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From the Archives: Freshman Plus 10
… What awaits members of the class of 2021? Recalling his “unusually close-knit … a plentiful commodity in Cambridge, is certainly not on the rise there.) But there are new kinds of anxiety, as well, …
Governing Boards Change Composition of Overseers
… petition and elected after campaigning vigorously as part of the Harvard Forward slate joined the Board of Overseers, it … challenges affecting [emphasis added] the academic enterprise , and should from time to time review aspects of its …
Let the Sonnets Be Unbroken
… The subtitle of former Harvard president Neil L. Rudenstine ’s new book, Ideas of Order , announces that it is “A Close Reading of … which has long outlasted the doctrine that gave it rise, has forcefully shaped the way poetry is taught in the …
Issue: January-February 2015
Nathaniel Bowditch
… Harvard awarded Nathaniel Bowditch an honorary doctor of laws, a decade after its (unsuccessful) offer of the Hollis professorship of mathematics and natural …
Issue: July-August 2016
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 …
A New Era in Allston
… After years of discussions and planning—and more than a quarter-century after the University began buying land for development in … complex. In their wake, academic facilities should rise quickly. Furthermore, the long-range goal of …
Issue: March-April 2015
The College Reconfigures
… Dean of Harvard College Benedict H. Gross announced in early January a series of appointments and new positions intended to manage undergraduate life as changes in the curriculum, advising systems, and residential experience …
Issue: March-April 2005
In "Art of Jazz," A Multivocal Exhibit
… In the front hall of the Cooper Gallery on Mount Auburn Street, what appear to be … bubble-shaped lanterns hang from the ceiling—but instead of beaming down light to illuminate the art, they pipe in …
The Glass Animals
… so it is with Harvard's wondrous glass flowers. Droves of visitors--120,000 annually--depart marveling at the unique collection of 4,000 models of plants made by Leopold and Rudolph …
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 …
Immobile Labor
… For 100 years , the United States experienced a steady decline in income … after 1980. Why? According to Daniel Shoag, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School’s Taubman … while in the areas that were losing workers, wages began to rise, drawing more people into the workforce and increasing …
Issue: January-February 2013
The Copernicus Quest
… at back. Donning a crash helmet and an aviator's scarf for the trip, he reaches behind him and turns on the extinguisher, which releases a propulsive jet of carbon dioxide. The cart begins to move across the floor of the Science Center lecture hall. Gingerich picks up speed …
Issue: November-December 2003
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 …
Efficiency and Productivity in the Academy
… Speaking at the February 1 Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting—two … is eminently practical: the number of degrees conferred has risen a lot of late (from 7,415 in 2010-2011, to 8,373 in …
Issue: May-June 2022
The College Chasm
… Although America’s research universities are the envy of the world, our system of baccalaureate education … , all courtesy of broad economic forces—especially the rise in income inequality in American society. Three forces …
Issue: November-December 2017