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Harvard Square's Best
… During the worst early days of the pandemic in Massachusetts, the … to mess it up.” Returnees to the Square will likely be surprised by the number of new businesses to arrive during the …
Issue: September-October 2021
Welcome to the Blogosphere
… At theissue.com , Matt Dalio ’06 compiles recent posts from various blogs and presents them in the format of an on-line newspaper. There are thousands of blogs out there; Dalio and his staff read them so the …
Chinese Pottery: The First Five Millennia
… Connoisseurs have long celebrated—and collectors craved—the beauty and technical brilliance of Chinese ceramics: the floral exuberance of Qing dynasty … the candlepower. Mysteries requiring further scholarship arise. Certain Majiayao vessels are masters of craftsmanship: …
Off the Shelf
… was born, his parents' friend William Shakespeare gave them an autograph manuscript of a new play, Love's Labours Won. Any printer would pay £10 … theater pieces were anathema to Puritans, and was part of his bequest of books to the new college, from which the …
Issue: January-February 2004
The Schools’ Size
… Harvard’s schools vary not only in their mission and in the composition of their faculties and student bodies, but also in financial … (1,823 degree candidates), was a nearly $300-million enterprise; but it funds all its own research, and includes in its …
Issue: May-June 2006
News from the HAA
… Kudos The Harvard Alumni Association's Clubs Committee recognizes … clubs that have developed exceptional programs. The winners of both awards were announced at the annual Alumni … Communication among alumni and club members has also risen substantially due to an e-mail bulletin he created. …
Issue: January-February 2003
The Brain in the Basement
… HouseZero , as the wood-shingled building at 20 Sumner Road in Cambridge is … for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC), a unique example of sustainable retrofitting. But what really sets this sustainability project …
Issue: July-August 2018
Ashton Carter Named Deputy Secretary of Defense
… The White House has nominated Ashton B. Carter, the … Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, as the next deputy secretary of defense, reports the Boston Globe . The Obama … Defense Department budget, specifically the difficult task of slicing hundreds of billions of dollars from the …
Counting the Costs
… What would it take to address the financial problems of particularly needy students who want to pursue their graduate or professional education at Harvard? The estimate of the School …
Issue: July-August 2002
Teaching and Learning: the Conversation Continues
… faculty meeting and a recent discussion series, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean Michael D. Smith has brought pedagogy to the foreground, saying his goal is "to establish in the … Visit the FAS page for the initiative . Read coverage of the three discussions: on "active learning " (February …
The Faculty’s Fears
… The agenda for the April 1 Faculty of Arts and Sciences … on the means to sustain it. Those hostile to the enterprise have already proven adept at finding divisions and …
Harvard Endowment Rises to $36.4 Billion
… Updated 9-24-14; see below. HIGHLIGHTS: The endowment's value stood at $36.4 billion as of June 30 (within a half-billion dollars of the peak value … two landmark gifts, are paid, the endowment’s principal rises. A capital campaign, as its name implies, is in many …
Harvard Economists' Take on the Financial Crisis
… A new webpage hosted by the economics department in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers a central place to find out what … current situation in the United States and past financial crises in developed countries, and outlines the patterns that …
Hopi Hoekstra Appointed Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean
… B iologist Hopi e.Hoekstra will become dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) effective August 1. … evolving state of Crimson coursework today.) Hoekstra reprised some of these perspectives in September 2013, as one …
Being With the Other
… was speaking during a Zoom discussion last week that marked the opening of the Radcliffe Institute’s first-ever online-only exhibition, “ Accompanied: The Artworks of Marilyn Pappas and Jill Slosburg-Ackerman .” In …