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Bruce Jenkins
… As an undergraduate working for the New York University cinema studies department, Bruce … the film projector. "I love it--it's the last vestige of the machine age in contemporary use," he says. "A decade … will be in a film archive or museum." As the new curator of the Harvard Film Archive, succeeding its founder, Vlada …
Power, Petitions, and the People
… At a time when the federal government seems distant and Congress gridlocked … voice is heard? Daniel Carpenter thinks so: his study of citizens’ use of petitions in the past suggests that direct contact …
Issue: May-June 2021
The New Art Museums, on Your Bookshelf
… Theodore E. Stebbins Jr., curator of American art emeritus … Art Museums, sums up the University’s expansive holdings of early American paintings as “very big,” “very good,” …
Please Touch the Art
… In the fall of 2011 , the public first encountered the interactive sculpture … Friedman Gallery in London. Inspired by the engagement of Prince William to Kate Middleton a year before, it’s a …
Issue: March-April 2013
News from the HAA
… 592 … News from the HAA … News from the HAA … article …
Issue: March-April 2002
Two Masters
… “What was most striking about Sam as a teacher was his lack of egotism,” said Melvin Richter ’43, Ph.D. ’53, at a … in October for Samuel Hutchison Beer, Ph.D. ’43, LL.D. ’98, the late Eaton professor of the science of government … between Henry II and Thomas à Becket; the last, the rise of the Nazis and the horrors of their regime. “Every …
Issue: January-February 2010
"Flim-Flam Finance"
… The stock market plummets. Credit is tight. Bankers quake. Then J.P. Morgan organizes a consortium of financial saviors to provide cash to banks and trusts to … of 1907 was one of the nation’s most severe financial crises ever and led ultimately to the establishment of the …
Issue: January-February 2008
Here Come the Quants!
… It’s not news that student interest in computer science and other applied disciplines is burgeoning nationwide, for … problems; a Facebook effect (the transformative power of computing meets who wants to be a billionaire?); strong … about triple the census just before the financial crises and recession in 2007-2008. The surprise is that this …
Issue: January-February 2017
Five Mountains and Parks for the Hiking Enthusiast
… and Rock Formations: Five Mountains and Parks for the Hiking Enthusiast by Cassandra Luca, Let’s Go Editorial … leisurely walk. The mountains in the list below boast some of the most beautiful sights, both at the top and along the way. Here are a small sampling of some of the most interesting paths in the area. 1. …
Dancer on the Wing
… 1484 … Dancer on the Wing … Dancer on the Wing … article …
Witness to Violence
… was hung in chains, next to Caesar’s rotting corpse, on the island in the midst of the Little Collect. But the executioner’s work was far … death, denying their guilt to the last. Smoke and the smell of burning flesh wafted over the city. Back at City Hall, …
Issue: September-October 2005
The Roxbury International Film Festival
… Future, by Canadian filmmaker Damon Kwame Mason, explores the history of black hockey athletes, from the Coloured Hockey League in … Festival in Boston (June 22-July 1). Held at the Museum of Fine Arts, the event highlights works by emerging and …
Issue: May-June 2016
Assessing Admissions
… In his new book, The Chosen , Jerome Karabel ’72, Ph.D. ’77, offers a … attended one of the Big Three, and these students comprised more than one-quarter of the entering classes at …
Issue: May-June 2006
Alan Seeger
… A hundred years ago , at the height of World War I, the Battle of the Somme raged in northern France. More than 600,000 …
Issue: November-December 2016
Francis Cabot Lowell
… struggled for political independence, he helped lay the groundwork for the new country’s economic independence … States into a world trading power and put into play forces of technological innovation that continue today. Lowell’s … through the novel idea of selling shares in his enterprise, which became known as the Boston Manufacturing …
Issue: September-October 2010