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… 1928 The University plans to give a total of $350,000 in financial aid to its students, enough to pay the tuition of the entire previous year’s College class. 1933 After …
Issue: September-October 2008
Commute Cycle
… For years Mike Burke, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ registrar, had a long and … lights for visibility, and got on his way around sunrise. The most direct route—between 20 and 25 miles—took him …
Issue: September-October 2019
Arts and Sciences’ Aims
… D. Smith invited Harvard Magazine to his University Hall office to discuss objectives for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ (FAS) $2.5-billion … the support of our alumni.” Faculty and the scholarly enterprise. Another 20 percent of the campaign will be dedicated …
Issue: November-December 2013
Festive Fare, Afield
… Commencement and reunion week draws tens of thousands of people to Harvard Square, where there are plenty of restaurants suited to the ensuing …
Issue: May-June 2015
The Kirkland House Shooting
… Justin Cosby, a 21-year-old Cambridge resident, was shot in the basement of Kirkland House J entry; he died the following day (see … Brevia , July-August, page 58). Jabrai J. Copney, age 20, of New York City, turned himself in to Cambridge police on …
Issue: September-October 2009
In Beijing, President Bacow Affirms Academic Freedom
… an address last night at Peking University titled “The Pursuit of Truth and the Mission of the University.” His visit comes … were favorable to Japan and unfavorable to China. It gave rise to a broad-based, national student union; ties to …
Speed to the Maks
… Princeton. When a Princeton coach urged Wright to go there, citing the Tigers’ rich basketball history, Wright replied, “I don’t want to be part of history. I want to make history.” That declaration … championship in 15 years. “I was excited to be part of that,” Korolev explains. “Maks,” as his teammates call …
Issue: May-June 2014
Three New England Trips on the East Coast Greenway
… These trails are all in development, meaning that stretches … linked Boston and Portland until 1944; only 16 percent of the trail (11 miles) is car-free now, but another 10.5 miles may be as well by the end of the year. A special bike/pedestrian bridge in Scarborough …
Issue: March-April 2010
Yesterday’s News
… 1912 The Harvard Dental School announces plans to open an evening clinic, staffed by graduates, with nominal fees of 25 cents or less. 1917 With the country at war, Harvard’s … “Rather than enlist as a private, try to qualify as an officer…or as a specialist.” Universities, notes the …
Issue: March-April 2022
Hidden Treasures
… On a recent visit to Broad Street, the heart of New Britain’s “Little Poland,” not a word of English was heard. Customers lined up for kielbasa at …
Issue: March-April 2018
Thinking Archaically
… after graduating himself, receiving grants, winning awards. The whole “system” of academic art seemed to embrace him, “and if a system … “I felt like the work I was doing belonged to a sort of analog version of me,” he said, “a Romolo who was on a …
Issue: January-February 2024
Atul Gawande's New Book, Reviewed
… Atul Gawande, surgeon, professor of medicine, and medical writer—and the subject of this September-October 2009 Harvard Magazine … all odds.") As the New York Times review notes, the book reprises Gawande's New Yorker writing about checklists as a …
A Woodsplint Basket
… Displayed in the "Hall of the North American Indian" at Harvard … designs cut from a potato or the top of a cork. The surprise is inside. Firmly pasted to the inner contours of the … knocking loudly on the wooden gate, and calling out: 'Arise, ye dead, and come to judgment.' Slowly from one of the …
Issue: March-April 2002
Yesterday’s News
… 1935 College seniors and juniors are again allowed to cut the last class before, and the first class after, Christmas recess, “but if the records of students who take advantage of this privilege subsequently become unsatisfactory the …
Issue: November-December 2015
Harvard Square Blooms Again
… from Monday, May 23, until Friday, June 3. Happily, there are plenty of new shops, restaurants, and diversions in the Square, … plans to shutter earlier this year, much to the dismay of loyal customers. Fortunately, it also has strong roots: …
Issue: May-June 2022