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Not Your Daddy's Deficit
… In the Reagan era, the federal government ran budget deficits … account deficit is today—at their peak, on the order of 6 percent of GDP. At the time, economists worried that government …
Issue: July-August 2007
Public Health Commencement Address
… Dr. Julio Frenk, former Minister of Health of Mexico and visiting professor. Harvard School of Public … is a social right, Dr. Frenk asserts. All human lives have the same value, and healthcare systems must provide similar …
New Applied Science Degree
… rigorous training in large-scale computation and advanced mathematical modeling can apply this fall for a new master of science (S.M.) in computational science and engineering (CSE) degree at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), University officials have …
Practicing Public Thoughts
… I still remember the internet-fear-mongering library visits of sixth, … seventh, and eighth grade. On a fall day near the start of the year, our English or history or math teacher would …
“They Could Not Have Been More Wrong”: Bloomberg and Faust at Harvard Commencement
… Faust and entrepreneur, philanthropist, and former mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg, M.B.A. ’66, and newly minted LL.D. ’14 , spoke during the afternoon program following Harvard’s 363rd Commencement … fossil—only after legally defining the species as having arisen on the sixth day of Creation). “There is a world of …
“Listen and Learn in Order to Lead”: The ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
… President Drew Faust and a large, enthusiastic crowd of family members, friends, fellow students, alumni veterans, and other well-wishers gathered in front of Memorial Church late on the morning of May 26 for the …
Picture-Perfect
… Commencements, the sages say, are beginnings . About to receive diplomas … agree, mostly. But they also lament the endings : the loss of liberty that comes with student life, the scattering of … in the schematics: the band and choir—previously parked on risers and a platform over the wheelchair accessible …
Jimmy Carter and James Agee ’32
… published in 1941 when Carter was 17. Why strangely enough? The book and its history explain. It was reported, written, and rejected as a 30,000-word piece of journalism titled “Cotton Tenants: Three Families” for … for a short story. He took it from the King James version of the Bible—“Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers …
John Waldo Green
… In his early twenties, Johnny Green ’28 wrote the music for some two dozen hits, including “I Cover the Waterfront,” “Out of Nowhere,” “I Wanna Be Loved,” and above all the … songs touched millions with their passionate sense of longing and hope. He “wrote with as much soul and emotion …
Issue: March-April 2010
Sting and Sarah Hicks in Switzerland
… Sting, now on his "Symphonicity" tour, played the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 11, doing orchestral arrangements of some of his hits. A New York Times account of the performance …
Kissinger Returns
… 11 for a conversation on foreign policy before a full house of students and others in Sanders Theatre. Now the chairman of Kissinger … sides have to make a decision, before they get into these crises, of working on cooperative solutions.” As Immanuel …
Harvard Launches Sustainability Plan
… The University has unveiled an ambitious five-year Sustainability Plan —the first of its kind for Harvard—detailing a strategy to build on … and well-being, and culture and learning. The plan, officials said, aligns Harvard’s decentralized campus around …
Technology Scholar
… "Technology" is a chameleon-like word that takes on the tone of its context, especially where government is concerned: technology may be used to facilitate the flow of information to the public and keep us safe from our …
Issue: November-December 2004
Comings and Goings
… Harvard clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual events around the country. For information on future programs, contact …
Issue: May-June 2010
Summer Shack
… The Summer Shack, veteran Boston chef Jasper White's newest … The two 1,500-gallon lobster tanks in the middle of the room proved a winning distraction for hungry children … prices fairly reasonable (except perhaps the large order of fried clams at $25). There is a kids' menu, but we opted …