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… Jacqueline A. O'Neill Rose Lincoln / Harvard News Office Madam Marshal President Lawrence H. Summers has appointed Jacqueline A. O'Neill the University Marshal, effective February 1, filling a post … August 2002, when Richard M. Hunt retired after two decades of service. O'Neill, who was staff director for President …
Issue: March-April 2004
Free Speech: Testing
… So often was he grilled by the press in the days before he delivered his controversial address, that Zayed M. Yasin '02 prepared a handout of frequently asked questions and responses. Nightline had …
Issue: July-August 2002
Five Questions with Jacob Roberts ’19
… Jacob Roberts ’19, who co-produced and starred in the film Rent Free, was profiled in the January-February issue of Harvard Magazine . Here, Roberts shares more about his …
Diaghilev and His Geniuses
… The culturati of Europe in the early twentieth century had a phrase for “cutting edge” … impresario Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929), were a fountain of energy that launched many of the century’s creative …
Issue: May-June 2009
On Human Reproduction
… Ellison's On Fertile Ground is a truly extraordinary, state-of-the-art book on a topic that concerns all human beings as individuals and a host of others professionally. So many superlatives may seem …
Justice Ajogbor Holds Court
… Last December, with just under four minutes remaining in the second half, the Harvard men’s basketball team trailed … a basket, rushing down the court for a fast-break layup off Ajogbor’s block. In that moment, playing against a top-five team in one of college basketball’s iconic arenas, Ajogbor dictated the …
Sophomores, Sex, Soap
… Lisa Nestles into the folds of Adam’s grey fleece jacket, her hand entwined in … his peer advising fellow, an upperclass student chosen to offer academic and social guidance to freshmen. By the rules …
Issue: January-February 2008
Joseph Aldy
… When Joseph Aldy trekked up Mount Kilimanjaro with his father in 2000, he was a long way from the farm in Kentucky … 19,341-foot peak, he got to see the last vestiges of the 11,000-year-old glaciers there—they are expected to disappear within the next decade or so. An assistant professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), he …
Issue: March-April 2012
Tracy Palandjian Elected to Harvard Corporation
… Tracy Pun Palandjian ’93, M.B.A. ’97, has been elected to the Harvard Corporation, the University’s 13-member … the election today, following a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing boards this past weekend. She succeeds … Real Estate Corporation , the development enterprise founded by his father, which has 144 properties with 31 …
Educational Improv
… lunch last fall, faculty members from Suffolk University gathered to watch a history class fall apart. As a befuddled professor strained to steer the conversation to the week’s … and accessibility, in whatever order—is the heartbeat of the work that we do,” explains artistic director Mara …
Issue: May-June 2018
David Ellwood to Step Down
… David T. Ellwood ’75, Ph.D. ’81, dean of the Harvard Kennedy School since his appointment by … been “lowering the cost of education.” Financial aid has risen from $11 million to $23 million during the past …
Harvard Square Old and New
… Is there a neighborhood more steeped in personality than … in at the Charles Hotel, steps from the Square and fresh off a remodel. Enjoy a sunset drink on the patio at Noir Bar … Square. Or check into Hotel Veritas, for a charming mix of modern and traditional. The name is Latin and the …
Issue: May-June 2020
Adella Hunt Logan
… Soon after meeeting Susan B. Anthony in 1895 at a convention of the National-American Woman Suffrage Association (N-AWSA) in … daughter vote right here in the South.” She strove to spur often frightened or otherwise reluctant black women to …
Issue: September-October 2019
Doctors Abroad
… Abkowitz Crawford '80 have practiced medicine all over the world. The orthopedic surgeon and the internist are two of several thousand American health professionals who have spent four- to six-week stints …
Issue: January-February 2003
Harvard ROTC Graduates Told of Churchill, Constitution
… In a time of “accelerating change and increasing challenges,” U.S. … “JP” McGee told Harvard’s 19 ROTC graduates on May 28, the armed services need “your skills and your leadership … than ever.” McGee would certainly know. As the director of strategy, plans, and policy on the Joint Staff, he tracks …