successful University Campaign, my first and still dominant impression is of an educator with a love for teaching who also has a … productive flair for administration. Our first meeting used the perspective I had gained as a long-term chair of the …
“The Roosevelts,” and Harvard
… The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, a new miniseries by Ken … wife. Using a biographical format, the films relate much of the history of the twentieth century through a Roosevelt-tinted lens. …
The Supreme Court Affirmative Action Rulings: An Analysis
… Caplan, a leading legal-affairs journalist, to analyze the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action in college … almost half a century , race-conscious admissions have been of central importance to Harvard and other selective … LL.M. ’32, in his controlling opinion in the landmark case of Regents of the University of California v. Bakke …
Edouard Kopp Named Curator of Drawings
… The Harvard Art Museums have named Edouard Kopp the Abrams associate curator of drawings in the museums’ division of European and American Art, officials announced this week. …
Laying It On
… Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen , a traveling show at the Rose Art Museum, reveals her ardent experimentation. … and reveled in circles and serialized forms. Works of collaged strips of textiles—ripped, then re-sewn—are painted over. Some are …
Issue: March-April 2019
Focus on the Future
… its prospects during Harvard’s 375th anniversary year, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) held two late-winter panel … strengths and values they hoped would endure as the enterprise evolves. Moderator Maya Jasanoff, professor of history, …
Issue: May-June 2012
The Builder
… Several summers ago, at an idyllic weekend of chamber music in Marlboro, Vermont, Neil Rudenstine asked … went to him for guidance on college issues, and again at the Mellon Foundation, when I was at Smith and looking for … all made it singularly pleasurable to join him in the enterprise. When I retired I said that this had been a great way …
Harvard Headlines: John Adams, Brian Casey, Lawrence Summers
… Miscellaneous mentions: In a glowing review of Gustavo Dudamel's debut as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Times music critic … and sensational era of the 1940s and ’50s, which gave rise to film noir. It is not easy to evoke the milieu of an …
A Guide to the Great Outdoors
… For outdoor adventures in New England, the nonprofit Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is the place to go. The organization offers recreational and educational activities for all ages …
Issue: March-April 2012