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Keeping "promises the Nation has made"
… The guest speaker for the afternoon exercises, the Honorable David H. Souter, retired associate justice of the Supreme Court, used the occasion--an interested … that a way may be found to resolve it when a conflict arises. That is why the simplistic view of the Constitution …
Issue: July-August 2010
The Comic-Book Storyteller
… in Manhattan’s Times Square is like watching a queen visit the heart of her realm. The staff know her, of course. She looks up a … was awesome, actually,” she says. “I was pleasantly surprised.”) and became a management consultant, specializing in …
Issue: May-June 2019
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
Vita: Lafayette
… Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, was the wealthy French nobleman who volunteered at 19 to fight … in George Washington’s army, was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine, and became a living symbol of the Franco-American alliance that defeated Great Britain …
Issue: March-April 2015
A Bridge to the Past
… A recent tour of the Eustis Estate, perched on a knoll in Milton, Massachusetts, ends in what the guide calls “the original man cave.” It was the library of William Ellery Channing “W.E.C.” Eustis, A.B. 1871, S.B. …
Issue: July-August 2019
Brevia
… Professorships Stimulus The University on February 16 announced a $50-million Professorship Challenge Fund. Donors of $3 million qualify for … barrier was crossed in 1997-98). Scholarship aid will rise 6.2 percent to $90 million. Allston Organization …
Issue: May-June 2006
News Briefs
… Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker ’81, a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2018, has been elected senior … Company, which directs development of the commercial “enterprise research campus,” near Harvard Business School (see …
Issue: May-June 2022
One Woman's Education
… Conway has been fascinating readers, especially women, with the compelling story of her journey from sheep ranchers' daughter in the wilds of Australia to president of one of this country's foremost …
Issue: May-June 2002
Film Archive Goes Silver
… Recently, a caller from the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna had two questions for Bruce Jenkins, Cavell curator of the Harvard Film Archive: Do you have a copy of Sherlock Jr., the 1924 silent-film classic starring …
Issue: January-February 2004
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
Harvard Medalists
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) today announced the recipients of the 2022 Harvard Medal, to be awarded in person during … 3. Avarita L. Hanson ’75 has been an energetic supporter of Harvard for more than four decades. In 1975 she founded …
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Announced
… affiliates and fellows were honored with Pulitzers for their exceptional contributions to journalism and the arts. … prose on the harrowing realities in Gaza and photographs of the remnants of Syria’s war-torn past, to poetry about walking the dog. …
Mary Costelloe Berenson
… “ When bernard berenson presented to me a letter of introduction from an old college friend and was invited to visit my family at our house in the country at Fernhurst in England, his visit was like a … Mary (Smith) Costelloe was bored with life and her husband of five years, and avidly welcomed her guest’s enthusiasm …
Issue: July-August 2011
History Bronzed
… Harvard people with medals they aren’t sure what to do with have often given them to the University. Many of these impressions of history have fetched up in the …
Issue: March-April 2008
What Birds’ Nests Tell Us
… Glossy shells of the Tinamidae in Easter egg bluish-aqua hues; the fluffy indulgence of a feathered Brant’s nest; great auk shells with their …
Issue: March-April 2023