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Full Report: Harvard’s Use of Race in Admissions Upheld
… Federal Judge Allison Burroughs, who presided over the lawsuit arguing that Harvard College’s use of race in admissions discriminates against Asian-Americans, … reflected any discriminatory animus, or even an application of an Asian American who it contended should have or would …
The Book on Houghton
… I n connection with the inaugural exhibition celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of Houghton Library , Heather G. Cole, assistant curator of modern books and manuscripts, and John H. Overholt, …
Issue: March-April 2017
The (Other) Crew Captain
… Knock on the door. Wait. Insert key, turn. Open slightly. “Dorm … work for Dorm Crew, a student-run, student-staffed division of the University’s Facilities Maintenance Operations. We … questions of pay rate, overtime, and promotion always arise, but this year someone discovered one of the small …
Issue: January-February 2006
Behind the Scenes: Keeping up with COVID-19
… The challenge of writing about the continuing pandemic , as the virologist Dan Barouch … weeks before anyone would read it—addressing this problem of timeliness was a prime concern. I’ve been incredibly …
Off the Shelf
… The View from Nebo: How Archaeology Is Rewriting the Bible … to 1998, Marcus did the research for this engaging amalgam of Biblical scholarship, archaeology, history, and politics. … and perhaps not even by slaves. The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade: A Critical Analysis and Catalogue …
Models—and Mud—in Amazonia
… Robert Newell climbed carefully, hand over hand, up the side of a 14-story meteorological tower in the middle of … sounded in the distance. Then, a half-hour before sunrise, the instruments recorded an imperceptible rise in the …
Issue: January-February 2011
Are American Liberties at Risk?
… to our constitutional culture should most concern us in the recent executive and legislative responses to September … 8, in Lowell Auditorium. The lectures are sponsored by the Office of the President and the Center for Ethics and the …
Issue: January-February 2002
A Queen's Seat
… Much is still unknown about the world of the ancient Egyptian elites, whose lives are fossilized in the riches of the ruins at Giza —and reflected by the luminous throne …
Issue: July-August 2016
Artistic Capital
… iconic Building Five would be a daunting space to fill. The length of a football field, the 30,000 square-foot former textile … production and consumption. Increasingly, financial value arises from high-speed, algorithmic trading—not on the …
Issue: January-February 2019
The International President
… Angelica Zander Rudenstine, accompanied by a small group of Harvard colleagues, entered the crimson-walled compound of Zhongnanhai, in Beijing's old Imperial City--today the …
Graduate School of Education Video Tells Teens “It Gets Better”
… Thousands of people have made personal videos in support of syndicated gay columnist Dan Savage’s It Gets Better … a handful of schools have produced official videos, among them, the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), which …
Doctoral Director
… Allan M. Brandt became dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), within the … explores venereal disease. The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That …
Issue: March-April 2008
Chinese Trade Dragons
… China’s economy has grown more than five-fold during the last 20 years, adjusted for inflation—making it the … the U.S. economy. This rapid growth has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of extreme poverty . Concurrently, China has …
The Patent Trap
… Patents— a form of governmental protection to prevent ideas from being sold … to Bohemia’s King Wenceslaus II in 1300. Queen Elizabeth I of England issued about 50 patents, some of them quasi-monopolies, including the right to manufacture …
Issue: July-August 2005
A Preview of Commencement 2017
… is upon us. Be sure to check Harvard Magazine throughout the week for coverage of Commencement events across Harvard‘s schools — including … 5 p.m. , Latinx Commencement. Joe Biden Courtesy of the Biden Foundation Wednesday, May 24 11 a.m. , ROTC …