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Crimson Construction
… than 600 structures spread across Cambridge, Allston, and the Longwood Medical Area—declined by nearly two-thirds by 2022, from a pre-pandemic peak of nearly a billion dollars a year. But as any visitor to … from the engineering complex, in the form of the “enterprise research campus”; a new performance center for the …
Issue: September-October 2024
Time to Electrify
… The recent spike in oil prices , to more than $100 per … the resulting, predictable outcry over the return of the $4 gallon of gas—have prompted hurried responses from … for ethanol has at least contributed to the recent rise in global food prices. Why not abolish the corn-ethanol …
Issue: July-August 2011
Off the Shelf
… On the Rez, by Ian Frazier ’73 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, … road in the distance who might be drunk, and a scattering of window-glass fragments in the weeds that might be from a … diaper playing in a bare-dirt yard, and an acrid smell of burning trash—all the elements that usually evoke …
The 2011 Honorary Degree Recipients
… The University announced that at the morning exercises … confer honorary degrees on six men and three women. Brief profiles appear here; for the formal degree citations, check … warmth and interest in fostering the scientific enterprise—much of the historical narrative in that lecture …
El-Erian for the Endowment
… and face will change at Harvard Management Company (HMC), the investment organization for the University’s endowment, with the arrival early this year of Mohamed A. El-Erian as president and chief executive … far, “The skill set of dealing with outside managers” has risen in importance, Rothenberg noted; El-Erian comes from …
Issue: January-February 2006
From the Archives: The Ultimate Commencement Address
… S eventy Commencements ago, in the wake of World War II, the United States embraced both … of the Truman Doctrine in March had taken Congress by surprise, and powerful senators had resented it. Marshall and …
Images from the Ballets Russes
… Lubov Tchernicheva, pictured here for a 1920 production of Cleopatra, was ballet mistress of the Ballets Russes in the latter 1920s, and played a …
Issue: November-December 2019
Jobs and Jail
… In the 1970s and ’80s, America’s cities were engulfed in … hollowed out, and fragile working-class communities ruined. Often, it’s told as a white working-class story, but … home that I had been raised in. Drug addiction was on the rise. People had to rely more on public assistance to get …
Issue: May-June 2021
Hold the Beans
… “Beans, beans” are good for the heart…but many vegetarian restaurants mistakenly offer “1,001 ways to mash, mix, and fry the garbanzos” instead of dreaming up more creative and beautiful plant-based …
Issue: January-February 2013
Off the Ice, Onto the Screen
… Two years out of Harvard, government concentrator Bill Keenan ’09 was in … playing minor-league hockey in Sweden, still dreaming of his life-long desire to play in the NHL, when he was traded into the German league for a …
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 …
The SIGnboard
… seek fellow alumni who share your interests, remember that the Harvard Alumni Association has approved more than 20 Shared Interest Groups (SIGs)—“any collection of Harvard University alumni who actively engage in … ). Harvard Magazine has invited SIG officers to share news of their groups’ forthcoming …
Issue: January-February 2009
The SIGnboard
… The Harvard Alumni Association has approved more than 20 … . Harvard Magazine invites SIG officers to share news of their groups’ activities in this space. (Send items to …
Issue: July-August 2009
Quick at the Plate
… with friends cheering him on, Ian Walker '03 swallowed up the lead of a chomping Eagle from Boston College and won the first … — comprising six half-pound hamburgers and 12 slices of cheese on a roll. Entrants from Boston University and …
Issue: May-June 2003
Handling Harassment
… Reviewing the e volution and enforcement of a sexual harassment policy … dean for coeducation's belief that "the continuing rise in these numbers does not reflect an increase in …