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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 …
The "Invisible University"
… Biological Laboratories. Photograph by Jim Harrison They have been called the "invisible university," because … They are neither faculty nor students. Nor do many of them qualify as employees. Postdocs are Ph.D.s engaged in … from the $21,000 rate of only three years ago.) Pay rises a bit with seniority--to $29,832 in one's second year, …
Howell Jackson Acting Dean-Designate of Harvard Law School
… The University has announced that Howell Jackson has been designated acting dean of Harvard Law School, subject to current dean Elena Kagan's … confirmation as U.S. Solicitor General . Jackson is Reid professor of law . The text of the statement follows. Howell …
A Focus on the Future
… annual sustainability report, released October 4, details the University’s efforts to prepare for two fast-approaching … with raising cattle ); water use is down; and one-third of the University bus fleet has transitioned to … and staff have gradually returned to campus, emissions have risen in turn. But they remain similar to the pre-pandemic …
The New Gutenberg?
… If Jerome Rubin '44, G '46, LL.B '49, has his way, the morning newspaper of the future will look a lot like it does now--except that we won't toss it in the recycling bin at the end of the day. "On your breakfast table, you'll have one …
How Does Hate Spread?
… In the months following Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel and … response in Gaza, American Jews and Muslims have endured a rise in hatred. In the two months after October 7, the … not new phenomena. On May 1, Harvard convened four scholars of antisemitism and Islamophobia whose research began long …
Off the Shelf
… How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now ( Free Press, $35 ), by James L. Kugel, formerly Starr professor of Hebrew literature (see “ Final Architect ,” …
Issue: March-April 2008
Video Clips: Children of Invention
… View the trailer for the 2009 independent feature film Children of Invention, whose producer, Mynette Louie ’97, discusses independent cinema in the current issue of Harvard Magazine. …
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 Church as Forum
… Memorial Church was on several occasions in the fall term the site of strong talk about the conflicts of the time. On October 2 former New York Times columnist …
Issue: January-February 2003
A Sunny Celebration
… Greater Boston had a cream-puff of a winter—particularly in comparison to the relentless battering of 2014-2015, when icicles by the … paused, and various times when students were supposed to rise, but did not, or upon being commanded to rise, were …
"I used to have to drag myself out of bed at 6 a.m. and go to work."
… out financial and marketing advice related to diabetes. The rest of the time she just lives with the disease. "I feel pretty … that was negative into a positive force," she says of Close Concerns ( www.closeconcerns.com ), the diabetes …
Issue: September-October 2003
Editing an End to Malaria?
… At Harvard , experiments involving mosquito sex are the purview of Flaminia Catteruccia, director of the insectary at the Harvard Chan School of Public …
Issue: May-June 2016
Crimson on the Hill
… The Republicans may have swept Capitol Hill in the November … elections, but the Democrats remain firmly in control of Harvard's contingent of alumni representatives and senators: 27 (plus one …
Issue: January-February 2003
The Watchdog
… mass unemployment, Bharat Ramamurti ’03 got the official call from Senate minority leader Chuck … a defining problem for Ramamurti’s generation, giving rise to his interest in banking and economic policy. …
Issue: September-October 2020