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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
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 …
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
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 …
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 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
Allston Options: Up for Discussion
… Calling “effective transportation” the “most critical” of the issues Harvard faces as it plans … and the Palmer-Dixon Courts, while academic buildings would rise on Ohiri Field and other sites south of the Business …
Issue: July-August 2005
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
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 …
By the Books
… Are the humanities in crisis (a spiral of declining student … in Society and Solitude” ) is a paean to the enterprise of deep reading and humanistic thought. (Note to the …
Issue: September-October 2013
Snapshots of Ghana
… This summer I worked as an intern for Students of the World , a nonprofit media-production company dedicated to pairing teams of …
A Lifetime of Sharing
… In the late 1970s, I attended my first Class of 1960 luncheon, in those days held at the downtown Harvard Club of Boston. It quickly became clear that these gatherings …
Issue: May-June 2010
The Perfect Amateur
… but a pleasure, one that brings back fond early memories of trips to the Reading (Pennsylvania) Museum with his mother. As the … some visitors describe, but rather the warmth and beauty of specific objects he has admired, and of the women who …
Issue: March-April 2006
Micro-units: A New Trend?
… The micro-unit trend (see “Living Large in Tiny Apartments,” … to develop in the United States. In November, the city of San Francisco unveiled plans to build new “SmartSpace” … guarantee a quality of life.” … Tiny apartments are on the rise in cities like San Francisco and Boston. … Micro …
A New Cast for the Semitic Museum
… “Fun with goo!” chirped Peter Der Manuelian, director of the Harvard Semitic Museum , observing the activity in its … shaped like a tombstone. Theirs was the first shift of a museum project undertaken over three days in late …