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Honoris Causa
… Commencement. University provost Alan M. Garber introduced the honorands in the following order, and President Drew … Wai Photograph by Jim Harrison Wong Kar Wai. The creator of visually vibrant, character-driven films from Chungking … Express to In the Mood for Love to The Grandmaster . Doctor of Arts: A cosmopolitan grandmaster of kinetic flair, whose …
Issue: July-August 2018
Stellar Seniors
… Harvard College grants degrees to some 1,600 students, each of whom possesses gifts and abilities that count in the wider world. The following profiles offer merely a sample of this year’s seniors, …
Issue: May-June 2006
"Where I Was Meant to Be"
… “She was pretty much the topic of anyone and everyone’s conversation—like, ‘Did … the tattoo?’” says Bill Patterson, describing his sighting of Anne Browning ’00 at last spring’s NCAA women’s rowing …
Shakespeare's Finale, by Brustein
… Recent National Medal of Arts winner Robert Brustein, senior research fellow at Harvard and founding director of the American Repertory Theater, will have a staged …
Commencement Confetti
… ’em Young Photograph by Jim Harrison Many Graduate School of Arts and Sciences students have worked for years to earn their advanced degrees—and have married and started families … may be assured a head start toward earlier completion of their theses. From Puritan to Polyglot Phi Beta Kappa …
Issue: July-August 2011
Embracing AI
… summer, after receiving help from an AI-powered avatar. The development of generative artificial intelligence, which can create and … assignments and write essays, subverting the process of teaching and learning. And many are responding by …
“A Passion and a Voice”
… Toward the end of his afternoon address, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu enlisted help from the new graduates—as intellectual leaders, scientists and …
Issue: July-August 2009
Banned in Sparta
… and music: Rogers and Hammerstein, Gilbert and Sullivan, the brothers Gershwin. Sometimes, collaborators might not even have met. For example, works by Greek poets of the Archaic period (800-500 B.C.E.)—centuries before the Classical era of Plato, Sophocles, and Aristophanes—have now been set to …
Issue: March-April 2025
Cambridge Scholars
… Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2016-2017 academic year. Alona Bach of Berkeley, California, and Cabot House, a history and … Jersey Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College; Vivek Banerjee, of Studio City, California, and Dunster House, a social …
Issue: July-August 2016
Enhancing Religious Literacy
… Over the two decades that I have been teaching at Harvard I have … about Islam, but I was ill prepared when, a couple of years ago, a student asked me over dinner at a restaurant … all interpretations of religion are essentially human enterprises; the faithful may consider certain religious truths to …
Issue: September-October 2011
Nicholas Burns: Why Does Good Diplomacy Matter?
… What role does diplomacy play in the modern world order , and what are the characteristics of a good diplomat? Which countries are the great powers … I think that’s where it will be. But we will have some surprises. Nigeria is going to double in population. Sub-Saharan …
Jambalaya
… Harvest's main dining room. The outdoor terrace can be a pleasant alternative. Photograph courtesy of Harvest Restaurant The landmark Harvest R estaurant, … well indeed. For starters, light, crisp calamari on a bed of lettuce with marinated peppers and tomatoes and a lemony …
Issue: May-June 2002
Columbia Endowment Investments Gain 17 Percent
… endowment investments appreciated 17.3 percent in the fiscal year ended June 30, according to reports in the … that distributions from the endowment fund about 13 percent of Columbia's operating budget (versus 35 percent for … Smith, Middlebury, Trinity, Dickinson, and the University of Tulsa—whose endowment funds are managed through Investure …
Brevia
… George Q. Daley ’82, M.D. ’91, has been appointed dean of Harvard Medical School, effective January 1. He succeeds … an announcement-day conversation in August, Daley stressed the “very dynamic and exciting new curriculum” for current … funds provided to each ladder faculty member annually, will rise from $1,000 to $2,000 for those with past …
Issue: November-December 2016
Art as Chattel
… At base, works of art are chattel: the stuff of economic exchange. Historically, the British … The economic decline of Britain was offset by the economic rise of the United States. By 1914, U.S. national income …
Issue: November-December 2008