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“Cut Missal Up…”
… colleague chanced upon a stray medieval manuscript page in the Harvard Theatre Collection in 2018, then-Houghton … illuminated book crafted for the French diocese of Rennes, a volume that had been thought lost. … display or give to friends. His journals record at the turn of the year 1854: “Cut out some leaves from large Missal”; …
Issue: March-April 2020
Off the Shelf
… City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present, by Alex Krieger, professor in practice of urban design (Harvard, $35). Americans romanticize the …
Issue: January-February 2020
History and Love in Haiti
… When she first embarked on her new book, When the Mapou Sings , Nadine Pinede ’86 thought she was writing a work of nonfiction. A Haitian-American writer, Pinede had always … presence deepens the narrative and gives context to the crises that dominate today’s news about Haiti. But the book …
Celebrating Cinema
… Four nights a week , anyone can saunter down to the lowest level of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, buy a ticket, … a delightful technical feat. “People may be surprised by the strange eroticism of some of these films,” …
Issue: January-February 2017
Now That's What You Call the "Reader's Digest" Version
… party for Not Quite What I Was Planning , a compilation of six-word memoirs. That's right—these are people's attempts to condense their life stories … a former Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow at Harvard Magazine , offers her own hilarious suggestions for those the book …
Wrestling with the Local Culture
… I peered through the opening of the tent, intrigued and anxious. Outside, a tinny amplification of traditional Mongolian folk music reverberated across the …
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 … mid April). Harvardwood On March 13 , our New York chapter offers an evening of inspired jazz through the Harvardwood …
Issue: March-April 2013
A Worldly Week
… The festival rites began festively on June 4. Trumpet in … spirited “Take the ‘A’ Train.”) It was a resonant reminder of Harvard’s aspirations in the arts (President Drew Faust’s … Provost Steven E. Hyman ordered the black-gowned throng to rise, and boomed out the traditional words: “Their chosen …
Issue: July-August 2009
Teammates for Life
… Twenty-five years ago, the Harvard women’s lacrosse team won the national … together. Princeton N.J., May 1990. The last 30 seconds of the women’s lacrosse NCAA championship finals between Harvard and the University of Maryland are ticking away. The score is 8-7; the Crimson …
As Many Books as Possible Short of Bankruptcy
… Harvard got into the book-publishing business in the 1640s. It happened this … Dunster, 30, who was quickly appointed the first president of Harvard College. He married the widow Glover and moved … not counting paperback reprints. It’s no pee-wee enterprise. Some highlights of 2013: Walter Johnson’s River of …
Issue: March-April 2013
A Hemlock Farewell
… The dark but delicate beauty of hemlocks has inspired … David R. Foster, senior lecturer on biology and director of the Harvard Forest , recently joined that list with the … that many practical as well as philosophical questions arise from our exploration of this great eastern conifer,” …
Issue: July-August 2014
Touting Teaching
… In a year of heightened University focus on learning and teaching , the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is premiering “Harvard’s Great …
New Institutional Master Plan Unveiled
… After 18 months of planning and community discussions, the University unveiled a new 10-year Institutional Master … of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue (see map), to rise sometime between 2017 and 2022 (60,000 square feet …
Funny Because It’s True
… For David Mandel ’92, filming the final season of HBO’s political comedy Veep was a race … made its name as a jet-black satire, sending up the foibles of American government by painting its characters as just …
Issue: March-April 2019
Poll: Who is the Most Famous Celebrity to Give a Harvard Commencement Address?
… From leaders of the free world, renowned authors, billionaire inventors, … Hollywood movie stars, to a world-famous media mogul, the University has seen a multitude of famous Commencement speakers. Now we ask you: who is the …