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Palace Pottery
… Even the Qing emperors, nearly four centuries ago, recognized … splashed with organic-seeming, almost foliate lobes of plum—as one of the five great achievements of China’s … using dual interior and exterior molds. Demand would have arisen from construction of the Forbidden City. But there are …
Issue: July-August 2017
How Measles Destroys Immune Memories
… The measles outbreak in Texas, which has now spread to New Mexico, has infected mainly unvaccinated children. Of 159 cases, all but five were in unvaccinated individuals. … for those who become infected: “exceptionally high rates of co-infections and hospitalizations for bacterial …
Seeing Life
… We live in an age of ecosystems —of life threatened on a planetary scale by climate change—and of genomes—of life analyzed at the molecular level, unveiling our own evolutionary history …
Issue: March-April 2021
Get Away To Italy: “Italian Food and Wine Tour”
… Olive Garden is lying to you: there is no such thing as Italian cooking. At least not as one unified entity. Instead, a culinary tour of Italy is a recapitulation of conquest. It is also a story … as Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Austro-Hungarian influences give rise to hearty cabbage soups and delicate pastry …
Arts and Sciences Details Finances
… Following publication of Harvard’s fiscal 2011 financial report , the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has now released … unrestricted revenue of the “core” operations (which comprise the College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, …
Making Art behind Bars
… “We are not the exception to the norm—we are actually the norm,” said … Harvard Art Museums March 22 that followed the screening of a documentary about his life and work. “There are so many … what saved him, Krimes said, and then helped propel his rise in the art world once he was released. “I was …
Chapter & Verse
… James McCourt seeks a source for "The problem with the 'melting pot' theory is that those on the bottom get burned and the scum rises to the top." Stephen Minot wants to know who wrote, … earth breaks open for the plow." Pierce Gardner asks for proof that Will Rogers replied, "Boil the ocean," when asked …
Museums in Motion
… quickened inside certain Harvard museums this winter when the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Jeremy R. Knowles, began speaking of …
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 …
Reinhart Named Professor at Kennedy School
… finance expert Carmen M. Reinhart, coauthor with Cabot professor of public policy Kenneth Rogoff of This Time is Different: … of Financial Folly , has been named Zombanakis professor of the international financial system at Harvard Kennedy School …
Moveable Feast
… in this issue , 2022 will go down in Harvard annals as the year the institution broke a long tradition and altered the format of Commencement Day. Graduation exercises will continue to … place on a Thursday in late May, but the afternoon meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), and all reunion …
Issue: July-August 2022
Cheerleaders Take Flight
… cheerleaders have become virtually an athletic team in their own right. The transformation of a venerable "school spirit" activity into a daring, acrobatic, entertaining troupe of young athletes took place very rapidly. "When I started …
Genji in Love
… Photograph courtesy of Harvard University Art Museums © President and Fellows of Harvard College Just as a pair of Mandarin ducks, a symbol of conjugal contentment, nestle on the waterside, Genji and his greatest love, Murasaki, cozy …
Issue: January-February 2005
Supporting Young Scientists
… What does it mean to be part of a community of scientists? For Chimdimnma (“Chi-Chi”) … On a typical evening this summer, Esimai finished work in the Engineering Sciences Laboratory by 5:30. She rushed back … initial Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE), a 10-week residential fellowship for students with …
Issue: September-October 2006
Swing Time
… The sweet and cool harmonies of Duke Ellington's Mood Indigo … muted trombone, and trumpet atop the swingy walking bass of the banjo. These elegant sounds, fresh even now, elicit …