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Placekicking: A Brief History
… football used a round ball that players would hold in their hands, drop to the ground, and kick on a low bounce. With the advent of the forward pass, the ball took on its current elliptical … the drop kick gave way to placekicking, with tees (for kickoffs) and holders (for field goals and extra points). For …
Issue: September-October 2012
Installation Academics
… The half-dozen academic symposiums convened this morning as … as Harvard’s thirtieth president covered a broad spectrum of disciplines, knit together by a pair of common themes. In … and health (from the laboratory to practice and new enterprises); revitalizing democracy; and the future of the …
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
At Home with Harvard: Extraordinary Lives
… This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a … watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the prior pieces, featuring stories about the history of … the admission of women, the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, the rise of women in the faculty ranks, Harvard’s first woman …
Cambridge 02138
… THE STADIUM'S CENTENNIAL I was initially intrigued by the … page 42). The sidebar listed previous carriers of the flag, this somewhat arcane snippet of history. This … Blackall III Providence, R.I. You omit mention of a surprise visit to the Stadium by President John F. Kennedy '40 …
Issue: November-December 2003
Harvard Renames Diversity Office
… The University announced Monday that it will rename its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging the “Office …
Back to the Lab Bench
… since 2001, announced in December that he would relinquish the post at the end of the academic year. The office was created in its modern Harvard form under …
Issue: March-April 2011
Ruth J. Simmons’s Harvard Graduation Address
… - A Time for Commitment Good day and congratulations to the Harvard University Class of 2021. It is a singular honor to be invited to address you … a powerful force that calls us to action when challenges arise. During the 145 years following our 1876 founding, it …
The SIGnboard: Reunion Week Events
… ) host get-togethers during Commencement and Reunion week. A few early … ’83 (D-Calif) and Joanne Adamson, M.P.A. ’14, deputy head of the European Union’s delegation to the UN. The moderator … will be Sheehan Scarborough ’07, M.Dv. ’14, director of the College’s Office of BGLTQ Student Life. For more …
Issue: May-June 2017
Taking the Fight for Equality into the AI Era
… “Who here had any democratic input into ChatGPT?” Catherine D’Ignazio asked the audience at the Radcliffe … Amid laughter, a lone voice piped up from the back of the room to call ChatGPT’s development “the greatest heist of human intellectual property in the history of the world.” …
When Fantasy Isn’t Enough
… Ever since documentarian Lance Oppenheim ’19 first heard of The Villages, as a child growing up in south Florida, he’d been intrigued by the place. Often referred to as “Disneyland for seniors,” it is a …
Issue: March-April 2021
University People
… Masters in the House(s) Jay and Cheryl Harris Rose Lincoln / Harvard News Service Dean of Harvard College Harry R. Lewis announced on April 16 the appointment of new masters and co-masters for three residential Houses. …
Issue: July-August 2003
Early-Retirement Program and Other Cost-Cutting Measures
… The University on February 10 unveiled a voluntary … members who are age 55 and over, have 10 or more years of participation service, and are participants in the … bulk of the new space); and undergraduate financial aid had risen $55 million annually, from $81 million in fiscal year …
Harvard in the Interim
… Harvard ’s new normal began to take shape during the spring semester. New Corporation fellows were appointed … on pending searches—Kennedy School and Graduate School of Education deans, Harvard Art Museums director, general … service will not be brief, as Harvard adapts to the fall crises that culminated in Gay’s abrupt departure. Among …
Issue: May-June 2024
Dropouts
… Harvard may have the lowest dropout rate of any college. Though years off are common, currently around 98 percent of those who …
Issue: July-August 2010