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At Home on the Range
… Every day Hustace "Stacey" Scott '70 rises early and walks into the kitchen to pour two large pancakes on the griddle: a carbohydrate jump start for a day of manual labor on the Wyoming plains that begins, and often …
Issue: January-February 2003
HBS Halts Hybrid Learning
… Business School (HBS) announced that a rising number of coronavirus cases has forced it to pull back from hybrid (in-class and remote) learning for the rest of the semester. Although the Medical School has … means infections in our community are likely to continue to rise at an unacceptable rate. If the upsurge had taken place …
From the Archives: A Routine Commencement Speech
… George Marshall’s Harvard speech got thin coverage in the press, and the few reporters who saw its news value … scant support from their superiors and the Department of State. The late Stephen White ’36, then an editorial … writer for the New York Herald Tribune, was the only out-of-town newsman to cover the speech—and that was a bit of a …
Yesterday's News
… 1921 Thirteen female students from the Graduate School of Education apply for tickets to the … of The Harvard Salient. Its editors all “commend free enterprise, limited government, a redoubtable national defense, …
Issue: November-December 2016
Changing the World
… Employing the mantra “It’s Not Too Late to Change the World,” some members of the class of 1973 have formed a nonprofit organization to address …
Issue: September-October 2018
Fat Goes Down (with) the Tubes
… Orders roll in from unseen commanders and throngs of troops shuffle to work. They tear apart tubes, unclamp hoses, snap sinewy support lines, pull power cords—they undo the details of their flexible infrastructure. In record time they've …
Issue: May-June 2002
New Study Finds Long-Lasting Influence of Early Education
… a new study has found that the effects of an excellent kindergarten education last into … was far more significant. The study's authors include professor of economics Raj Chetty and assistant professor in …
Howard Gardner Receives 2011 Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
… naming educational innovator Howard Gardner ’65, Ph.D. ’71, the recipient of the 2011 Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences , the Fundación …
"Listen my children..."
… outstretched to shake with passers-by." And you shall hear/ Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere….” Thanks to the legend-building of Henry …
Issue: March-April 2007
Tips of the Hat(s)
… Harvard schools confer all sorts of practitioner doctoral degrees: familiar ones, like Doctor of Medicine and Juris Doctor, and many lesser known, like … Leadership (Ed.L.D.) and Doctor of Design (D.Des.). But the Faculty of Arts and Sciences maintains a monopoly on …
Issue: July-August 2025
Harvard’s Eugenics Era
… Harvard president emeritus Charles William Eliot addressed the Harvard Club of San Francisco on a subject close to his heart: racial … mixing would diminish the white race, writing: “Races have arisen which are as distinct in mental capacity as in …
Issue: March-April 2016
Boosting College Financial Aid
… on December 10—and received national attention, setting off debate on financial aid generally, private institutions’ use of their endowments, and the relative position of other … receive grant aid, reflecting circumstances such as health crises or multiple children in college at once.) The …
Issue: March-April 2008
Learning in the FIELD
… The new FIELD course (Field Immersion Experiences in … appealing, and course head Frances Frei, UPS Foundation professor of service management, promises, “It will be magnificently …
Crimson in Congress
… In the aftermath of last November’s elections for the … Thomas Petri ’62, LL.B. ’65, Republican of Wisconsin, is the sole remaining member of his party in … retiring after five terms.) The Democrats’ total will rise by one if Representative William Jefferson, J.D. …
Issue: January-February 2007
The “Scandalous Mansion”
… Built between 1899 and 1902, the Ayer Mansion on Commonwealth Avenue is a rare surviving … campaign, featuring heartfelt testimonials and visions of cherubic children and tropical locales, that sold … and a marble semi-circular staircase with glass-mosaic risers. They lead to an apse-like “stage” on which Ellen …
Issue: January-February 2017