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Mr. Inside
… There's a spacious aerie called the "penthouse" atop the Littauer Building at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), and it was there, in April, that … including tuition growth and student financial aid, arise from the increasing cost of education. Second, the …
Issue: July-August 2004
Literary Warrior
… The study where Mark Helprin writes his novels and short … a fireplace at one end, and some fishing rods hang aloft on display. Everything is in immaculate order. The … things. But if, as we have so many times before, we rise to the occasion, we will not enjoy merely the illusions …
Issue: May-June 2005
Networks, Neolithic to Now
… “ Networking ” may be the defining buzzword for the early twenty-first century. … existed, people had networks. In fact, a growing body of evidence shows surprising persistence in the size and … they are twins or not.) Christakis and Fowler are not surprised to find a strong genetic influence; they say it makes …
Issue: May-June 2010
Honoris Causa
… degrees. University provost Alan M. Garber introduced the honorands in the following order, and President Lawrence … on each is available here. Ingrid Daubechies , Duke Professor of mathematics and electrical and computer engineering, Duke …
Issue: July-August 2019
Creative Ventures
… If any place exemplifies the pleasures of shopping locally, it’s Ouimille. The … Mawr Books, Cambridge Mercantile, Formaggio Kitchen, Hi-Rise Bread Company, and the restaurants La Royal and …
Issue: November-December 2024
The Undergraduate: Outsmarting Our Smartphones
… One sketch from the pilot episode of Portlandia , Carrie Brownstein and Fred … eclectic homage to the niche (read: hipster) culture of Portland, Oregon, has always resonated with me. …
Issue: May-June 2015
Free to Fly
… Inside the conservatory , it doesn’t take long for one of them to … you? If you stand very still like a statue, it will.” Part of the charm of the Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory, in …
Issue: November-December 2023
Focus on West African Women
… The Harvard Film Archive screens the complete works of this … shifts, and the immigration experience. The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman (2016) documents her own return trip to …
Issue: January-February 2025
After 43 Years
… In her early days at the Harvard Alumni Association, Joanne K. Woods not only worked closely with the board of directors, she took care of almost everything else around the office: human …
Issue: July-August 2002
On Cutting-Edge Cancer Research
… Associate professor of medicine George D. Demetri '78, of the Dana-Farber Cancer …
John Adams at Harvard
… Editor’s note: As early-action applicants to the College class of 2021 anxiously await a response, the account of an admissions ordeal in 1751 may offer perspective. …
Issue: November-December 2016
The Long Game in Allston
… Following approval of the University’s Institutional Master Plan (IMP) by the … of commercial and nonprofit” entities in an “enterprise research campus”; and consolidating these ideas and …
Issue: March-April 2014
“I Am Not the Best Anymore”
… As they scrambled to wrap up coursework and fine-tune their résumés, some members of the Class of 2014 took time to reflect on their experiences during the …
Issue: May-June 2014
Irish Pictures
… This year’s Irish Film Festival at the Somerville Theatre features Gold, about an estranged … father who returns to his family and nearly wrecks all of their lives. It’s a roaring good comedy, at least to many … and others who enjoy the country’s traditional brew of offbeat, dark, or piercing works. “When you’re done with …
Issue: March-April 2015
Cambridge 02138
… AT ODDS I was dismayed to see the Faculty of Arts and Sciences mounting their protests … Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, Rodgers, and Porter would be surprised to learn that they had been composing slow-dance …
Issue: July-August 2005