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… Fie on Al Franken Your fawning feature article on the aggressive and obnoxious Al Franken was extremely ill … who must have thought they were playing a joke on the rest of the country. (They have done so before; remember Jesse … of Education at Harvard, where I'm sure no one is surprised that collaborative learning is more effective than …
Issue: May-June 2012
"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
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
Blanche Calloway, Cab’s Enterprising Older Sister
… Cab Calloway was a household name, he wasn’t even the biggest name in his household. That distinction went to … left Baltimore for Chicago in 1921 and joined the cast of “Plantation Days,” a popular black musical revue, as a … in 1923. (It was with that group, in fact, that she would offer Cab his first on-stage performance.) By 1924, she was …
Issue: May-June 2022
Harvard’s “Treehouse” in Allston
… Harvard announced on December 14 the creation of its first University-wide conference center, which will serve as a gateway to its planned enterprise research campus (ERC) on Western Avenue in Allston. …
The SIGnboard
… The Harvard Alumni Association has approved more than 30 … , using SIG in the “class year” line.) Alumnae and Friends of Radcliffe Join us for a reception/tea in the Radcliffe … in February, aims to develop an intergenerational community of alumnae to increase and strengthen Harvard women’s …
Issue: May-June 2013
The SIGnboard
… A number of Harvard’s 49 Shared Interest Groups (SIGs; … http://alumni.harvard.edu/haa/sigs ) are hosting get-togethers during Commencement and Reunion week. Early listings … In a welcoming and compassionate environment, all survivors of on-campus sexual assault and their supporters are welcome …
Issue: May-June 2014
The FOX News Channel News We Can Use
… From an entry in The Republican Playbook (Hyperion, $16.95), containing all … from the White House by cyber satirist Andy Borowitz 80 of www.borowitzreport.com : A wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican National Committee, the FOX News Channel …
Issue: November-December 2006
Eating Ice Cream with the Devil
… In " Pizzazz on the Podium ," from the March-April 2011 issue, Richard Dyer … a bit stodgy" under previous conductors. One example: a set of three lighthearted YouTube videos promoting Ligeti's … Grand Macabre , which turned out to be the unexpected hit of Gilbert's first season with the Philharmonic. View the …
Issue: March-April 2011
The “Father” Father
… Not long ago, while up late reading in the St. Patrick parish rectory, Father Paul O’Brien ’86 … and smelled smoke—not for the first time on the south side of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Once the golden model of an … competition, loss, frustration—and anything else that arises in these volubly emotional games. “It took a couple of …
Issue: January-February 2012
Bringing Art to Life
… painted her face black and white. She meticulously striped the colors across her chin, cheeks, and forehead, checking … Bartolomeo Coriolano’s seventeenth-century woodcut print of a cupid. During the pandemic, Zhou and her fellow Harvard … she created makeup tutorials. Zhou was particularly surprised by how much an eighteenth-century French portrait of …
President Faust on Finances, Scientific Misconduct, the Martin Peretz-Muslim Furor, and More
… Gibson—at Harvard as a Shorenstein Fellow this year—took the stage together in Sanders Theatre on Tuesday afternoon … return in fiscal 2010 ) to the new and vexing (the findings of scientific misconduct against professor of psychology … she said, she knew that they were always filled with surprises, and she never expected to fill a defined role or set …
The SIGnboard
… The harvard alumni association has approved more than 20 … . Harvard Magazine invites SIG officers to share news of their groups’ activities in this space. (Send items to …
Issue: May-June 2010
“To Serve Better Thy Country and Thy Kind”
… one today, as eight ROTC graduates were commissioned into the United States armed forces. The nation’s highest-ranking military officer and principal military adviser to the President, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley, …
The SIGnboard
… The Harvard Alumni Association has approved more than 30 … . Harvard Magazine invites SIGs to share news of their activities in this space. (Send items to … ). On September 21, head outside for a low-key morning of hiking in Griffith Park along the Observatory Loop, …
Issue: September-October 2013