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First Black Alumnus’s Papers Found
… In an astonishing find, Rufus McDonald, a member of a clean-out crew preparing a house outside Chicago for demolition in 2009, discovered a steamer trunk of papers and documents collected by Richard Greener, A.B. 1870, the first black student to graduate from Harvard College. …
Partnering with Survivors
… Courtesy of Megan Berthold Megan Berthold was working with Community and Family Services International in the Philippines in 1989 when this photograph was taken at a … Le Thi My Hanh, a refugee who helped Berthold as a paraprofessional. Sometimes people tell Megan Berthold ’84 that …
Issue: September-October 2008
Unwhole
… He now lives and works in New York City. Gober “is arguably the most important sculptor/artist of his generation,” declares Mary Schneider Enriquez, Houghton associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the Harvard Art Museums. …
Issue: July-August 2011
Counting Costs
… figure exists for Harvard’s investment in Allston since the 1980s: property purchases, planning consultants for the … recent projects and their price tags, and financing for all of the above—totaling at least many hundreds of millions of dollars. Few if any other universities could …
Issue: March-April 2014
Yesterday’s News
… 99 years, boasts hot-water heating and “shower baths” for the first time. 1916 More than 1,500 undergraduates and … have spent the summerin military training camps as part of anational “preparedness movement.” 1926 The Memorial Hall dining room closes because of students’ preference for “the nasty, unhygienic, and …
Issue: September-October 2006
Hushed Voices
… Sacred and secular, the University's observance of September 11 proved both a … lost their lives to terrorists, and a reassuring reminder of the ordinary routines and responsibilities of daily life. …
Issue: November-December 2002
President Faust Schedules University Address on September 24
… In an e-mail message to the Harvard community this afternoon, President Drew Faust issued an invitation to a sort of state-of-the-University address to be held September 24 at 4:00 …
Good Work
… become good workers? And, equally important, what are the early experiences and habits of mind that have led some idealistic young workers to … training that equips them to handle ethical issues that arise in their work. Indeed, the clientist relationships that …
Issue: May-June 2004
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 …
HILT Grants Announced
… The Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching (HILT), … symposium in February, has announced the winners of a first round of HILT grants to members of the Harvard community. A …
Medical Makeover
… A new master’s program and expansion of the M.D./Ph.D. program are two among many changes to emerge … Dean Jeffrey S. Flier began last fall soon after taking office. From the dozen reports produced and suggestions …
Issue: September-October 2008
Occupy Harvard Teach-In Sparks Dialogue
… The Science Center’s Lecture Hall D was filled almost to … hosted its first teach-in, aimed at raising awareness of and creating dialogue to support the Occupy Wall Street movement. Nine professors spoke during the four-and-a-half-hour public …
On Not Going It Alone
… How powerful is the United States , and how should it relate to the rest of the world? Is America a new version of the Roman Empire? … in the United States, but three-quarters of the problem arises outside our borders. Diseases such as AIDS or avian …
Issue: July-August 2006
A Perforating Doubt
… more than I did. I found myself getting stressed in spite of myself—stressing about not being stressed. I was worrying … not being worried, caring about not caring about what other people cared about. These concerns seemed the silliest of things, but for my freshman self, they were quite real. …
Issue: January-February 2013
Omnibus Omicron Intelligence
… current vaccine protection against severe disease? What are the new, state-of-the-art treatments for people who become infected? … Evolving Virus The rapid evolution of the virus has surprised researchers more than once. Jacob Lemieux, instructor …