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Portraying Lawrence H. Summers
… Last Friday afternoon , September 23, the official portrait of Lawrence H. Summers was unveiled during a celebratory …
esperanza spalding and “What if . . .” Music
… we need from music tonight?” she asks. It’s 9:00 P.M. and the studio at Harvard’s ArtLab is lit only by lamps. There’s an oval of students on chairs and floor cushions in the center, and … and cross-legged next to a student with a keytar is professor of the practice of music and five-time …
Issue: September-October 2022
Innovation-Colonial Style
… Home Depot, Target, and pizza places arrived on Route 1, the land was submerged under a 230-acre waterway that … pots and kettles, fire backs, salt pans, and all sorts of hardware—for ships, farms, and the military—that was … and success, and even to the future industrialization of the entire region. Today, a meticulous recreation of the …
Issue: September-October 2016
Harvard Augments Financial Aid—and Girds for Austerity
… would increase financial aid to match peers’ augmented offerings, and a private conversation reviewing the status of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) as it … boss, the president, works), in 2006 and 2024; financial crises (in 2008-2010, and as COVID-19 spread in early 2020); …
Rugger Mothers
… what I expected from college, but I fell in with a crowd of foul-mouthed girls who spent Saturdays brawling and trying to score. … took the pitch, and on April 17, 1982, Radcliffe was surprised to win its first match, defeating MIT 10 to 6. Louy …
Issue: September-October 2007
Comedy Is Magic
… Harrison Greenbaum was five when his father pulled out a deck of cards and told him to pick one. Greenbaum did, and then … narrative, sometimes playfully political—often arise, he says, from a feeling of love. “For a lot of …
Issue: November-December 2019
Harvard: The Land Where Nothing Is On Time
… many things at Harvard, but punctuality was not among them. In Harvardspeak, “on Harvard time” means seven minutes … a student may have back-to-back classes at opposite ends of the campus. But as someone who grew up in Asia, where … starting time for a class in Cambridge is approaching, I often find myself frantically running to the classroom, …
375 Candles: A Video
… red velvet cake on October 14, 2011. Take this video tour of the gala event in Harvard Yard. … width:407] … Sights and sounds of Harvard's 375th anniversary celebration … Sights and …
Deep into Sleep
… a psychiatrist in private practice telephoned associate professor of psychiatry Robert Stickgold, a cognitive … neuroscientist specializing in sleep research. He asked whether Stickgold knew of any reason not to prescribe … campfire burns down, you will probably go to sleep. At sunrise, there’s a similar gradient in reverse; from the …
Issue: July-August 2005
The “Obligation to Heal”
… ’s convocation ceremony for Harvard Medical School and the School of Dental Medicine, Wellesley College President Paula A. … moment with honesty and humanity. “In an atmosphere of mistrust,” she said, “it is critically important for …
Yesterday's News
… 1923 Samuel M. Scott, A.B. 1886, questions "the rapid increase in membership" at the College and its … an academic institution, fully equipped to supply the youth of the country with as much useful knowledge as they are … the College from the University, abandoning the policy of "indiscriminate expansion," and "limiting students to the …
Issue: May-June 2003
Are Animals “Things”?
… have two children, but with eight-year-old Avery around, it often felt like three. A beloved mixed-breed mutt with flopped-forward Labrador ears, Avery was a member of the family, welcome on the couch, included on vacations, a …
Issue: March-April 2016
Finishing Kick
… Crimson reporter while splashing along Memorial Drive on the wet Marathon Monday before he took office as Harvard’s leader in 2018. He no longer tests his … With permitting in place for the first phase of the enterprise research campus —a nearly million-square-foot …
Aloian Award 2011 winners Marcel Moran and Annie Douglas
… Each year, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) selects two students as … demonstrated solid leadership in contributing to quality of life in the Houses, traits embodied by the Aloians, who … 1981 to 1986. David Aloian ’49 was also executive director of the HAA. This year’s scholars, Anne “Annie” Douglas ’12, …
Issue: November-December 2011
Disease Fighter
… Wald '78 was diagnosed with Steinert's Disease, a rare form of muscular dystrophy (MD), 13 years ago. Because of the muscle deterioration MD causes, Wald can no longer run, …
Issue: September-October 2002