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Brenda Tindal Named Inaugural Chief Campus Curator
… After a national search, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has appointed Brenda Tindal … February 13. Tindal—who has been the executive director of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) since May …
Sharing Life, and a Lifetime of Causes
… that he won over his wife, Alice (Niles) ’52, with a dinner of hamburgers and green peas at his Story Street apartment. … she asked if he or his roommates had read Keith Hutchison’s The Decline and Fall of British Capitalism . “As a young radical, I was very …
Issue: May-June 2010
375th Anniversary “Festival” of Friendship and Food
… bright and sunny skies on Tuesday, October 11, Tercentenary Theatre was a frenzy of carpenters, electricians, and riggers making ready for a Harvard Big Event—but not the customary formalities of Commencement, with its rows of chairs for 30,000 seated …
Open Book: The Case for Commitment
… As the graduate English Orator at the 2018 Commencement, Pete … add his J.D., spoke about what he called a “counterculture of commitment” (see harvardmag.com/comm-davis-18 ). He urged … has published Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing (Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster, $27) on …
Issue: July-August 2021
The SIGnboard: Reunion Week Events
… host get-togethers during Commencement and Reunion week. A few early … May 26, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Paine Hall for a read-through of selections from The Messiah . (Free; registration is not … and Latin American Alumni Reunion Reception Enjoy plenty of good networking, company, fun, and some food on Saturday, …
Issue: May-June 2018
Graduates Head to the Other Cambridge
… Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2021-22 academic year. Ashley Cooper, of Quincy House, a joint concentrator in neuroscience and anthropology with a secondary field in the history of science, will be the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar at …
Issue: July-August 2021
Extracurriculars
… Seasonal The Farmers’ Market at Harvard … (rain or shine) Outside the Science Center, at the corner of Oxford and Kirkland streets. In Allston: Fridays, 3-7 … historical events, and stylistic developments that gave rise to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century …
Issue: July-August 2010
Guy Davenport
… “Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker’s attention, … Davenport Jr., Ph.D. ’61, once advised. “This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding.” The author, artist, and …
Issue: November-December 2017
Dropping the Global H-Bomb
… her Harvard Oration, “From Baghdad to Boston: Dropping the Global H-Bomb,” at Class Day 2008. Watch the live video recording. … her Harvard Oration, “From Baghdad to Boston: Dropping the Global H-Bomb,” at Class Day 2008... … Dropping the …
Reporting on the Environment in Trump’s America
… to academics. Yesterday, members from various corners of the Harvard community gathered at the Kennedy School to … Mooney talk about climate, energy, and the media in the age of Donald Trump. The HKS event was co-sponsored by the …
$24-Million Donation to School of Public Health
… The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) has … a $24-million gift from Turkish entrepreneur Murat Ülker of Istanbul to establish the Sabri Ülker Center for Nutrient, Genetic, and Metabolic …
Shalala Tells Public Health School Graduates to “Expect the Unexpected”
… Donna Shalala, president of the Clinton Foundation, delivered the Commencement address … graduates, “The history of public health is a story of surprises,” and warning them to “expect the unexpected.” …
Solid Style
… milieu would do well to dine at Bistro du Midi this winter. The well-designed lighting is a combination of low and sparkling—flattering and festive. And diners … the large windows on one wall are treated to pretty views of trees and the Public Garden. Try to sit near the …
Issue: November-December 2012
A London Fellowship for Urban Design
… This past Tuesday , a crowd gathered at Wimbledon House, the home that esteemed British … parents in Wimbledon, London, to celebrate the inauguration of the Richard Rogers Fellowship in partnership with Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD). In 2015, Rogers (formally Baron Rogers of …
“Our Vote Counts”
… This past Friday evening , an alliance of 27 campus affinity organizations came together online for “Interconnections and Elections: A … for postal workers and the removal of large mail-sorting machines means more mail is being held up. In some areas, …