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Readers Reflect: How Should Harvard Respond to the Immigration Ban?
… Last week, this magazine asked readers for their views on President Drew Faust’s letter to the Harvard … , the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts in opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s executive order.) Some of the responses received to date from members of the …
Research on Hold
… Hours after the federal government froze $2.2 billion in research … secure emergency funding, pausing work, and bracing for layoffs. Among the first to be affected was Given professor of immunology and infectious diseases Sarah Fortune, …
The Anti-Superheroine
… In their evil-fighting exploits, superheroes face some of the … case with Amy Sturgess, the yuppie marketing executive who often transforms herself into the superheroine title …
Issue: May-June 2014
The Reverend Peter J. Gomes: Remembrance and Memorial Service
… The Memorial Church service celebrating the life and ministry of the Reverend Peter J. Gomes, who died on February 28, … live at its website, whrb.org . In the meantime, Robison professor of business administration Nancy F. Koehn , a …
Harvard Supporters Keep on Giving
… The University reported that its fundraising efforts had … fundraising. According to a June 24 report in the Chronicle of Higher Education , the 2009 Index of Higher Education … philanthropy remains nearly level, and the number of donors rises. … Harvard fundraising holds steady at $596 million … …
Easing Ills through Tai Chi
… Catherine Kerr has found an antidote for the hectic pace of … Qigong, sometimes called the “grammar” of tai chi, comprises countless different smaller movements and breathing …
Issue: January-February 2010
Football: Harvard 31- Penn 28
… In the 151 years of Harvard football there have been many players who have stepped into the … Champi ’69, “Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29.”) Now the name of Charles P. DePrima ’25 must be added to the annals. On …
The Context: Arthur C. Brooks on “Revenge Bedtime Procrastination”
… This is the fourth post of "The Context"—a biweekly series of archival …
Off the Shelf
… Picturing Frederick Douglass, by John Stauffer, professor of English and of African and African American … biography” built around a sumptuous catalog focused on the 160 poses of the man the subtitle calls “the nineteenth … basic inquiry and the subsequent growth of enterprise. Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age, …
Issue: November-December 2015
Harvard Endowment Valued at $41.9 Billion, Up 2.4 Percent
… Highlights for fiscal 2020: •The endowment’s value was $41.9 billion as of this past June 30, the end of fiscal year 2020—an … so the absolute dollar sum distributed to them typically rises more than the percentage change in the per-unit …
A Cultural Escape
… Cape Cod summons the quintessential summer vacation—sun, sand, and seafood—but also offers historical and cultural attractions that can be … include peonies, purple and blue Salvia sylvestris, and irises. The gardens’ daylilies open later in the season. …
Issue: May-June 2021
A New Front in the Battle Over Affirmative Action
… All eyes are on Harvard after the plaintiff’s filings in a lawsuit last Friday argued that … Asian-American applicants. The case could affect the future of race-conscious admissions practices at Harvard and other … Asian-American applicants. The filings Friday provide one of the most expansive looks into Harvard’s famously …
Behind the Scenes: Medical robotics changing lives
… working in a Washington, D.C.-area firm. You are 33, with the bulk of your working years ahead of you, until one day you unexpectedly suffer a debilitating …
Speaking Pheromone
… P ellegrino University Professor emeritus E.O. (Edward Osborne) Wilson has been acclaimed for work across an astonishing range of life sciences: study of individual ant genera; … and, of late, increasingly urgent warnings about the fragile, endangered web of species worldwide. Harvard …
Issue: November-December 2021
Faculty Diversity Developments
… Women now hold 26 percent of the ladder-faculty positions (professor, associate … in the University’s faculty ranks, the number of women has risen by 55 (or 16 percent) during the past six years. The …