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… 1911 Witter Bynner 02 writes the Bulletin to protest Harvards refusal to allow Emmeline … women, and sexless persons in female garb, the supporters of the fad of equal suffrage are few. 1926 Answering the question …
Issue: November-December 2006
Yesterday's News
… 1922 The Harvard community is delighted that Leavitt and Peirce, long the unofficial "headquarters for Harvard men," has a new co-owner: … and his partner plan to maintain the "gathering place" feel of the store, where undergraduate announcements are posted, …
Issue: September-October 2002
Harvard’s Endowment to Go “Greenhouse-Gas Neutral” by 2050
… president Lawrence Bacow announced in an email to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) today, one day before the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day. “With this commitment, our focus is on …
Category Errors
… despairing, and even hateful divisions over terrorism and the brutal war in the Middle East. But the protests that have occurred most often of late—quiet “study-ins” at various libraries—have …
Issue: January-February 2025
A Common Underground
… The place I remember most from freshman fall won’t show up on Google’s map of Harvard. I took a class whose questions permeate my … benevolent self-image. “Abuse Of Power Comes As No Surprise” is a statement that flickered fast, along with many …
Issue: January-February 2021
Brevia
… The Common Spaces The common spaces steering … committee—chartered by President Drew Faust in the spring of 2008 to explore opportunities to enhance social life and … Campus" ), including the possible physical reconfiguration of existing spaces near the Science Center, Holyoke Center, …
Issue: November-December 2009
Albert Bickmore
… Bickmore, S.B. 1864, started out cataloging specimens in the basement of Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ). He had come to study under …
Issue: September-October 2008
Musician esperanza spalding Departs Harvard
… F ive-time Grammy Award winner and professor of practice in the Music Department, esperanza spalding (who …
Green Engineering
… Paul Rode, straining to open a steel door to a stairwell on the sixtieth floor of the Empire State Building. “That’s a … blow is caused by the stack effect, the natural tendency of a building to act like a giant chimney, creating a draft …
Issue: March-April 2012
Woolf Hunters
… opened a small bookstore in York Harbor, Maine, in the 1980s to learn the used-book business. Two decades … and rare book dealership that specializes in the works of Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group. Like many other … booksellers, the Richardsons entered the business because of their longstanding love for the bookstores of others. …
Issue: January-February 2010
Football 2019: Penn 24, Harvard 20
… We’re beginning to sense a pattern. On Saturday at the Stadium, in its final home game of the season, the Harvard football team experienced its … on Senior Day for the 21 Crimson players from the class of 2020 and their family members in attendance.) The losing …
Harvard Portrait: Ann Forsyth
… become this new, middle-aged cyclist,” says Graduate School of Design professor Ann Forsyth. Raised on a farm in Australia, she has … green space, food sources, and affordable housing. The author of Reforming Suburbia and Designing Small Parks …
Issue: January-February 2013
Jorge Domínguez to Retire Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
… Madero professor for the study of Mexico Jorge Domínguez, a member of the … understandably experience to come forward when concerns arise. All of us in this room share a responsibility to act …
Talking about Terrorism
… In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York … and economic development, or new Osamas will continue to arise. It matters what other people think of us. We need to …
Issue: November-December 2001
Pins for Women
… Tiny pins with their delicate metal fasteners still intact, some more than … ballot—likely a distant dream to the suffragists of a century ago. Political pins have been in use for at least 200 years, explains Kathryn Jacob, curator of the pin collection at the Radcliffe Institute’s …
Issue: November-December 2016