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History and Love in Haiti
… When she first embarked on her new book, When the Mapou Sings , Nadine Pinede ’86 thought she was writing a work of nonfiction. A Haitian-American writer, Pinede had always … presence deepens the narrative and gives context to the crises that dominate today’s news about Haiti. But the book …
Ralph Johnson Bunche
… In the fall of 1927, the small group of black students at Harvard learned of the …
Issue: November-December 2003
Outdoor Adventures
… The sun is shining , the weather is warm, and the schoolyear … impossible to try them all. The solution? Visit the Taste of Cambridge on July 16 to sample the city’s top … Dakzen, barbecue from The Smoke Shop, Greek bites courtesy of Saloniki (the newest spot from Rialto founder Jody …
Issue: July-August 2019
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Commencement Address
… And most importantly, graduates. In Te Reo Māori, an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand, I paid tribute to all of the esteemed guests who stand here in this great forest of … A world away from Pakistan. And while the reasons that gave rise for her words then were vastly different, they still …
Harvard Endowment Increases $11.3 Billion to $53.2 Billion, and University Operations Yield $283-Million Surplus Despite Pandemic
… H arvard’s annual financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, published today, shows … students home in March 2020, beginning more than a year of remote instruction. The report also discloses … into the need for severe belt-tightening across the enterprise. Harvard’s revenues did decline about 3 percent, to …
Cambridge 02138
… David Keith’s work on atmospheric engineering ( “Buffering the Sun,” July-August, page 36) is obviously both thoughtful … However, several aspects are troubling, and though Professor Keith recognizes and responds to these concerns, … change is only the most pressing of many ecological crises. Forceful attempts to solve this one could well make …
Issue: September-October 2013
Growth is Good
… Economists have always been very good at detailing the material consequences of modern economic growth. It makes us taller: we are … and listen yet again to that blind poet from the other side of the Aegean tell the only long story he knows—the one …
Issue: January-February 2006
Overseer Candidates’ 2024 Harvard Priorities
… year , Harvard Magazine asks candidates for Harvard’s Board of Overseers—one of the University’s two governing boards—to answer the … the board must be aware of relevant and timely issues that arise—on campus and off—and provide a reasoned perspective on …
Harvard Baccalaureate 2016: Tell “Your Own Story”
… “You are the class of Snapchat,” President Drew Faust told the graduating seniors of 2016 in her May 24 Baccalaureate address, referring to …
Medicine by Model
… It's a troubling area, the economics of saving lives. Take cervical cancer, for … have spent enormous sums for the prevention and treatment of the disease and have even—unlike the case with most …
Issue: July-August 2002
Chapter & Verse
… Harvey Carnes seeks the author of a poem about Lincoln: "young Abe/of the too-short pants/and too-long legs" who becomes …
Issue: January-February 2003
Harvard Announces Hiring Freeze
… a temporary pause on staff and faculty hiring,” among other austerity measures, in response to “substantial … support for research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on terms that could substantially affect … three days after the White House announced the cancellation of approximately $400 million in federal grants and …
Renovated, a Bridge Gives the Charles a New Look
… The Larz Anderson Bridge, finally renovated, spans the Charles River seamlessly again. An au courant addition: new lighting, seen from downriver. … The Charles River, lit … 54085 … Charles River bridge lit up …
Issue: May-June 2017
Five Questions with Brian D. Farrell
… Brian D. Farrell is the Lehner professor for the study of Latin America and a … Times . Ecologists and evolutionary biologists were surprised by how conservative the evolution of these ecological …
A Roadmap for Reforming Civic Education
… Several months before the invasion of the United States Capitol threw the nation’s seat of legislative power into peril, the Annenberg Public Policy …