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Hugs All Around
… Harvard conducted its 362nd Commencement today. During the morning exercises, the University conferred honorary … is available here) , including José Antonio Abreu (founder of Venezuela’s El Sistema, the music-education and social … disgrace you if your success is mediocre. And if you do not rise to the head not only of your profession, but of your …
Francesca Dominici: How Does Air Pollution Affect COVID-19?
… How does the air we breathe affect our body’s reaction to COVID-19? … Early on in the pandemic Francesca Dominici, Gamble professor of biostatistics, population, and data science at … on scientists by government and media during public-health crises—when answers are needed before conclusions exist. She …
The Law concerning Kite Flying on Massachusetts Beaches
… $25), a novel by Peter D. Kramer '70, M.D. '76, author of Listening to Prozac . Chip is "attacking a small exemplar of capitalism"; his accomplice hates "the ugliness of greedy houses on the dunes." The press … up too often as a child to fear a blow or two.... To my surprise he stopped and caught hold of himself. I now think he …
Issue: September-October 2001
Rather Psychologically Peculiar
… Drawing upon economics and psychology, professor of human evolutionary biology Joseph Henrich, chair of the same department, sweepingly explains how “the products …
Issue: March-April 2021
Volatility Spikes
… Investing in the stock market can seem like walking a tightrope above a financial chasm. But instead of balancing themselves against unforeseen risks, many … volatile, the volatility of randomly selected stocks has risen by 40 percent and the correlations among stocks—a …
Issue: May-June 2002
Engaging Students with Conservation
… Professor of urban design and planning Rahul Mehrotra has been … in Mumbai, and crafting a conservation master plan for the Taj Mahal. Harvard recruited him in part for this … this academic year, with Noyes professor in architectural theory Michael Hays, he has launched a conservation track …
Issue: May-June 2012
A Passion for Equity
… Anyeley Hallová, M.L.A. ’03, wanted to give back to the black community. She would travel from Ithaca to her … that sustainability—a concept she wanted to explore professionally—isn’t just about the natural environment. … black-owned businesses in Oregon, and $10,000 for the Intel RISE Technology Award for sustainability. One of Adre’s new …
Steve Jobs Biographer Is Harvard Overseer
… The authorized biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, to … released October 24, is written by Walter Isaacson ’74, CEO of the Aspen Institute, the former managing editor of Time …
Remembering John Corcoran ’84
… On weekday afternoons , John Corcoran’s bike often disappeared from his Newton garage. For hours, he rode along the Charles River, heading from Newton into Boston as the … that inspired my dad to be very active,” he says. Many of Jack’s childhood memories with his father took place …
Yesterday’s News
… 1922 “The Reds in America,” an article published in the Boston … Transcript, charges that the University is a “hot-bed” of radicalism, that “no institution of learning in the … reports that the basic cost of a Harvard education has risen only 3 percent above the pre-war cost, versus 39 …
Issue: September-October 2017
Civil War Reawakened
… A new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, by Adam Goodheart ’92, recently … reviewed in Harvard Magazine, was also the subject of a searching, favorable review in the New York Times … years in the making, explores the origins and beginnings of the war, whose sesquicentennial begins this year and will …
Happenings in Hartford
… The Connecticut capital is often seen as a bland, bypassable … visitors can pore over copies of primary sources that gave rise to the book, among them the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 …
Issue: July-August 2023
Cambridge 02138
… 9-11-2001 The staff of Harvard Magazine shares the horror and grief … would have known the effect of coca leaves. We were surprised to find cocaine in two seventeenth-century pipe … Kernan's review of the book Making Harvard Modern: The Rise of America's University (September-October, page 22), I …
Issue: November-December 2001
Music in the Air
… Among the free performances sponsored by the Harvard music … soprano and artist-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the production features music, songs, and texts that make contemporary the life and work of Josephine Baker. The American-born Baker was a …
Issue: March-April 2019
Meta-journalism
… For most of the twentieth century, newspapers were a relatively stable … local monopolies, so just standing pat they could make lots of money—e.g., a 20 to 30 percent profit margin from … widely respected. Josh is the perfect guy for this enterprise: he has great ideas, a deep understanding of the …
Issue: May-June 2012