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Henry the Great
… On October 23 , Henry Rosovsky conducted the annual meeting of this magazine’s Board of Incorporators and then, in accordance with the bylaws, …
Issue: January-February 2016
Lifestyle and Long COVID Linked
… a healthy lifestyle protect against long COVID? An analysis of data from the long-running Nurses’ Health Study II by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers finds that among these mostly …
“Beyond Lobsters and Lighthouses”
… Forget lounging on the beach, and suit up instead to explore Portland, Maine, … colder—admits longtime resident John Robinson ’90, author of A Concise History of Portland, Maine (2008), but the arts … and performances spotlight the city’s wide-ranging enterprisers. But increasingly, First Friday also extends beyond …
Issue: January-February 2019
Former Overseer Diana Nelson ’84 Named to the Harvard Corporation
… Diana L. Nelson ’84 will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced on Monday. Her term of office begins officially on July 1. Nelson has previously …
The Week’s Events
… Schiff and orator Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan University Professor and Shakespeare scholar, Sanders Theatre. Baccalaureate Service for the Class of 2016, at 2, Memorial Church, followed by class photo, …
Issue: May-June 2016
Reload and Fire
… at least one Ivy League title. So far, this year’s seniors, the class of 2020, have been championship-less. The early part of the 2019 season—which featured a 31-23 loss to the …
Issue: November-December 2019
$90 Million for HMS Cancer Research
… Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the recipient of a $90-million gift to spur innovative … cancer research at its Ludwig Center, one of six such enterprises located at academic institutions in the United States. …
Independent Yet Integral, a Relevant "Refuge for Scholars": The Radcliffe Institute at 10
… Zuber , a 2003 Radcliffe Fellowship opened her eyes to the benefits of bringing a humanistic approach to arguing for the … pitch for NASA to award her funding to study the interior of the moon. (The pitch succeeded.) Painter Beverly McIver …
Off the Shelf
… The Princeton Guide to Evolution, editor in chief Jonathan B. Losos, Lehner professor for the study of Latin America and professor of organismic and …
Issue: March-April 2014
Toward a Liberal Realist Foreign Policy
… On January 20, you will inherit a legacy of trouble: Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine, North Korea for starters. Failure to manage any one of them could mire your presidency and sap your political … realism.” What should a liberal realist foreign policy comprise? First, it would start with an understanding of the …
Issue: March-April 2008
Renewing the Coop
… The Harvard Coop , a retailing fixture for 132 years, is … will be supplanted by a 10 percent discount at the time of sale, beginning with purchases (in-store or online) made … president Jerry Murphy ’73, M.B.A. ’77, said that its board of directors had examined operations during the past few …
Issue: July-August 2014
The Modern Revolution
… Billed as “Lexington’s second revolution,” the profusion of mid-century modern homes built by architects largely …
Issue: May-June 2015
The New Provost
… M. Garber ’77, Ph.D. ’82 (M.D. Stanford ’83), now Kaiser professor and professor of medicine and economics at Stanford, … 2001; he announced last December that he would step down at the end of this academic year, in June. “I am humbled but … report on the arts, for example—released as financial crises arose in late 2008—is full of “compelling” ideas, he …
Issue: July-August 2011
People Who Don’t Get AIDS
… In early 1995, a hemophiliac walked into the clinic of physician-immunobiologist Bruce Walker and … never developed AIDS. Walker tested him and found no signs of the virus itself, only a robust immune response to it, …
Issue: January-February 2019
In the Limelight
… Never mind that Conan O’Brien ’85 recently went off the air in a very public dust-up with broadcast executives. … or scenes from plays, or take the stage as a group to reprise performances from their undergraduate years. Part of …
Issue: May-June 2010