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Eyes Opened But Averted
… tickets to Cairo. I had done an about-face in my course of study, shifting from American and British history and … and Near Eastern languages and civilizations, focusing on the twentieth-century Middle East. The decision to head off … parents' stores, the late night calm of Zamalek, even the rise of the early morning smog over the Nile. It is hard to …
Issue: September-October 2004
The Day’s Events: Wednesday, May 28
… with General Darren W. McDew and President Drew Faust. The ceremony will take place at 11:30 A.M. in Tercentenary Theatre. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) will celebrate Centennial … the JFK Jr. Forum. U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara ’90 and writer and actress Mindy …
Buzz, Buzz
… and want a fun night out with live music and a splash of funk, where do you go? The clubs and bars lining Lansdowne and Boylston streets are out of the question (too many giddy kids, too little substance). …
Issue: January-February 2008
Centennial Medalists 2021
… The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who …
Styled Blue Yonder
… The images have so much air in them: high above the ground, … its editor, Jessica Ambats ’95, belongs to the small cadre of those who make such pictures. Her airborne shoots … for non-commercial civilian flying. ( Plane & Pilot is one of the three biggest general-aviation magazines.) Ambats …
Issue: March-April 2014
The Day’s Events: Wednesday, May 27
… ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, 11:30 A.M. in Tercentenary Theatre. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) will celebrate Centennial … Class Day with a speech by Scott Cook, the founder of Intuit . The ceremony will take place at 2:30 P.M. on …
The Day’s Events: Thursday, May 29
… include: Gates to Harvard Yard open at 6:45 A.M. , and there will be a morning prayer service for graduating … ceremonies at the undergraduate Houses, graduate, and professional schools. At noon Vivek Murthy will speak to … Tercentenary Theatre; this includes the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association, with the announcement of …
“Gorey’s World”
… “Gorey’s Worlds,” at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, explores what inspired … reclusive landscape artist Albert York . Gorey was “ahead of his time” in appreciating York’s work, and acquired …
Issue: March-April 2018
Arctic Art
… How Cape Dorset became the Inuit art capital of the world … How Cape Dorset became the Inuit art capital of the world … 592 … Arctic Art … Arctic Art … article …
Issue: March-April 2002
Supreme Court to Hear Affirmative Action Appeals
… it will hear Students for Fair Admissions’ (SFFA) appeal of its litigation opposing the consideration of race in Harvard’s undergraduate admissions process. In …
Loaded for Bear
… An impressive win at the outset of what will be a slightly truncated season gave … League prospects. The 101st Harvard-Brown game was a test of strength between offenses that put up spectacular numbers …
Issue: November-December 2001
Reviewing "Reality"
… The scene, at least the one framed by the family-room proscenium of the television screen, remains indelible. President … allowed me to still feel that rush of anticipation and surprise when the curtain went up,” he wrote. He aimed to write …
Issue: March-April 2007
Vita: Albert Bigelow
… Addressing the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North … Lewis recalled his first visit to the city—in 1961, as one of the 13 original Freedom Riders. Their bus trip was planned by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) as a journey from Washington, …
Issue: July-August 2013
Scientific Misconduct, and Its Aftermath
… A university investigation found psychology professor Marc Hauser “solely responsible” for eight instances of scientific misconduct, announced Faculty of Arts and … (FAS) dean Michael D. Smith on August 20, 10 days after the Boston Globe broke news of the investigation . Hauser …
Issue: November-December 2010
Accelerating Innovation
… Douglas Melton was studying frog developmental biology in the 1990s. Then his young son developed type 1 diabetes, and … worldwide. He refocused his lab on the emerging science of embryonic stem cells, which can divide and differentiate … reported annually to his office by Harvard researchers have risen 60 percent, and licensing revenue has more than …
Issue: March-April 2019