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Harvard Football’s Star Punter Makes History
… Before the Harvard football team opened its 2021 season—its 147th— … a position not generally in the spotlight during this era of high-flying offenses: punter. First-team All-Ivy in 2018 and ’19 (the …
Issue: November-December 2021
Out, Poetically
… In Left-handed, a book of poetry that is forthcoming in more ways than one, Jonathan Galassi ’71, president and publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, finds a poetic voice for … feelings. Galassi was for many years editor-in-chief at the distinguished publishing house. His new book will be …
Home, Harvard, and (Im)permanence
… I spent the first “post-pandemic” semester back on campus racked … hit me hard. Some nights, I couldn’t sleep. The context of the pandemic is unique to my college experience and that of my peers. And though it’s tempting to see it as something …
Issue: January-February 2023
Sculpture That Breathes
… “In sculpture , you are always fighting the deadness of a thing,” says Murray Dewart ’70, … get it in bread.” He picks up a fresh baguette. “This has risen two or three times,” he explains. “The form is being …
Issue: November-December 2013
Birthing a Legacy
… on November 22, 1963, crowds flooded a tree-lined block in the Boston suburb of Brookline. A simple outdoor memorial service took place in front of 83 Beals Street, where Kennedy, a beacon of hope and …
Issue: May-June 2017
ArtWeek 2019
… Screenings from The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. A match-up of poets and painters on Cape Cod. Dancing along Malden’s … by Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, the sculptures comprise 2,000 plastic drinking bottles collected from regional …
Issue: March-April 2019
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 …
“Courage to Be Harvard”
… distinguished guests. I stand before you today humbled by the prospect of leading Harvard, emboldened by the trust you have placed … to this singular institution and to the common cause of higher education. I am grateful beyond measure to the …
Issue: November-December 2023
Service, and Families
… Alongside the Memorial Church —built as a shrine to the Harvard dead of World War I, on the campus of one of the nation’s very … support for U.S. forces as well as humanitarian support in crises at home and around the world. In his address, he spoke …
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 …
Regearing Ph.D. Education
… The acronymically burdened final report of the GAGE working … a secular change in admissions: science enrollments have risen from 905 in 2009 to about 1,050 in recent years, in …
Issue: January-February 2024
Truth: A Love Story
… There are three sides to every story—yours, mine, and the … my biological father. What followed was a challenging path of learning and insight into family truths that ultimately … that makes perfect sense.” That only compounded my surprise and bewilderment. But it also instinctively resonated …
Issue: July-August 2019
Mediterranean Morsels
… The Mediterranean diet has become a kind of gold standard … well-traveled chef and co-owner Ana Sortun (formerly of Casablanca) offers a marvelously varied and spiced array …
Issue: November-December 2003
Cambridge 02138
… The Twenty-Ninth President Your recent story on Harvard’s … ( “The Pragmatist,” September-October, page 32). The review of Bacow’s endeavors provides a wonderful vehicle to present and develop a breadth of educational issues that generate a myriad of key …
Issue: November-December 2018
Education as a Civil Right
… In November , I had the distinct privilege of addressing some 600 Harvard alumni at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The event—the …
Issue: January-February 2018