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From the Archives: 1968, When “Harvard Beats Yale”
… As the golden anniversary of the 29-29 stunner approaches, … 1968 reporting —the issue closed late to permit coverage of the first contest between unbeaten Harvard and Yale teams … sports headline ever written.” I was shocked, but not surprised. The Heritage Foundation had already called my …
The SIGnboard: Reunion Week Events
… Many Shared Interest Groups host get-togethers during Commencement and Reunion week. A few early … Hall, join fellow Harvard choral alums under the baton of Beverly Taylor (former associate DCA at Harvard, current DCA at the University of Wisconsin), accompanied by Noam Elkies, as we sing …
Issue: May-June 2019
Bill Gates at Harvard
… Editor’s note: Walter Isaacson ’74 , a member of the Board of Overseers and biographer of Steve Jobs and others, is …
Issue: November-December 2013
Synthetic Biology in the Wild
… July , Wyss Institute fellow Kevin Esvelt and Winthrop professor of genetics George Church coauthored a paper in the journal eLife outlining how new technologies containing …
Issue: September-October 2014
New Life Lessons
… I love routine . I think a lot of us do. We feel comforted knowing our lives are ordered, … need it more. If we can’t learn from experience and from other people, we have no place trying to learn from books. In … adventure that got me thinking about life in new ways. One of my favorite cousins lives with her husband and family …
Issue: March-April 2012
Five Questions with George Cooper ’25 on Student-Musicians
… George Cooper ’25, a Mather House music concentrator originally from Los Angeles, is captain of the Harvard men’s baseball team, where he plays … and a .434 slugging percentage during his career. Off the field, Cooper loves music and is in the process of …
“Foreign Parts”: A Clip from the Film
… , a 2010 documentary that provides an intimate look at the backstage work of a junkyard and doubles as an exploration of the society itself, in both its vitality and its …
Issue: November-December 2011
Mapping the Way to a Brain Survey
… scope , this is an effort that may eventually surpass even the Human Genome Project. Since President Obama’s April announcement of a new federal initiative to accelerate research on mapping brain activity, an advisory group of scientists has been deciding how best to deploy this boon …
Issue: July-August 2013
The “Wild West” of Cancer Misinformation Online
… following, encouraging her supporters to avoid chemotherapy and other medical treatments. But her story began to … fabricated her diagnosis. By then, however, she’d already profited massively from her media empire—a wellness brand … app and cookbook—and many followers had embraced her (often dangerous) claims. In 2025, Netflix released a …
Springtime Antics at the Arnold Arboretum
… means Lilac Sunday—a 112-year-old annual celebration on Mother’s Day in honor of the delightfully fragrant, eye-catching flowers. The … 15,000 woody-plant specimens, is home to its fair share of these springtime stars. But as the too-long winter …
Issue: May-June 2022
Beneath Talk of Unity, an Untidy Truth
… The election violence in Kenya, which lasted for several … to restore the country’s reputation. By March 2009, tens of thousands of Kenyans were still living in refugee camps, but the …
Issue: November-December 2009
Brevia
… A Renovation Revealed Dunster, the first undergraduate residence scheduled for a complete overhaul as part of House renewal, will feature enhanced social, arts, and … Portrait,” January-February, page 28, for the 6 percent rise in benefits costs during fiscal 2013)—a point for …
Issue: March-April 2014
Faculty Diversity Developments
… The number of ladder faculty members at Harvard (professor, … faculty overall. The number of women faculty members has risen by 55 (or 16 percent) during the past six years. The number of black faculty members has risen by just five since 2003-2004, to 45. From 2003-2004 to …
Issue: January-February 2010
Outlining a New Vision for the Arts
… The arts must assume a more central role in the intellectual life of the campus, and this goal—and the expenditures necessary … on the arts at Harvard announced today. Toward the goal of putting the arts "on par with the study of the humanities …
Undergraduate Aid and Campaign Milestones
… Kenneth C. Griffin ’89, founder and chief executive officer of the Citadel LLC, a multibillion-dollar, Chicago-based hedge-fund and financial-services enterprise , has given Harvard $150 million, principally for …
Issue: May-June 2014