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The Juggler’s Tale
… From the outside and the outset, the Dumbarton Oaks Research … is an oddity. The building, nestled in a leafy corner of Georgetown, in Washington, D.C., runs the architectural … marble and hung with tapestries, to the curved glass walls of the Philip Johnson Pavilion (both add-ons to the original …
Issue: November-December 2018
A New Audience for “A Night of Storytelling”
… Historians thought that the first Irish language “talkie” had been lost to a fire in … documentarian Robert Flaherty, Oidhche Sheanchais ( A Night of Storytelling ) offers a 12-minute tale of peril and homecoming. In it, four …
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
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
The Fight for Fossil-Fuel Divestment
… In face of rising calls from student groups for the University to divest its investments in fossil-fuel … in order to avert further environmental and human rights crises due to climate change?" passed with 72 percent …
The Senior Marshals
… The senior marshals, looking ahead to Commencement 2004, are: (clockwise from top left) Liz Drummond of Quincy House and Winchester, Massachusetts; Shira Sivan Simon of Leverett House and West Des Moines, Iowa; John Paul M. …
Issue: May-June 2004
The Ultimate Blasts from the Past
… In the 1960s, the United States secretly launched several … During their orbits, the satellites observed bursts of gamma rays—flashes of extremely high … detect from ground-based telescopes. Much of Stanek's data arises from observing changes in the optical afterglow. …
Issue: November-December 2002
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
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
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
“House-Poor”
… An unusual “Dean’s Letter on the Finances of the Faculty,” presented to the Faculty … The number of regular faculty members, for instance, has risen steadily, jumping from 663 to 719 during the past …
Issue: January-February 2007
Popping the Harvard Bubble
… my virtual Commencement from Harvard while living on another college campus: Arizona State University. There’s a … maroon-and-gold banners congratulating the Sun Devil Class of 2021, when my own graduation from college is just days … two weeks into a journalism internship in my home state of Arizona, I sometimes forget that the past four years have …
How Revolutions Happen
… Robert Darnton , Pforzheimer University Professor and University Librarian emeritus, is a formidable historian of the book and of France. In his sweeping new book, The … royal depravity and corruption) were refracted and gave rise to a new, radical public consciousness punctuated by …
Issue: November-December 2023
Health by the Numbers
… "How many of you agree with the statement, 'Health is priceless'?" A robust show of hands. "How many of you went jogging this morning?" No …
It Runs in the Family
… According to Diebold professor of Indo-European linguistics and philology Jay … Pforzheimer professor of science and technology studies at the Kennedy School; their daughter, Maya Jasanoff ’96, is … says, is to study these differences, which in this case arise from the ways societies evaluate evidence from experts …