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Raising the Ante
… In the wake of Harvard’s December announcement, a host of other institutions—Haverford, Penn, Pomona, and … he said, the distribution for the 2008-2009 year would rise 37 percent, to $1.15 billion, from $843 million in the …
Issue: March-April 2008
Buildings and Benefits
… The story of Harvard's 2003 budget came down to benefits and … open and are financed, operating and interest costs rise; during the year, debt outstanding increased about $400 … remain low. Health-benefit costs continued to surge, having risen nearly 90 percent during the past five years, and …
Issue: January-February 2004
Helen Mirren Honored as Woman of the Year
… Square this afternoon atop a white Bentley with members of Hasty Pudding Theatricals to be honored by the cross-dressing drama group as “Woman of the Year.” Mirren, best known for her Oscar-winning …
Focus on Finances
… During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024—a year of campus tumult, … circumstances. Revenues and expenses both continued to rise, again yielding an operating surplus (extending a …
Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg
Issue: January-February 2025
A Culinary Tour of the New Smith Campus Center
… With the opening of the new Smith Campus Center this semester, the Harvard … for Swissbäkers, which originated in Canada—serve a variety of foods and fuels, from bagels to barbecued pork, and stay …
Cranberry Harvest Celebration
… canned to zest up roasted turkeys, Native Americans used the indigenous North American fruit for food, medicine, and … with an eye toward commercial use by Captain Henry Hall, of Dennis, Massachusetts. Today, the fruit is the state’s … wagon to the bogs of the A.D. Makepeace Company to watch machines whisk the water to loosen berries, which then float …
Issue: September-October 2016
College Admits 7.5 Percent of Early Applicants
… Today , 722 of 9,553 early-action applicants were admitted to the College class of 2027. This 7.5 percent acceptance rate … which lower-income families qualify. African Americans comprised 14.4 percent of the class (up from 13.9 percent last …
Back to the Bond Market
… The University issued $601 million of tax-exempt bonds and … to fix the rates on variable-rate obligations that could rise in the future, or both. Harvard initially filed to sell …
Issue: January-February 2011
Mumblecore’s Maestro
… interview with Andrew Bujalski—in a chichi Manhattan hotel, the morning of the theatrical release of his latest movie, Results —were … and by the end, “It’s just not…conventional. I’m always surprised by that. I’m always rather shocked that what I’m doing …
Issue: September-October 2015
The China Project
… China will surpass the United States in annual emissions of CO 2 within a … closer to 5 percent, but his analysis suggests that it will rise to 15 percent by 2030 if nothing is done. "The Chinese …
Issue: November-December 2002
Wynton Marsalis on the Soul of Jazz
… In the city of New Orleans , after the Civil War and into the first decade of the twentieth century, brass bands could be heard playing …
The Music of Birds... and Whales
… In 2000, David Rothenberg ’84 arrived at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh at … settled in to “jam with the birds.” It was the first of many sessions there, and others abroad—from Estonia to Australia, where he played in a sanctuary with “one of the shyest yet grandest singers in the world, the …
Issue: March-April 2007
The Mystique of Red Top
… The long list of past results is studded with footnotes that illuminate some of the more peculiar races. In 1870, for example, “Yale ran …
Issue: May-June 2010
Claire Danes Honored as Woman of the Year
… Showered with teddy bears , flowers, and kisses from members of Hasty Pudding Theatricals , actress Claire Danes paraded through Harvard … as she was honored as the eccentric drama group’s “Woman of the Year.” Danes, who just won a Golden Globe for her …
Spirit of Giving
… The University Campaign, concluded at the end of 1999, … Foundation endowment for a program at the Kennedy School of Government; and the gift for the new Bauer Center for …
Issue: January-February 2002