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International Scholars and Students Targeted—Again
… The Trump administration this week opened another line of … ability to sponsor students, doctors, researchers, and professors for temporary immigration visas to the United …
"We tend to over-intellectualize everything."
… always say that. I wouldn't know—I didn't even have the option of dating. There were basically two types of Harvard men: the cool guys who wore baseball caps and …
Issue: March-April 2003
Mysterious Minis
… Two miniature mosaics, each the size of a Kindle and shrouded in mystery, depict 41 male … Researchers at Dumbarton Oaks, where the mosaics are part of the Byzantine collection, know roughly when they were …
Issue: March-April 2024
Governing Harvard
… in 1636, has by law been formally governed by a Board of Overseers since 1642, and by the Corporation since 1650. The last legislation … structurally and by custom, on top of the entire enterprise sit the President and Fellows of Harvard College, known …
Issue: May-June 2006
Andrew Sullivan Sounds Off
… In a profile of blogger Andrew Sullivan in the May-June 2011 issue , … matched only by his willingness to change his mind." Read the profile , then watch these clips of the opinionated …
Overseer Candidates’ Harvard Priorities
… G iven the important role members of Harvard’s Board of … of large numbers of citizens. There has been an associated rise in income inequality, which has fueled populism and …
Football 2017: Princeton 52, Harvard 17
… It could have been even worse. The Princeton Tigers, riding the scorching hand of quarterback Chad Kanoff, entered Harvard Stadium on Friday night and …
Stadium Sonnet
… Adam Kirsch’s review of The Art of the Sonnet ( “Echo Chamber--and Amplifier,” … death To high achievement. Up, up, up! Oh climb another riser. Once more Again. Each brings thee close to sup With …
Issue: November-December 2010
“A Rule-Based System”
… UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, LL.D. '04, spoke as the guest of the Harvard Alumni Association at its annual … day meeting. Excerpts from his address, "Three Crises, and the Need for American Leadership," follow. Kofi …
Issue: July-August 2004
Harvard’s Year That Was
… On May 7 , at the last regularly scheduled Faculty of Arts and Sciences … form of separation from the community. In light of the crises that shaped Hoekstra’s agenda and prompted formation …
When Grass Isn’t Greener
… with large, unhealthy pine trees that grew too close to their home and had to come down, Hillary Wyon, A.L.M. ’08, … with moss lawns. In the end they planted a combination of chamomile, thyme, and mint. “It’s really soft, low-growing greenery,” Wyon notes. “And when you walk …
Issue: March-April 2011
Kenneth S. Rogoff
… As the American under-21 chess champion, Kenneth S. Rogoff decided to "miss most of the last two years of high school." He left Rochester, …
Issue: January-February 2004
Football 2023: Harvard 41-Cornell 23
… apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, LL.D. 1859, that’s the capsule description of the performance of Harvard’s Charles DePrima on Friday night at Harvard …
Football: 9-0
… After a pair of 5-5 seasons sullied by inopportune turnovers and … "You can talk about a hundred things to your team during the preseason, but I only talked about two," he said in … with two quarterback sacks and a pass interception. The surprise star of the 27-20 victory was Staph, a fifth-year …
Issue: January-February 2002
University People
… Richard E. Oldenburg '54 was elected president of the Board of Overseers for 2001-2002, his last year of service on the …