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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
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
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 …
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 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
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 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 Taliban and Trauma
… ’97, a board-certified psychiatrist and host and founder of Safe Space Radio, was sitting in her home in Portland, Maine, when she heard the “ping” of an incoming Facebook message. She clicked. It was an old …
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 …
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
William C. Kirby: Is China Ready for Leadership on the Global Stage?
… China is the most populous country on Earth , and until a few hundred … accurate? How is China coping with pressing issues of the day, from climate change to coronaviruses? In this … time ago. One of the large questions now is, is China's rise a rise to global leadership? Is the 21st century to be …
The Young T.S. Eliot
… If it is true that the child is father to the man, then no poet disavowed his … ’11, Litt.D. ’47. Looking at the severe, bespectacled face of the elderly poet on the cover of his Complete Poems and Plays , it is hard to imagine that …
Issue: July-August 2015