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The Food-Climate Conundrum
… Thirty-five percent of food produced in the United States is never eaten; households are the largest … asked participants, “What gives you hope that we can rise to meet the food challenges of the twenty-first …
Ending an Epidemic
… An effective vaccine remains the best hope for ending the COVID-19 pandemic. As deaths … were under development—an unprecedented response in terms of scope, speed, and cooperative scientific effort to combat … Years ago, public-health experts “were quite surprised,” he says, “when they found that after vaccinating …
Issue: July-August 2020
Barry Mazur Awarded National Medal of Science
… Gade University Professor Barry Mazur will be awarded the National Medal of Science —one of 12 honorands who will be recognized in a …
Yesterday’s News
… 1917 — T.W. Lamont ’92, chairman of the Harvard Endowment Committee, announces a novel plan to … other than its own sons,” rather than to a limited number of wealthy benefactors. 1932 — The Graduate School of …
Issue: January-February 2007
The Academic Heights
… Any Massachusetts Hall presidential transition—like the current one from Drew Gilpin Faust to Lawrence S. Bacow … to the age that is waiting before? So the arrival of An Academic Life is fortuitous and timely. The memoir of Hanna Holborn Gray extends from her youth and development …
Issue: May-June 2018
The Classes
… obituaries. Registration is required for first-time users; the registration process is not instantaneous. No account is … may sign in to view class notes and obituaries. … 30870 … The Classes … The Classes … article …
Issue: July-August 2011
FAS Dean’s Academic Priorities—and Financial Constraints
… In presenting her annual report to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) this afternoon, … Campaign—its longer-term outlook may come as a sobering surprise to many members of the community. Following …
Science and Politics and Stem Cells
… Scientists became alarmed this spring when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) canceled a meeting to review applications … science, at least in the United States. "I'm a little surprised that the NIH, which is a scientific organization, said …
Fustiness in the Fine Arts Department
… Fairfield Porter '28 was a realist painter in the midst of the abstract expressionist movement. He had an … and had five children, he was bisexual; indeed, one of his lovers, poet James Schuyler, lived with Porter and …
Energizing the Local Economy
… In mid January, the University published “Investing in Innovation,” the most … estimated that Harvard accounted for $4.8 billion of economic activity and 44,000 full-time-equivalent jobs locally. Perhaps of greater moment is Harvard’s prospective impact. The …
Issue: March-April 2009
NONapathetic
… What do you do when the collision alarm of your nuclear sub goes off under the … season 61 years ago, Life magazine’s editors challenged: “Arise, Class of 1957, you have nothing to lose but your …
Issue: September-October 2018
Harvard Records $130-Million Deficit in Fiscal 2011
… Harvard reported a $130-million operating deficit in the fiscal year ended last June 30—about 3 percent of total expenditures—according to the Harvard University … below the rate of inflation indefinitely” (and some of the rise in expenses, of course, is associated with higher …
A Love Letter
… He’d heard too many horror stories: how editing them could be a logistical headache, how securing music … funk musician Rudy Love. John Alexander Image courtesy of The Love Story LLC Alexander was at the wrap party for … feature-film directorial debut, based on the true story of a Kansas family of serial killers who preyed on travelers …
Issue: May-June 2020
The “Other” Cambridge
… The Cambridge across the pond is somehow familiar to me, … that it would be preserved perfectly just for me—like one of those restored, “working” New England towns where you can take pictures of colonial women churning butter. It would be peculiarly …
![Ronald Reagan wrote in his presidential diary for September 12, 1988: “Then a briefing for a pleasant interview which took place at 11:30 with Warren Brooks [sic] my favorite Ec. columnist.”](https://www.harvardmagazine.com//sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser/public/img/article/0812/vitaso12.jpg.webp?itok=SN8pVx4y "Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Library")
Vita: Warren Brookes
… industrial societies. As if from “a chrysalis,” the world was emerging from a reality constrained by … preface that The Economy in Mind (1982) was “the work not of an economist but of a journalist.” But in a larger sense, … reverence for entrepreneurialism coincided with the rise of Reaganomics and positioned him as an outspoken fount …
Issue: September-October 2012