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Aiding the “Doubly Disadvantaged”
… Seemingly in unison , elite colleges like Harvard have in the last decade opened their doors to more students from poor families than ever before. Eighteen percent of today’s Harvard undergraduates receive federal Pell … trying to curry favor with their superiors. “I was surprised,” Jack says, “by how meritocratic the doubly …
Issue: September-October 2016
Behind the Scenes: Keeping up with COVID-19
… The challenge of writing about the continuing pandemic , as … weeks before anyone would read it—addressing this problem of timeliness was a prime concern. I’ve been incredibly … with their time, during one of the most severe health crises of their professional lives, because they value the …
In the Monkey Seat
… Look at an eighteenth-century painting of English horse racing and you will see a jockey riding far back on the horse and sitting upright, perpendicular to the ground, "a point of calm stability as the horse stretched its legs out ahead …
The Mailer-Buckley Connection
… The late Norman Mailer ’43, a prolific and pugnacious author, apparently wrote a lot of letters to go with his many published works—some 50,000 … I feel no affection and to an editor with whom on ninety of a hundred points I must rush to disagree. They would not …
“Is Precision Medicine for Everyone?”
… David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine, is concerned that personalized …
Issue: May-June 2018
Faculty Tensions II: Battling over Benefits
… At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting on November … The administration warns us that health care costs might rise more in the future, so we should plan ahead. Of course, … though, it is quite possible that costs will not rise dramatically; and yet the University is locking in this …
The Gropius House
… The following text is a sidebar to " Modern and Historic ," … Gropius was no sentimentalist. What he would have thought of his family home’s current status as a world-renowned … windows—meant to maximize passive solar heat and views of the landscape—and feel as if the family were returning at …
Issue: September-October 2007
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 …
Seen at the Beach
… in 1730. Sara Schechner describes it as “a timeline of monarchies drawn on a colossal statue of Daniel made of different materials to represent the golden age, silver age, copper age, and so forth down to …
Issue: July-August 2013
Harvard Endowment Rises $4.4 Billion to $32 Billion
… Highlights: Endowment valued at $32 billion as of June 30, up $4.4 billion (16 percent) from $27.6 billion … performance narrowly exceeds its market benchmarks and the principal measure of large endowments’ returns. … in commercial properties following the 2008-2009 financial crises. In her letter, Mendillo highlighted the performance …
Enjoying the Endowment
… Harvard benefactors can, for the first time, participate directly in the superior … assets. According to Anne D. McClintock, executive director of University Planned Giving, trust assets have previously … which are further diversified, reflecting the larger size of the asset pool (about $1 billion in all planned-giving …
Issue: March-April 2004
The $2-Trillion War
… in a democratic society whose citizens expect to know what they are paying for, someone has to do it. Linda Bilmes, lecturer in public policy, began the task of toting up the fiscal outlay on the Iraq war when students … them faster than we make them.” Reenlistment bonuses have risen from $25,000 to as high as $150,000. “Those costs will …
Issue: May-June 2006
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 …
Crimson on the Hill
… Capitol Hill alumni (defined for this exercise as graduates of or matriculants in a degree program) will drop from 42 members in the 108th Congress to 41 members in the 109th, based on the … congressmen Douglas K. Bereuter, M.C.P. '66, M.P.A. '73, of Nebraska and Amory Houghton Jr. '50, M.B.A. '52, of New …
Issue: January-February 2005
Protesters Disrupt the President
… was coming Thursday evening as he introduced an Institute of Politics event featuring President Lawrence S. Bacow. Standing onstage at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Elmendorf exhorted those in … demanding that Harvard divest its $39-billion endowment of companies involved in the fossil-fuel and prison …