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The Federal Funds Rate...
… Graduating senior William Bailey delivers his Ivy Oration, “The Federal Funds Rate and the Channels of Monetary Transmission,” at Class Day 2008. Watch the live … his Ivy Oration, “The Federal Funds Rate and the Channels of Monetary Transmission,” at Class Day 2008... … The …
Michelle Wu Tells the Truth
… When invited to address the College class of 2022 at Class Day, Boston Mayor … incredible honor?” The second was, “Actually, this is kind of awkward, because I had already told one of the Harvard …
Katherine O’Dair to Replace Stephen Lassonde as Dean of Students
… Katherine O’Dair , a former administrator at Boston College and MIT, has been named dean of students effective August 15, College dean Rakesh Khurana … announced in an email today. She will succeed former dean of student life Stephen Lassonde, who stepped down from the …
Poetry, Voiced
… In 1928, Frederick Clifton Packard Jr. ’20, head of Harvard’s public-speaking department, improvised a cutting-edge audio-recording studio in one of the Yard’s oldest buildings, installing a telegraphone in … association with voice is as old as the art itself, the rise of radio in the 1920s dramatically reconfigured that …
Issue: July-August 2017
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 …
The Calendar, Changed
… academic calendar will more closely resemble those of other institutions—starting just after Labor Day and ending … and bring the year to a close at Commencement by the end of May. Schools such as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences …
Issue: September-October 2007
Comings and Goings
… University clubs offer a variety of stimulating gatherings. Here is a list of Harvard-affiliated speakers … languages and cultures, on March 18 for a talk about “The Rise of the Anti-Western movement in the Islamic World.” On …
Issue: March-April 2006
Clues on the Wing
… Vladimir A. Lukhtanov saw Agrodiaetus butterflies of several species flying together, and even though they all looked much the same in most … all an inch to an inch and a half wide, with the same sort of spots, and, upon examination, same-shaped genitalia …
Issue: November-December 2005
The Oddest Streak in Rowing
… The Harvard men's lightweight crew boasts one of the most consistent records of excellence in college sports. Consider the May regatta …
Issue: May-June 2002
Behind the Scenes: The Article-Writing Process
… supporting our work so we can continue to bring you the in-depth and quality reporting behind every article in … . Thank you! Read Nancy’s referenced articles: “ The Happiness Revolutionary ” Arthur Brooks moved beyond policy—to something deeper. “ The Upward Mobility Problem ” Most Americans earn less than …
Bureau of Study Counsel, R.I.P.
… The College today announced a significant change in academic … including a fall-semester transition from the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) to a new entity, named the Academic … much remains unknown. Its unveiling today may come as a surprise to many faculty members and the student body as a …
This Is How the World Ends
… In the imagination of Justin Cronin ’84, when the world ends, … find its way into what I wrote, but the occasion had never arisen,” he says, “and then it arose.” His chance was The … though for some readers it must have been a rude surprise all the same—as if Alien stood unmasked as a sequel to …
President Faust’s Virtual Beginning-of-Year Message
… President Drew Faust — who launched the 2009 academic year with a speech in Sanders Theatre (on … Harvard after the financial crisis and decline in the value of the endowment; read her text ), and the 2010 year with a … message"—with Faust standing in her Massachusetts Hall office and narrating as images flash by of the campus, …
The Sisters McDavitt
… Last fall, the Harvard field hockey squad was locked in a scoreless tie … the equipment and relax for a moment on the synthetic turf of Jordan Field. Photograph by Stu Rosner That was a … the second and third goals, respectively, in a 3-2 upset of eleventh-ranked Connecticut, Harvard's first victory over …
Issue: November-December 2003
The Memorable Eccentric
… small boy , only his eyes and forehead visible, stares out of an enormous, tall window three panes across. The tip of a single bare tree branch, which he does not see, …
Issue: March-April 2019