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The Upward Mobility Problem
… and now I’m shifting a ten-speed,” says Gary Jones with the sort of smile you hear before you see it. From eight in the … of Americans attending four-year college continues to rise—and yet, countries such as Finland and Denmark send …
Issue: May-June 2022
Off the Fast Track
… Slow down, please, said community members comprising the Harvard-Allston Task Force. May we take things one at a time? Of course, said Harvard. The University announced in … feet of floor space—the start of a vast science complex to rise in Allston, on which construction might begin this year …
Issue: May-June 2007
An Animation of the Giant Magellan Telescope
… The Giant Magellan Telescope will be one of the next class of super-giant earth-based telescopes that promise to …
Off the Shelf
… Miss Leavitt’s Stars: The Untold Story of the Forgotten Woman Who Discovered How … on ships. Journalist Garin tells the salty story of the rise of the industry. China Obscura, photographs by Mark …
Issue: July-August 2005
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 …
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 …
The Fire in “A Burning”
… In early June, as the pandemic’s disproportionate toll on racial minorities … sharper focus and protests roiled the country in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Megha Majumdar ’10 released her … write A Burning came several years ago, as she watched the rise of right-wing nationalism in India. An editorial …
Issue: September-October 2020
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 Joy of Mentoring—From Thousands of Miles Away
… over a year ago , I clicked send on an email that signaled the start of one era and the end of another. I confirmed my acceptance … Christmas gift: a shiny new iPad. Michael, looking surprised, thanked me for the gift. Then I sheepishly divulged …
Ruth Simmons’s Convocation Speech at the Graduate School of Education
… afternoon to all who today mark this important moment in these graduates’ lives. I begin on this auspicious occasion … in their aspirations and endeavors: faculty and staff of this esteemed institution; family, friends and mentors; … and fulfilling life.What new tragedy, they must ask, will arise tomorrow to unsettle further their future?What old …
“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
American Ingenuity
… To safeguard access to weaponry, in 1794 the new federal government expanded an arsenal into a … rifles, designed by engineer John Garand. But the expertise of workers and the innovative machinery also led … modern inventions, like bikes, typewriters, clocks, sewing machines, and screws,” says Amy Glowacki, program manager at …
Issue: November-December 2021
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
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 …
Technology, Paternity, Patriarchy
… “All the decisions we make in our most intimate lives…about who … by technology,” contends Debora Spar. A Baker Foundation professor at Harvard Business School, Spar was president of … the creation of marriage at the dawn of agriculture, to the rise of feminism in the twentieth century, to the legal …
Issue: March-April 2019