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Harvard Goes South (of the Border)
… Harvard Goes South (of the Border) Mark your calendars for the Harvard Alumni … alumni gathering in London in November 2003, and is part of the HAA's Global Series. For further information, visit …
Issue: November-December 2004
Thomas Starr King: Protector of the Union, and Yosemite
… He was the eldest son of a shoemaker turned Universalist preacher. … 15, his father died, but his father’s message, “the gospel of inclusion”—that God loves us all, asking us to do the …
Issue: July-August 2021
An Exchange of Violence
… “Before I saw the guns, I saw the wounds.” That’s how anthropologist Ieva … her earliest encounters with the devastating effects of the U.S. gun industry on Mexican society. During a … American Guns, Mexican Lives, and the Vicious Circle of Violence,” Jusionyte outlined her recent research on the …
The Gated Menace of "Private Cities"
… Neighborhoods are the building blocks of a metropolitan area. But … and ornate to run-down and dilapidated. The ethnicity of residents often delineates a neighborhood's borders. …
Greening Global Finance
… Even as industrialized nations gradually rein in their greenhouse gas emissions, developing countries’ growth … by 2050, without some intervention, the decarbonization of advanced economies will be almost entirely negated by … of reaping the mostly global climate benefits that arise from making green investments.” (The atmosphere …
Issue: May-June 2025
“The Girls of HBS”
… Harvard Business School (HBS) commemorated the entry of women into its M.B.A. program, half a century … with the W50 Summit in early April—complete with a survey of alumnae and the announcement of a new senior associate …
Issue: July-August 2013
Prophet of Self-Esteem
… John Taylor Canfield '66 dished up his first bowl of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit in 1993. A native of Fort Worth and a graduate of the Linsly Military …
Beyond the Budget
… finance, characterizes Harvard's getting and spending for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999. The annual Financial Report to the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, released in December, shows … revenue source--rose just 3.8 percent; a moderate rise in tuition was offset in part by further robust growth …
The Source of Human Speed
… swifter than a typical man or woman plucked at random from the street? Isn't it absurd even to compare them? Actually, … Peter Weyand, and others published recently in the Journal of Applied Physiology. In the course of analyzing human runners of varying abilities at top …
A Tale of Two Detectives
… Lauren Mechling writes in the thriving young-adult genre. Above: The author's first … While preparing to interview Cecile von Ziegesar, author of the wildly popular Gossip Girl series, for a London … in a decade, by her estimate, and what she found surprised her. The moralizing tone of the books she remembered …
Issue: September-October 2008
“The Foundation of Learning”
… Thursday afternoon, Drew Faust thanked everyone present for their generous welcome and offered heartfelt congratulations in return, especially to … a primate crisis, and sexual assault and sexual harassment crises—and we’ve made significant and lasting changes in …
Issue: July-August 2018
Celebrating the Classes of ’20 and ’21
… T he University today announced that members of the classes of 2020 and 2021 , who received their Harvard degrees off …
Letting Go of the “Ideal” Classroom
… I love the way that patches of wild yellow-rayed goldfields slightly reflect the sunlight of the California coast. The stalks of these wildflowers can …
Lessons from Lehman Brothers
… Snapshots from an exhibition. A 1957 portrait in the “partners’ room” at Lehman Brothers is the very image of mid-century finance: white, male partners, in fine suits, … in grave economic losses worldwide, national debt crises across Ireland and southern Europe, displacement of …
The Lost History of Iberia
… What secrets do the ear bones of long-dead skeletons hold? Not ancient … these human remains provides the basis for a new history of Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal), published today in …