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Issue: March-April 2010
The Undergraduate: Word-upmanship
… n. |lɛkˈsɪfən| – Last week, I overheard one editor at the Crimson accuse another of being a lexiphane. The accused, quick to his wit, replied … tapped the OED app on my iPhone to find out what all of this meant. Lexiphane: someone who fashions ostentatious …
Issue: May-June 2014
Hoops Houdini
… Harvard beat Boston College, ranked seventeenth in the nation, 82-70, recording its first-ever win over a … opponent. What is more, BC had just defeated the University of North Carolina, then the nation’s top team. (Harvard’s … Stanford, was a 111-56 blowout, the opener of 2007-08’s struggling 8-22 season, when the Crimson tied …
Issue: March-April 2009
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
The Equation for Success?
… Harvard Hardwood, the Harvard Magazine basketball report Last weekend, some of the sharpest minds in sports convened in Boston for the … coach for men’s basketball, might have wished that some of the attendees had stuck around to help him analyze why …
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 …
$11 Billion Less
… Harvard’s endowment was valued at $26.0 billion as of June 30—29.5 percent less than the record $36.9 billion at the end of the prior fiscal … throughout the University. The large loss was not a surprise: as Harvard Management Company (HMC) president and CEO …
Issue: November-December 2009
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 … Also in New York, enjoy mixed cocktails at the Rubin Museum of Art on January 18 ( …
Issue: January-February 2013
The SIGnboard
… The Harvard Alumni Association has approved more than 30 … SIGdir.shtml . Harvard Magazine invites SIGs to share news of their activities in this space. (Send items to … and universities for Mixed Cocktails at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City on February 10, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. …
Issue: January-February 2012
Off the Shelf
… The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for … $29.99). A veteran health-care reporter recounts the making of the Affordable Care Act. The value lies less in each … countries—and “the most ambitious and significant piece of domestic legislation” to be enacted in 50 years: “In …
Issue: May-June 2021
The SIGnboard
… The Harvard Alumni Association has approved more than 20 … clubs/html/SIGdir.shtml . Harvard Magazine invites SIG officers to share news of their groups’ activities in this space. (Send items to …
Issue: September-October 2009
Harvard Polo Up Close
… journalist, puts it, “Polo is marketed by Ralph Lauren and The Great Gatsby and Prince Charles. And that is one part of polo. But it is absolutely not Harvard polo.” On this … South Hamilton, Massachusetts, mallets raised, in pursuit of an inflatable white ball the size of a grapefruit. Unlike …
Issue: March-April 2022
The SIGnboard
… The Harvard Alumni Association has approved more than 30 … clubs/html/SIGdir.shtml . Harvard Magazine invites SIG officers to share news of their groups’ activities in this space. (Send items to …
Issue: September-October 2010
The SIGnboard
… The Harvard Alumni Association has approved more than 30 … . To share news of SIG activities in this space, send items to classnotes@harvard.edu , using SIG in the “class year” line. First Generation Harvard Alumni … Harvard Military Memorials Walking Tour, dedicated to many of Harvard’s more than 1,350 alumni, staff, and faculty …
Issue: November-December 2013
Estimable Seniors
… College unleashes some 1,600 fresh graduates, all full of the potential to bring their considerable education, … of Harvard, will follow classmate Nancy Redd's advice and "rise to the occasion and take their individuality and do …
Garrett M. Graff , Phoebe Kosman
Issue: May-June 2003