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At Its Core
… For three days each fall, hundreds of cider-hounds, families, and pomological devotees gather in Western Massachusetts to celebrate the apple and the … and ultimately to the Prohibition. That, combined with the rise of an urban-centered society and new immigrant groups …
Issue: September-October 2025
The Poco of Pocos
… The “Poco of Pocos” was Bernard Butekan, a … (“clo’man”), a Harvard celebrity, and the first in a series of rag dealers who played a surprisingly large role in the … fine but slightly worn clothing. The arrival of sewing machines in the 1840s also increased both the production of …
Issue: September-October 2021
The Limits of Human Heat Tolerance
… The record-breaking heat that baked parts of the United … an itchy skin rash, and dizziness. A core temperature that rises above 100 degrees Fahrenheit can develop into heat …
Issue: September-October 2025
The Stuff of World War II
… During a field trip to The International Museum of World War II in Natick, … New-York Historical Society, illustrates the incremental rise of prejudicial hatred. Rare documents are highlighted, …
Issue: March-April 2016
“The Perfect Sheet”
… Matt Gilmore sits straight up on the Zamboni’s elevated seat, his left hand guiding the … back. He leans leftward, his eyes trained on the few inches of space between the vehicle and the boards. Hitting the wall with the five-ton machine would be one of the worst things he could do, but his 14 years of …
Issue: March-April 2020
Origins of the Urban Housing Crisis
… Across the United States, a chronic housing shortage grips many … in the making—and argues that its origins lie in the rise of “antigrowth politics” that began to take hold in the …
Issue: September-October 2022
What of the Humble Pencil?
… Drawing is rarely highlighted as a primary medium in the visual arts. Painting and sculpture often dominate the conversation—celebrated, elevated, … with clay, and baking it into consistent leads. This gave rise to the modern pencil. His “crayons Conté” (from craie , …
Will Global Democracy Survive?
… “Ten years from now , there could be crises that make 2020 look like a garden party,” said Rockefeller professor of Latin American studies and professor of …
Birthday Candles
… and celebrate Harvardiana: Crimson places and people, their customs and crotchets, consequential and otherwise. … to toot its own horn—in this case, commemorating 85 years of publication in printed form, a longevity increasingly … on March 8, 1940, shortly after arriving as acting editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin . (Forgiving readers will …
Issue: September-October 2025
How Shakespeare’s Rival Remade Elizabethan Art
… He was a radical, the inventor of blank verse, a master of internal monologue, … play’s shock value lay in its plot. Loosely based on the rise of the fourteenth century Central Asian conqueror Timur …
Issue: September-October 2025
Labor, Interrupted
… In May 2003 came the joyous birth of Prairie Cummings Resch, first child of … “overwhelmed by emotions”—“joy, awe, anxiety, relief, surprise.” She gave thanks for her healthy baby, and for modern …
Issue: November-December 2012
The State of the Pandemic
… For all the havoc and death caused by the coronavirus during the … significant issues. How will humanity cope with the rest of this pandemic—and prepare to respond better to the … risk of severe illness is highest among the eldest. Risk rises steadily with age, doubling every five to six years, …
Issue: September-October 2021
Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race
… On September 22, about 20 teams will gather to propel their human-powered machines—without their feet ever touching the ground—through … race co-producer and artist Michael Roundy, a studio art professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell—and the …
Issue: September-October 2018
“The World Right Now Cannot Afford Indifference”
… The life of Lawrence S. Bacow, Harvard’s twenty-ninth … (at one point being denied entry into France) informed some of his decisions as the University’s leader. As he told the … they spoke passionately about the dangers ahead. The rise of antisemitism worldwide was on everyone’s mind. As …
Queen of the Hill
… The fact that a softball diamond is so much smaller than a … opponents’ batting average (.181). To no one’s great surprise, she was the unanimous choice for Ivy League Pitcher of … about Brown’s pitches. One of her lethal weapons is the rise ball, which doesn’t exist in hardball. Thrown fast, …
Issue: May-June 2012