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… The University has printed 11,000 new alumni directories, most of which were scheduled to be shipped in mid August. The … with shipping included. To order, call the Alumni Records Office at 617-495-2371. … The University has printed …
Issue: September-October 2005
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 …
The Students' "Splendid Misery"
… Students at Harvard Law School have always complained about their splendid misery, citing the cutthroat competition, overcrowded classes, and aloof faculty. But last year Dean Robert Clark decided to do … study, completed last summer, finds—to nobody’s surprise—that classes are too big and professors too …
Harvard in a Multipolar World
… Try to imagine what the world might be like 25 years from now. It seems quite … as the biggest economy in the world, and the galloping pace of economic growth in Asia will have established the region … Prize winners. Even in the face of mainland China’s rapid rise, the United States will retain these advantages for …
Issue: September-October 2011
Making Allston Housing (More) Affordable
… A January 22 public hearing to discuss the construction of affordable homes at a Harvard-donated … Honan-Allston branch library and north through the enterprise research campus (ERC, now under construction) all the …
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 …
Saluting the 2019 Centennial Medalists
… THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who …
“Hearing Through the Body”
… Whether a train’s whistle or a cell-phone’s ring, sound is a … physical phenomenon, grounded in the vibrations of material objects. In a Monday evening lecture, “Hearing Through the Body”—part of the 2013-2014 Sawyer Seminar series “ Hearing Modernity …
The Chinese “Good Life”
… powerhouse, and a rising strategic force. But outsiders often have little sense of the Chinese as people. In Deep China: The Moral Life of …
Issue: January-February 2012
The Blaxploitation Era
… Three of last summer's popular film comedies— Barbershop, Undercover Brother, and Austin Powers: Goldmember —recalled, in one … makes a strong fashion statement. Film still courtesy of the Independent Film Channel Now a fourth film, the …
Issue: January-February 2003
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
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 …
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
Square Deals?
… A Spectre is haunting Harvard Square—the spectre of commercial real-estate development. Karl Marx … a high-end retail mall. The trusts in control of the low-rise buildings across Brattle, and down the block (beyond …
Issue: January-February 2018
Senior Standouts
… 1,600 students graduate from Harvard College, entering the wider world with a mind-boggling range of individual talents and ambitions. Each will succeed on … or her own terms. Here, we introduce a mere seven members of the class of 2013—a snapshot of Harvard’s newest alums. • …
Issue: May-June 2013