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Harvard Names Open Access Architect Director of New Office for Scholarly Publishing
… Stuart M. Shieber '81, Welch professor of computer science, who led the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in its historic adoption of …
Economic Realities in Allston
… Harvard’s October filing of a new Institutional Master Plan Notification Form … describing projects it hopes to build in Allston during the next decade, marked the formal withdrawal of the … ago. Later, a mixed-use institutional building is slated to rise on the southernmost portion of the Charlesview …
Issue: January-February 2013
Beowulf in the Yard
… The morning after Beowulf wrenches off Grendel’s arm—thus purging the Danish royal hall of its unwelcome visitor—King Hrothgar’s men trace the …
“From Neither Here Nor There”
… The penultimate chapter of sociologist Roberto Gonzales’s book Lives in Limbo —the chapter he calls the most painful and gripping to read, … the one that would be its climax, if the book were a work of fiction—opens with a story about two factory workers on …
Issue: July-August 2020
Oratorical Exchanges
… On the fourth day of a celebration of Harvard's two hundred and fiftieth birthday, on November … reflection that for me there exists no alma mater gives rise to a feeling of regret, which is only kindly tempered …
The View from Mass. Hall
… In late July , at the beginning of Drew Faust’s fifth year as president, … from history and literature to their scientific enterprise. As I hear this, I am struck at the way, in the United …
Issue: September-October 2011
“Women’s Weekend” Is Launched
… more than 400 alumnae and friends gathered this past weekend for Harvard’s first University-wide … Alumni Association (HAA), the weekend featured dozens of events on subjects of interest to women, including race, … shared a pedagogical tip. Alluding to her 2014 book The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for …
Marina N. Bolotnikova , Jean Martin
The Endowment Manager's Perspective
… year 2009 in mid September (see www.harvardmagazine.com and the November-December issue for reports). Given widespread … Her response follows. During the first four months of the fiscal year that began on July 1, 2008—when I joined … market conditions, affected Harvard’s endowment—and those of every other major university. We expect that when our …
Issue: September-October 2009
It’s Up—It’s Good!
… The play that shone the brightest spotlight on David … School in San Juan Capistrano, California. Quarterbacks are often the best all-around athletes on their high-school … attempting to block the kick. Field-goal kicks need to rise more steeply than kickoffs, in order to clear the line. …
Issue: September-October 2012
Commencement Week on the Web
… and reunions, visit: Harvard University Commencement Office ( www.commencementoffice.harvard.edu ): The official Commencement website includes maps, a schedule, …
Issue: May-June 2004
More About the Fat That Could Make You Fitter
… Evidence is mounting for the metabolic firepower of brown fat, the energy-inefficient tissue that burns off calories as heat—as reported in this article on the work …
The Chinese Century?
… Kirby wears at least four Harvard hats: Spangler Family professor of business administration (Harvard Business School, … China studies (Faculty of Arts and Sciences, FAS); chair of the Harvard China Fund (HCF, University-wide); and director … Similarly, he said, the country had unleashed private enterprise, yielding enormous new companies and markets, creating …
Issue: May-June 2010
Off the Shelf
… A History in Ideas , by David R. Armitage, Blankfein professor of history (Knopf, $27.95).The planet has not been globally at war since 1945, but “The …
Issue: March-April 2017
Yesterday’s News
… 1926 The annual picture-taking of freshmen and seniors in front … that average student expenses for an academic year have risen from $510 in 1900 to $1,200 in 1930, “for the same …
Issue: May-June 2006
Brevia
… emissions and recommend University goals for reducing them; it is to report by the end of the academic year. Brooks professor of international … College tuition, room, board, and fees for 2008-2009 will rise to $47,215, an increase of 3.5 percent (compared to …
Issue: May-June 2008