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Net Effects
… The works of Janet Echelman ’87 tend to take on lives of their own. Installed in public spaces from Amsterdam to …
Issue: May-June 2015
“Vietnam” on PBS: The Crimson Connection
… When audiences nationwide encounter The Vietnam War, the new documentary series directed by Ken … War II). Few U.S. viewers are likely to be aware that much of the film’s emotional power and new (for them) information … U.S. draftees and those who avoided service, may be surprised to learn that North Vietnamese leaders managed to …
Climate Change and Crops
… North Americans get most of their protein from animal-sourced foods, but most of the world relies on a handful of staple crops like wheat, …
Issue: November-December 2017
The Radcliffe Campaign Launches
… The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, founded in 1999, launched The Radcliffe Campaign, its part of the University’s new capital campaign, with events in … of the creative arts in the midst of an academic enterprise. The artists are always the most popular …
Citizen Scholars
… “Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors,” New York Times columnist (and Harvard Overseer) … websites with space to fill; and the hunger—evident in the rise of explanatory journalism sites—for “strong, empirical, …
Issue: September-October 2014
Schools Report Strong Investment Returns
… In the wake of Harvard Management Company’s (HMC) reported 21.4 percent rate of return on the University’s endowment investments for the … both expectations and past experience. Real assets, comprised of real estate and natural resources, returned 16.5% …
Richard Evans Schultes
… ’37, Ph.D. ’41, was a most unlikely candidate to become the archetypal Amazon explorer, the leading authority on mind-altering plants and fungi, and a “founding father” of rainforest conservation. The grandson of German and British immigrants, he spent his childhood as …
Issue: July-August 2022
Overseers’ Overhaul
… On August 21, the University announced the results of the pandemic-delayed … responsibilities in the wake of leadership and financial crises ( “The Corporation’s 360-Year Tune-Up,” …
Issue: November-December 2020
The Unfinished Recovery
… After years of pandemic upheaval, American primary and secondary … for pandemic learning recovery ended, seemingly turning the page on the crisis. But standardized tests tell a … to math education saw less impact. That’s no surprise, Kane says: the clearest way to remedy lost learning …
Harvard Portrait: Martin Puchner
… been an impatient person,” says Martin Puchner, Wien professor of drama and of English and comparative literature. His impatience has served him well. A whirlwind of energy, the 43-year-old Puchner has already written three books—on …
Issue: May-June 2013
Health Benefits to Cost 7 Percent More
… As the annual employee enrollment in health and other benefits … year 2017: The health programs will look similar to those offered last year , retaining the basic structure of … then modified slightly for 2016). And premium costs will rise, on average, 7.0 percent—only slightly below the …
Artful Gifts
… Show love and support for the arts this holiday season by purchasing hand-made goods … to perform monologues at a small COVID-19-safe gathering. Offer relatives guitar, flute, or singing lessons from a local musician. Commission that timeless painting of grandparents, children—or a favorite local landscape—from …
Issue: November-December 2020
Provincetown in the Off-Off Season
… J anuary in Provincetown can’t promise the carnival sizzle of summertime. But with the population … 1,000, and only 20 or so restaurants and bars open, the tip of Cape Cod offers, instead, “a wonderful, quiet romance,” …
Issue: January-February 2020
Gender and the Academy
… The April 6 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education ’s opinion section, The …
Carrie Lambert-Beatty: What Happens When an Artwork Deceives Its Audience?
… WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A WORK OF ART DECEIVES ITS AUDIENCE? The term “parafiction” refers to an artistic performance or … project, she writes "Over three decades that saw the rise of the internet, the globalization of capitalism, the …