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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 …
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 Financial Fallout…So Far
… Harvard’s adjustment to the coronavirus pandemic, from declining executive-education … enrollment last winter to the depopulating of campus and shift to online instruction in mid March, began to show up in the University and Faculty of Arts Sciences (FAS) annual financial reports for the …
Issue: January-February 2021
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
How Much Alcohol Is Safe?
… It’s fitting at this time of year, when many abstain from beer and wine for “Dry January,” to consider the shifting public conversation about drinking alcohol. The … Organization, for example, warns that even small amounts of alcohol can be harmful to health. News headlines often …
Issue: January-February 2025
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Fiction from Fairy Tales
… by New Directions this February, and that is no surprise: her cult novella Mrs. Caliban (1982) attracted renewed … scaly green frog-man—drew parallels to Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water , winner of four Academy Awards that year, …
Issue: March-April 2019
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 …
College Admits 14.5 Percent of Early Action Applicants
… The College admitted 14.5 percent of early-action applicants … 14.8 percent last year, the University announced today. Of the 6,473 students who applied through the program, 938 …
The Senior Marshals
… The senior marshals , looking ahead to Commencement 2005, … (clockwise from top left) first marshal Caleb Franklin, of Leverett House and Los Angeles; Sheria Smith, of Winthrop House and Gary, Indiana; Duncan Graham Wells, of …
Issue: May-June 2005
Off the Record
… Last October, Leo Beranek, S.D. '40, AMP '65, received the National Medal of Science for engineering from President George W. Bush. In … research project under government contract — one of Harvard's scientific contributions to the Allied military …
Issue: March-April 2004