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Ebbing Endowments? Updated
… F or the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Harvard Management … early reports suggest that nothing like that is in the offing when the University and peers disclose fiscal 2022 … distributions from the endowment provided 39 percent of the University’s operating revenue in fiscal 2021—more …
“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
Picture-Perfect
… blue sky, low humidity, comfortably breezy in the mid 60s, spring-green leaves and lots of flowering things—made for a picture-perfect 367th … final formal encomium, a Harvard Medal , purportedly a surprise. Given her lifelong engagement with civil rights, and …
Issue: July-August 2018
Thicker than Water
… spectators witnessed a rarity in college aquatics: three brothers racing in the same competition. Crimson co-captain … the 50-, 100-, and 200-yard freestyle. In the anchor leg of the 4 x 100-yard freestyle relay, Chris and Tim went … the meet, garnering 13 wins in 16 events. “They blew us out of the water,” says Tim, “but the trash talking was all …
Issue: March-April 2014
Harvard Portrait: Yosvany Terry
… training and unsure which instrument to focus on, the nine-year-old was considering the woodwind when he saw a … and chekeré player (the percussion instrument made of a hollow gourd covered in a net of beads), Terry and his brothers grew up serious about …
Issue: January-February 2016
Adams House Renewal Begins
… On June 3 , construction began on the renewal of Adams House, marking the start of a project slated to take place in three phases spanning …
Gold for Eight Oars, Two from Radcliffe
… The U.S. women’s eight-oared crew won the gold medal in its … rowers in the victorious boat, Caryn Davies ’05 and Esther Lofgren ’09, rowed for the Radcliffe crew as undergraduates. They appear in a roundup of Crimson athletes at the London Games. In addition, …
Overseers Dis Gov
… It is the disquieting habit of the compilers of the twenty-fifth-anniversary reports of …
HAA Award Winners 2011
… The Harvard Alumni Association Awards were established in … ceremony took place on October 13, during the HAA board of directors’ fall meeting. Michael A. Cooper ’57, LL.B. ’60, of New York City, is a member of the Overseers’ visiting …
Issue: November-December 2011
Activism, Then and Now
… Michael Ansara ’68 cut his teeth in the civil rights movement and was a leader in the Harvard chapter of Students for a Democratic Society as well as a New … by the state police, and the ensuing chaos) as chair of the strike committee. He still burns for the causes of …
Issue: July-August 2025
Mikhail Lukin Named University Professor
… leader in quantum physics, has been named a University Professor. University Professors hold the highest faculty rank at Harvard, reflecting the eminence …
“One Less Investment Banker”
… farmhouse. Before a dimly lit family altar with images of the Buddha, Mao, and departed kin, two grandparents nudged … and proceeds from special events and social enterprises that employ HIV-affected individuals. With a staff of …
Issue: September-October 2011
University Re-establishes ROTC Presence on Campus
… The University announced this evening that the Naval Reserve … for new ROTC courses within the College curriculum do not arise now. President Faust, as previously reported , has …
“Who Knew?”
… Thomas Pepper ’61 was a sports correspondent for the Harvard Alumni Bulletin, this magazine’s previous … his fiftieth reunion approached, he wrote a different sort of article and forwarded it for our consideration. As … how much seemed to have been unexpected. Certainly the fall of communism, I thought, but what else? I …
From Courtroom to Comedy Club
… " I was on the subway recently," says Karen Bergreen '87. "There was a … can I do?' I felt awful. Then I remembered I had a piece of candy in my bag. "So I took it out and popped it in my … from Starbucks ("They don't have a slogan, so I thought of one for them: 'It's really expensive. But the line is …
Issue: January-February 2004