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Living with Modern Furniture
… II veterans. Its simple, functional lines perfectly suit the couple’s mix of mid-century modern furniture, which includes a red, … chair by Harry Bertoia, an elegantly proportioned Danish sofa by an unknown designer, and a high-backed, padded …
Issue: March-April 2006
Abreu, Menino, Pagels, and Oprah: The Honorands
… During the Morning Exercises of the 362nd Commencement, on May … are listed here in alphabetical order, not in the order of conferral of degrees.) José Antonio Abreu, pianist and …
Anne Hutchinson
… On June 2, 1922, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts received from the Anne … Hutchinson Memorial Association and the State Federation of Women's Clubs a bronze statue of Anne Hutchinson. The …
Issue: November-December 2002
"Reasonably Good" Fiscal Results
… Further progress toward moderating the rate of expense growth, … president for finance—the University's chief financial officer—characterized the accounts reported on December …
Issue: January-February 2005
The Students Who Will Chime In on Harvard’s Presidential Search
… As part of the SEARCH for a successor to President Drew Faust, who has … committees. These committees serve alongside 12 members of the Harvard Corporation, and three members of the Board of Overseers. The student advisory committee is comprised of graduates and undergraduates from across Harvard’s …
Dropping Nothing: Expanding Time
… In July I did the most un-Harvard of things: I dropped my summer-school … admitted defeat and let my class go. I have been quite surprised by the reactions I receive when I (admittedly) gloat …
Matthew Wittmann
… Matthew Wittmann has three tattoos. Two mostly stay hidden: the … giraffe on his shoulder, which marked the 2012 publication of his two books on the American circus, and Paul Klee’s … on his arm after he finished his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 2010. Most visible is an inky star between …
Issue: November-December 2016
Five Questions with Jacob Roberts ’19
… Jacob Roberts ’19, who co-produced and starred in the film Rent Free, was profiled in the January-February issue of Harvard Magazine . Here, Roberts shares more about his …
Remembering a Harvard Square Fixture
… The new book Design Research: The Store That Brought Modern … many Harvard alumni. The volume, deemed "a loving scrapbook of Design Research and its era," uses narrative, quotations, and photographs to tell the story of the store that brought colorful, modern design to Harvard …
Mike Way
… Mike Way was obsessed with two stringed instruments: the squash racquet and the classical guitar. Now, at age 56, … guitar rarely and, he says, “badly,” but he has become one of the world’s top squash coaches. This fall he took over … head pro at venues like the Toronto Racquet Club, home of Canada’s National Squash Training Centre, which he helped …
Issue: January-February 2011
Mad for Degas
… In 1911 the little Fogg Art Museum mounted the only one-man museum exhibition to occur during his lifetime of works by Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834-1917). It was … whose chief pre-occupation seems to be…the taking of baths”—seemed to some viewers unworthy of attention. …
Issue: July-August 2005
A Literary Garden
… width:407] Two English professors at Williams College, Bob and Ilona Bell— profiled in the July-August issue of this magazine —live amid an …
Faculty Figures
… One way the constraints on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) show up is in the relatively restrained growth of the faculty itself. From the fall of 1996 to the fall of …
Issue: March-April 2017
Spring Remains Remote
… Nearly one month into autumn, Harvard’s principal professional schools today began to announce that spring teaching and learning will for the most part continue online, following the model that has … announcements lacked any element of dramatic surprise: Coronavirus cases are on the rise in a majority of …
Cambridge 02138
… have I read anything as arrogant as Stephen Peter Rosen's " The Future of War and the American Military " (May-June, page 29). As … brushes aside the manifold existing institutions and enterprises that are seeking to develop balances between security …
Issue: July-August 2002