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Honoris Causa
… degrees at Commencement. Provost Steven E. Hyman introduced the honorands, and President Drew Faust read the citations, … with the recipient’s name and degree—except in the case of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for whom the previous honorand rose … John Berners-Lee Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee. The inventor of the World Wide Web, now 3Com Founders Professor at MIT. …
Issue: July-August 2011
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
"On the Ground" with Asylum-Seekers
… with her family. Her Iranian parents had sought asylum in the United States in the early 1980s, after the Iranian … to be “an advocate on the ground,” and is now a clinical professor of law who directs Harvard’s Immigration and Refugee … represented asylum-seekers whose journeys reflect world crises, from east Africa, Syria, and Afghanistan, to Central …
Issue: May-June 2022
From War Zones to the North Shore
… and Tbilisi. She’s written about refugee cooks from Syria, the new spice barons of Madagascar’s booming vanilla market, and desperate “bank … crisis. She’s covered the Middle East amid the aftermath of 9/11 and the War on Terror, and in 2015, she wrote about …
Issue: March-April 2023
Oxonians in the Making
… Thirty-two students from the United States won Rhodes Scholarships this year, and eight of them are at Harvard, which led the nation in the production of successful candidates for the award for the fourth …
The “Bionic Leaf ”
… leaf” that converts solar energy into a liquid fuel. The work—a proof of concept in an exciting new field that might be termed … off the catalyst on one side of the wafer, while hydrogen rises from the catalyst on the wafer’s other side. Nocera …
Issue: May-June 2015
Extracurriculars
… Harvard Square offers something for everyone this fall: saunter down to the Charles River and join an ad hoc community choir as they … Museum 617-495-2317 Through November 4: Light Display Machines: Two Works by Láászlóó Moholy-Nagy offers the …
Issue: September-October 2007
Eyes on the Island
… November, June Carolyn Erlick spent three weeks in Cuba, gathering contemporary images of the island and its people. Photography is not an easy … Center for Latin American Studies, found abundant examples of work that shows Cuba as it is, neither positive images …
Returning to the Big Screen
… During the lulls between pandemic surges last year, movie-lovers … devoted to the universal themes in Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, The Maltese Falcon, Singin’ in the Rain, and among Bramante’s personal favorites, the 1940 version of Pride and Prejudice, starring Greer Garson and Laurence …
Issue: March-April 2021
Three for the Road
… Scholarships, three current Harvard students will do their research in England next year. Senior Jay A.H. Butler , of Eliot House and Paget, Bermuda, was named that island’s … study law at Exeter College, Oxford. Ensign William Kelly of New York City, a 2005 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy …
Issue: March-April 2006
Near and Distant Objectives
… The opening words of Noah Feldman’s latest book, The Arab … Yurid Isqat al-nizam! The people Want The overthrow of the regime! As he explains in his first sentence, “These … including those that fueled the Syrian civil war and the rise of the Islamic State.” The book’s theme is optimistic …
Issue: September-October 2020
Off the Shelf
… “Much of the time we spend in gatherings with other people disappoints us,” warns professional facilitator Priya Parker, M.P.P. ’12. After this … in China (Verso, $26.95) shows how the movement has risen on social media and taken root abroad and in cities …
Issue: September-October 2018
From the Battlefield to the Classroom
… Forces veteran Logan Leslie ’16 faced a unique set of challenges. He was significantly older than any of his fellow freshmen, had not been in school for years, … and had a family. “I ran into a fair amount of loneliness the first semester,” he says. “It was difficult to fit in.” …
The Gardens at Elm Bank “Get People Growing”
… At its blooming best during the summer, Weezie’s Garden for Children is an enchanting … place for all ages. Stroll through the arched entrance of sculpted twigs, and wind along paths through this … exhibit specimens. But financial and leadership crises in the 1990s and early 2000s caused turmoil and a …
Issue: July-August 2021
Bear Market
… In recent years, the annual fall career forum at the Gordon Track and Tennis Center has been one of the most conspicuous displays of the many employment … program, which is dominated by finance and technology enterprises, rose steadily as well: about 800 seniors, or half of …
Issue: May-June 2002