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A Wide Receiver on the Basketball Court
… player, sometimes jokes with teammates that even on the basketball court, he’s “an NFL-level wide receiver.” … snagged the ball with his left hand and, while falling out of bounds, whipped a pass to co-captain Sam Silverstein ’24. … a receiver on the football team, which led to scholarship offers in both sports. The basketball opportunities proved …
Harvard Class of ’17 Yield Reaches 82 Percent
… Of the 2,029 students offered admission to the Harvard College class of 2017 (a mere 5.8 percent of the …
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
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
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 Presidents We Pick
… James MacGregor Burns, Ph.D. ’47, Woodrow Wilson professor of government emeritus at Williams College, a … writer, and Democratic Party activist, has produced yet another volume about the health of the American political … consequences the Framers didn’t plan —frequent stalemates, crises of inaction, crucial legislation stalled for decades.” …
Issue: November-December 2007
Jill Abramson ’76 Named Executive Editor of New York Times
… Jill Abramson '76 has been named executive editor of the New York Times , the newspaper announced today—the first … editorial post. She has been managing editor since 2003—one of two executives responsible for overseeing the newsroom. …
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 …
Botanical Bounty
… amid suburban sprawl, lies a 45-acre haven called Garden in the Woods. This “living museum” offers refreshing excursions through New England’s diverse … That fact, and the serene beauty of these early-spring risers, are celebrated during annual Trillium Week …
Issue: May-June 2019
And the Winners Are...
… The names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and the new …
Issue: July-August 2009
Behind the Scenes: Getting things right
… It sounds almost too obvious to say: in writing about other people’s lives, the biggest responsibility is to get things right. This is not just a question of facts; it’s also a matter of tone and emphasis and balance, of choosing the truest …
Off the Shelf
… Unpacking the Boxes: Memoir of a Life in Poetry , by Donald Hall ’51, … $24). The 2006-2007 U.S. poet laureate writes, sparely, of the “stony loneliness” of Exeter, the “thrilling” liberty …
Issue: January-February 2009
Min Jin Lee on Her New Novel and Writing about the Korean Diaspora
… Author Min Jin Lee , a fellow this year at the Radcliffe Institute , is best known for her epic novel … century through the 1980s, spanning Japan’s annexation of Korea, the central character Sunja’s migration to Japan and survival of World War II, and Japan’s rise as a wealthy consumer society. For many Americans, the …
Admissions on Trial
… November, in a federal case that could ultimately change the shape of college admissions nationwide. At issue is whether the … case, including preferences for athletes and for children of donors and alumni. Such policies have been widely …
Issue: January-February 2019
Approaching the Arts Anew
… Harvard president Drew Faust made the inaugural performance at the New College Theatre, on November 1, the setting for her announcement of a University-wide arts initiative. A faculty task force … involving several Harvard schools will explore the role of creativity, performance, and artistic practice; …
Issue: January-February 2008