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The Library’s Healers
… Dorothea ("Thea") Burns is hunched over a table holding a scalpel. Ever so gently she teases off fragments of a thick, rigid, cardboard mat that was … body for the more than 90 separate libraries that comprise the Harvard library system. Dorothea Burns working …
Issue: May-June 2004
Foreseeing Self-Harm
… Psychology professor Matthew Nock has spent his career studying self-harm, but he … people kill themselves. Suicide is the tenth highest cause of death in the United States, and the rate remained roughly …
Issue: March-April 2017
Comings and Goings
… Harvard clubs host lectures, seminars, and social gatherings. Following is a partial list of Harvard-affiliated speakers appearing at local club … languages and cultures, for a discussion of "The Rise of Anti-Western Movements in the Islamic World." …
Issue: March-April 2005
Provost Steven Hyman to Step Down at End of Academic Year
… Steven E. Hyman, MD '80, a neurobiologist who has served as the University’s provost since 2001, announced today that he would relinquish the post effective at the end of the academic year. The provost position at Harvard was … under President Neil L. Rudenstine in 1992; Hyman’s decade of service makes him the longevity champion, and gave him …
Letters Between Friends
… In 2004 , the Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum in New Bedford purchased a collection of documents that included the William Rotch (1844–1925) … between 1858 and 1861. Willie was the great-grandson of William Rotch Jr. (1759–1850), who built the house that …
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
Harvard in China: A Blog by Editor John Rosenberg
… from China, covering President Drew Faust's trip and other University projects in that country. See " Connecting … that frame the endless expanse and remarkable busy-ness of this city; a golden moonset this morning was a bonus. On … sell roasted yams (also available in malls in vending machines, rotisserie-style), fresh swirl-cut pineapple on a …
Off the Shelf
… The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion, by Rebecca Lemov, professor of the history of science (W.W. Norton, $32.99). “Brainwashing …
Issue: May-June 2025
Off the Shelf
… possible? Should America help bring it about? Yes, says the author, a professor at the New York University School of Law with a D.Phil from Oxford in Islamic thought. (See " …
Issue: July-August 2003
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
Strings, Sax, and a Dash of Sass
… Aiming to “mix up genres and provoke the audience,” says A Far Cry violinist Alex Fortes ’07, the … “inspiring and enlivening an audience through performance of classical music—broadly defined.” The group has released … Museum … 1505 … 1538 … 8468 … Strings, Sax, and a Dash of Sass … article …
Issue: September-October 2014
Bridget Terry Long Named Dean of Education School
… Economist Bridget Terry Long has been named dean of the Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She will take office on July 1, …
"Boston Globe" Cites Elizabeth Warren as Bostonian of the Year
… Citing her role as chair of the congressional oversight panel that monitors the Troubled … institutions--the Boston Globe Magazine named Gottlieb professor of law Elizabeth Warren the Bostonian of the Year . …
Cast Your Vote
… choose five new Harvard Overseers and six new directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. The official candidates’ names appear in ballot order below, as … and communications, IBM Centennial, International Business Machines Corporation. Sanford Sacks, M.B.A. ’66, Scarsdale, …
Issue: May-June 2009
And the Winners Are...
… The names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and the new …
Issue: July-August 2009