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Edward M. Kennedy Awarded Honorary Degree
… “Now I have something in common with George Washington—other than being born on February 22. It is not, as I had … hoped, being president. It is instead this rare privilege of receiving an honorary degree from Harvard at a special … "I have seen throughout my life how we as a people can rise to a challenge, embrace change, and renew our destiny. …
ROTC, Up Close and Personal
… a Harvard student what comes to mind when he or she thinks of ROTC and the response is likely to be negative. A focus of anti-Vietnam War protest in the sixties and of the gay …
China's Newest Revolution: Health for All?
… Panelists: Barry R. Bloom , Jacobson professor of public health, dean emeritus, Harvard School of … minister of health sought advice on infectious diseases in the wake of the SARS epidemic . School faculty were now … services; by early in this decade, that proportion had risen to 60 percent—an unaffordable, untenable state of …
Issue: May-June 2010
Vita: Edward Everett Hale
… Harvard witnessed a wave of enthusiasm for photography in the spring of 1839, inspired by the restlessly inquiring mind of senior …
Issue: January-February 2015
The Goodness of Being Together
… For many people, the most significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was the sheer weight of isolation: the abrupt absence of routine social …
Issue: September-October 2024
HAA Award Winners
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards were established … ceremony took place on October 14, during the HAA board of directors’ fall meeting. Six alumni were honored. … "Nash" D. Flores Ignacio “Nash” D. Flores III , M.B.A. ’67, of Dallas, has served for more than 25 years as co-chair of …
Issue: November-December 2010
Yesterday's News
… 1923 The College admits 940 applicants, its largest class ever. For the first time, those in the top seventh of their preparatory schools have been admitted without … surveys its married alumnae to find out "what sort of men [they] prefer to marry." The answer is clear: 53 …
Issue: September-October 2003
A Tribute to Harry Lewis
… At a Wednesday event billed as “A Celebration of Computer Science at Harvard in Honor of Harry Lewis,” one of his former teaching fellows described how Lewis had “given us the license” to grade any programming assignment that “had …
News Briefs
… Putting the A(RT) in Allston On February 25 , the University … space, was preparing to open, and that curator and arts professional Bree Edwards, formerly director of Northeastern … from the ArtsLab’s temporary location and now home to low-rise buildings and a parking lot. It lies between the …
Issue: May-June 2019
Mind Sports Rampant
… Master players of chess , bridge, poker, Go, and international draughts … civic life in communities “with an Olympic vision.” The daylong conference, “Bringing Mind Sports into the … and library worlds as well as the game masters. Weld professor of law Charles Nesson, co-director of the Berkman …
Thomas J. Hollister Appointed Harvard’s CFO
… banking executive, has been appointed chief financial officer and vice president for finance, as of the middle of May. He will fill an important vacancy in the …
Surplus Surge
… The black ink continues. For the fiscal year ended June 20, 2001, the University recorded an operating surplus of $164.9 million--37 percent larger than in the prior … reflect both a continuation of past trends and a surprise. As planned, Harvard generated a significant surplus in …
Issue: January-February 2002
2009 Class Marshals
… The class marshals , elected by fellow seniors last fall, … House and Kingston, New York (economics and history of art and architecture). … Leaders of 2009 … The elected leaders of the College class of 2009 … …
Issue: July-August 2009
Friending the Faculty…and Others
… as a Lowellian, that I had any meaningful interaction with the members of our Senior Common Room. The SCR consists of the House master and co-master, faculty members, …
Issue: March-April 2010
A Lens on History
… Barefoot and in a bright red dress, she has the body of a young woman, but her face is older and worn. … the Sandinistas than under Somoza, especially with the rise of the Contras—who, said one man, Justo, had cut off …
Issue: November-December 2010