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Harvard’s South Africa Internships
… for "educational programs to assist black South Africans." The decision to create both the fund and a Committee on … it was seen as a rush attempt to mitigate renewed criticism of Harvard's $400 million investment in companies that do … or materials, Silvers says. Even obsolete photocopying machines, outdated microcomputers, and used books would be …
Grumbling among the Woodwinds
… gilt-edged halls. Hushed audiences listen as you enthrall them with Beethoven or Prokofiev. Hundreds of admirers burst into applause at each concert's end. …
The Miller-Hunn Award Winners
… This year, the newly renamed Miller-Hunn Awards—the original award, which recognized the work of Hiram S. Hunn, A.B. 1921, now also honors recently retired admissions officer Dwight D. Miller, Ed.M. ’71 (see “ Admissions, …
Issue: November-December 2019
The Case for Indeterminacy
… A few weeks ago, I attended a panel on geopolitics in the Iberian Peninsula with a friend who happened to be a research assistant to one of the panelists. After the event, she introduced me to her … onto the congratulatory Zoom for awardees, I was unsurprised to see no other humanities students present. The …
Issue: May-June 2024
The Teddy Bear Effect
… Most Fortune 500 CEOs—roughly 95 percent of them, in fact—are white men. Line up headshots of these leaders and plenty of pronounced chins, square …
Issue: January-February 2019
Richard Saul Wurman: Seek Opposites
… Some of the most creative , productive people in the world—such as … Wurman during his Class Day speech at the Graduate School of Design (GSD) on May 29. Wurman added himself to that … the opposites.” He reported loving television and has “two machines” at his home in Newport, Rhode Island, that record …
“Neither Comfort nor Cover”
… In a February message to the University community, President Lawrence S. Bacow … that Harvard had “failed” Terry Karl, now an emerita professor of government at Stanford, when it did not take … of female faculty members in the government department has risen from 9 percent in 1980 to 31.3 percent in 2019, …
Issue: May-June 2021
At the HLS Helm
… issues to President Bill Clinton, was on April 3 named the eleventh dean of Harvard Law School (HLS). The 43-year-old Kagan, who … a remarkable ability to bring people together around issues of academic and institutional importance." She becomes dean, …
Issue: July-August 2003
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 published in the print edition of this magazine. … 29666 … November-December 2010 Class …
Issue: November-December 2010
Harvard Then and Now: The Decade Detailed
… … Value of Endowment, Average Salaries, and other statistics; 1990 and 2000. … 15 … Harvard Then and Now: The Decade Detailed … Harvard Then and Now: …
Pay the Term Bill in Barrel Hoops
… hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Roger Thompson of Norwich, England, an emeritus professor of American history at the University of East Anglia, is at work on a history of …
Issue: September-October 2004
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 published in the print edition of this magazine. … 27180 … September-October 2010 Class …
Issue: September-October 2010
A Vision for the Arts
… The arts must assume a more central role in the intellectual life of the campus, and this goal should remain a priority even … in a December report. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office Stephen Greenblatt The arts are “at once everywhere, …
Issue: March-April 2009
Outside In
… Timothy Reckart ’09 gets onomatopoetic. Boingggg conveys the “nice, natural motion blur” of a claymation monster’s party-favor tongue grabbing its … in music composition, set design, and other departments comprised a ready-made crew for Reckart’s final thesis. The …
Issue: November-December 2016
Breathing New Life into “The Eyesore on Church Street”
… Yesterday evening in a meeting open to the public, Cambridge business owners and residents gathered around a projector at the back of Beat Brasserie in Harvard Square to learn about the future of 10 Church Street. The redesign process for the …