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Off the Fast Track
… Slow down, please, said community members comprising the Harvard-Allston Task Force. May we take things one at a time? Of course, said Harvard. The University announced in … feet of floor space—the start of a vast science complex to rise in Allston, on which construction might begin this year …
Issue: May-June 2007
American Ingenuity
… To safeguard access to weaponry, in 1794 the new federal government expanded an arsenal into a … rifles, designed by engineer John Garand. But the expertise of workers and the innovative machinery also led … modern inventions, like bikes, typewriters, clocks, sewing machines, and screws,” says Amy Glowacki, program manager at …
Issue: November-December 2021
The Pleasure of Noticing
… At the Harvard Film Archive , the staff called it V-Day: the date of Agnès Varda’s arrival in Cambridge, for appearances at screenings of Faces, Places (2017) and Vagabond (1985), and for her …
The Internet: Foe of Democracy?
… The Internet, argues Cass Sunstein, has had a polarizing … Although it has the capacity to bring people together, too often the associations formed online comprise self-selecting groups with little diversity of opinion, …
Issue: March-April 2009
The Fire in “A Burning”
… In early June, as the pandemic’s disproportionate toll on racial minorities … sharper focus and protests roiled the country in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Megha Majumdar ’10 released her … write A Burning came several years ago, as she watched the rise of right-wing nationalism in India. An editorial …
Issue: September-October 2020
Savant of Screens
… ’02, who writes about television and on-line media for the New York Times, got an e-mail from her boss, culture … her hip, funny pieces bristle with fresh ideas. In the fall of 2004, for example, she began her review of the hit … of her reviews the benefit of the doubt. “If I can’t rise to understand why something is interesting,” she says, …
Issue: September-October 2007
Faculty Tensions I: The Sanctity of the Classroom
… At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting on November 4, a rare standing-room-only crowd of professors expressed their disagreement—sometimes … to oversee HILT and the HarvardX online learning enterprise. (He is also a member of the board of directors of …
For the Homies
… his poetry beginning in a room with his three younger brothers. If, after hearing his poetry, his siblings respect … that the work will echo and resonate beyond them.” Promises of Gold , released this spring, is already resonating beyond … at least my parents.” Even though Olivarez’s poetry arises in the imagined space with his brothers, and even …
Issue: July-August 2023
Nieman Foundation Leader Departs
… will step down July 1, ending a 14-year tenure as head of the University-housed journalism organization. A current … disruption, including the move from print to digital, the rise of mis- and disinformation, the growth of social media …
The Everyday Dignity of Helen Zughaib’s Refugees
… Studies (CGIS), Helen Zughaib recalled being asked by the State Department for a painting. Then-Secretary of State John Kerry was about to enter a new round of … and Arab countries—she does so not by ignoring the ugly crises affecting the Middle East, but by drawing out of them …
Trailblazer in Space Science: The Legacy of Harvard's Ursula B. Marvin
… are people who revel in discovery and disperse dusty clouds of ignorance. Among them was Ursula B. Marvin, who teased solar system secrets … evolution from Apollo samples, and helped create the field of planetary geology—becoming a pioneer among women …
Issue: July-August 2023
Stamps of the Ivy League
… outstretched to shake with passers-by." Isn't it time that the Postal Service honors Brown and Cornell?" asks Thomas A. … works in the insurance industry. King sent Primus a packet of stamps featuring other Ivy League institutions to answer … Harvard has a 56-cent stamp based on the iconic statue of his nibs by Daniel Chester French, a stamp issued on the …
Issue: March-April 2004
The Harvard Medalists of 2017
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has announced this year’s recipients of the Harvard Medal, awarded each year for extraordinary … honorees are: Henry N. Cobb ’47, M.Arch. ’49 , a former professor and chair of the architecture department at the …
An Animation of the Giant Magellan Telescope
… The Giant Magellan Telescope will be one of the next class of super-giant earth-based telescopes that promise to …
Among the Brokenhearted
… Matthew Ichihashi Potts looks forward to brewing his signature pour-over coffee every morning. It’s a meditative moment—beans become … It “allows forgiveness to be a problem, it is unsurprised by how forgiveness confounds and confuses, it doesn’t …
Issue: May-June 2023