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New Bedford
… its role in inspiring Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Evidence of that maritime history abounds, especially in the robust permanent displays of art and artifacts at the … a wonderful sense of serenity. The grounds are open from sunrise to sunset, says facilities manager Rock Finneran, who …
Issue: July-August 2021
A Shakeup at Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative
… “Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.” That’s how Harvard historian Vincent … it. The layoffs, Cellini said, took him and his team by surprise. “At 10:45 a.m. , I got a phone call from the …
Sunlight and Shadow
… was perfect . But for a brief shower Wednesday evening, the sun shone throughout the week. Thursday morning, May 25, … cool enough to lend perfect comfort to the many thousands of people who found themselves clothed in academic gowns. … I hope…that you will have similarly pleasant surprises.” Thanking all those who had helped him (especially …
Issue: July-August 2023
Hypervelocity Stars
… The center of the Milky Way galaxy is a crowded, busy neighborhood: clusters upon clusters of pulsating young stars, giant clouds of gas, dying stars …
Issue: November-December 2010
In Bronze for Posterity
… A bust of Werner Jaeger (1888-1961) presides over the common room of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. …
Issue: November-December 2005
Harvard Baccalaureate 2014: “Face Outward”
… “These past four years,” President Drew Faust told the graduating class of 2014 in her May 27 Baccalaureate address , have—in … to teach you about facing outward: acting for the sake of a better human community.” In a freshman-spring survey, …
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
Henry Clarke Warren
… The historic Warren House (built in 1833) at 1 Prescott Street and its 80,000 square-foot parcel of land next to Harvard Yard were bequeathed to the … by Henry Clarke Warren, A.B. 1879, who studied the history of philosophy and the Sanskrit language at Harvard. He had …
Issue: March-April 2023
Hello, Geotech
… your geographic information system (GIS) for a spin around the block. Its easy. Sit at your computer, which you have loaded with GIS software, and call up on the monitor a street map of Greater … what happens when the polar ice caps melt and ocean levels rise, GIS can show you within minutes just how much of the …
Issue: November-December 2006
John Briscoe Awarded Stockholm Water Prize
… The Stockholm Water Prize, known informally as the “Nobel Prize of water,” has been awarded to John Briscoe, visiting professor of environmental engineering at the School of …
RSS Creator Aaron Swartz Dead at 26
… Aaron Swartz , the 26-year-old computer genius, activist, and technology innovator known as a hero of the open-access movement—which promotes use of the Internet to provide free and easy access to the …
Marcyliena Morgan: How Has Harvard Cultivated Hiphop?
… graffiti—have to do with Harvard? In this episode, Monrad professor of social sciences Marcyliena Morgan explains that hiphop began with the children of people who marched in the civil-rights … on Apple M usic or any other service, and I was really surprised because it was popular at the time that I was a …
Cambridge 02138
… Hating Harvard Congratulations to the editors for featuring “ Why Americans Love to Hate … His thoughts are well balanced and are based on decades of direct involvement in the issues at hand at the highest … to have power over them. Is it any wonder that resentment arises? It hardly matters whether the offending graduate is a …
Issue: May-June 2024
Arts and Sciences’ Post-Pandemic Prowess
… A t the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting on November 1, Dean Claudine Gay presented a new look on the 2021-2022 academic and financial year: an annual report … edited her own presence to an absolute minimum. In place of the traditional published letter from the dean, followed …
Commencement Confetti
… Lots of M.B.A.s On Commencement day, Thursday, June 8, Harvard conferred 6,706 degrees and 248 certificates. The College granted 1,641 of these, 66 of them summa cum laude. The Business School …
Issue: July-August 2006