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Seduction by Credit
… In The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science (Princeton University Press, $29.95), published …
Issue: May-June 2004
Deficit Days
… The University reported a $130-million operating deficit in fiscal year 2011, ended last June 30—about 3 percent of total expenditures—according to its annual financial … vice president for finance and chief financial officer Daniel S. Shore noted that Harvard was “still …
Issue: January-February 2012
Yesterday's News
… at class banquets prompt Bulletin editors to note that "the increase of abstinence and temperance throughout American society has … Illustration by Mark Steele 1920 A physical examination of all 700 first-years, in connection with a new system of …
Issue: January-February 2005
Stanford Posts Very Strong Investment Returns
… According to accounts by Bloomberg and the Stanford Daily (and confirmed by an official news statement ), Stanford Management Company has … investments for the fiscal year ended last June 30. Net of distributions to support Stanford's operations, but …
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
Life in Shadows
… The Harvard Theater Collection has recently acquired from a London dealer a unique set of 124 miniature Indonesian shadow puppets and the gongs, drums, and other instruments of a full gamelan orchestra, 160 pieces in all. Made of …
Issue: May-June 2005
Geoffrey Canada: “You Might Be the Greatest Generation Yet”
… Today Geoffrey Canada, Ed.M. ’75, L.H.D. ’01, president and CEO of the nonprofit Harlem Children's Zone , delivered the Harvard …
Brevia
… That Voice, Stilled The Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Plummer professor of Christian morals and Pusey minister in the Memorial …
Issue: May-June 2011
A Family Farm
… season at Keewaydin Ranch, two ranch hands yell and swat at the cows—“Hey! C’mon. Git. Git in there!”—ushering them out of a corral and into a squeeze shoot. The metal compartment … required for both the ranch and nursery. Knotty dynamics arise, as in any familial enterprise, yet Alex and Amory …
Issue: July-August 2018
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
CFO Thomas Hollister to Step Down
… Harvard’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer since 2015, announced today that he would step down at the end of the academic year, next June 30. His decision, following …
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
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 …
Crunching the Numbers on Voting Rights in America
… rights, according to Harvard Kennedy School assistant professor of public policy Maya Sen , are fundamentally a question of … ended up casting a ballot? Though this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 …
Will Cities Survive Another Pandemic?
… F or most of human history, the link between cities and disease was deadly obvious. In … communities often suffer the most during health crises such as pandemics, increasing risk to the city as a …
Issue: January-February 2022