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Cartography Animated
… Mapmaking, especially before the Enlightenment, had as much to do with imagination as … strange, quasi-mythological creatures in the far reaches of the ocean. Imposing megafauna trod across early colonial-era maps of Africa and Asia, enticing explorers to exploit their …
Issue: March-April 2021
Pride, Elation...and Relief?
… Commencement —the culmination of so much hard work, financial planning, … and even anguish—has special meaning for the parents of seniors. We asked five families for their views on what …
Issue: May-June 2012
The Context: How Exercise Gives Us Purpose
… This is the fifth post of "The Context"—a biweekly series of archival …
Temple Grandin: The World Needs Different Minds
… kid” Temple Grandin, horseback riding, electronics, and the model-rocket club were what gave her an outlet for … Grandin said yesterday at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, together with her parents’ ability to … enabled her—though diagnosed with autism at the age of two—to live a life not defined by her condition. Grandin, …
The Ginkgo’s Secrets: A Video
… Senior research scientist Peter Del Tredici of Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum— see “The Living Dinosaur” by Jill Jonnes, from the … 1980s. In this video, he explains some unusual features of the ginkgo and shows some living specimens of the tree, …
Behind the Scenes: Reporting the latest discoveries
… Shaw shares what led him to feature Sharad Ramanathan in the January-February issue. People often ask me how we choose our subjects. In the case of Sharad Ramanathan, a quantitative biologist , I hoped to …
The “Little Object That Speaks Loudly”
… pipes, and fancy baubles—including, most recently, a pair of silver-alloy cufflinks: these are the small pieces of life at early Harvard that archaeologists have dug up …
Election Results
… The names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and of the new …
Issue: July-August 2015
Looking Back at the Lampoon’s Heyday
… at least co-created it, and at least for a certain stripe of American male. Alongside fellow Harvard men Henry Beard ’67 and Rob Hoffmann ’67, M.B.A. ’72, Kenney made a career out of his college extracurricular by taking the Harvard Lampoon national. Beyond its parodies of other …
Allende, Bloomberg, Bush, and Stiglitz: The Honorands
… During the Morning Exercises of the 363rd Commencement, on May … Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2011 —it would surprise no one if Franklin broke into song. Patricia King, J.D. …
Tinker, Tailor, Robot, Fly
… windows or swooping into your eye during a bike ride. But the research of Robert Wood, assistant professor of engineering and applied sciences, may cause you …
Issue: January-February 2008
Young Men on the Field
… They talked about the global game of baseball and the … they are. They talked about rebuilding efforts and pace of play and making trades. They talked about their moms. On …
At Home with Harvard: Great Legal Minds
… This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a … watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the prior pieces, featuring stories about the history of … ’62, a former federal appeals court judge credited with the rise of the law and economics movement, and “ A Workable …
The SIGnboard — Reunions Edition
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has approved more than … fiction ( view a complete list ). Harvard Magazine offers a list of scheduled SIG Commencement and reunion activities below; …
The Olympics, via Powers
… If John Powers ’70 of the Boston Globe is not the dean of Olympics sportswriters, he is at least decanal. Powers, …