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A New Face of American Evangelicalism
… Here's how Walter Kim, Ph.D. ’07, tells the short version of his parents’ migration. After the … of the NAE, led the church from 1939 to 1969, aiding the rise of global evangelical leader Billy Graham, who in many …
Issue: July-August 2023
The Weight of Scale
… In Scale & the Incas (Princeton University Press, $65) , Andrew James Hamilton, Ph.D. ’14, examines the role of size—manifest in tiny conopas (hand-held idols) and massive stonework—in the art of this vanished South American civilization. Scale, he …
Issue: November-December 2018
Visions of the Opioid Crisis
… L ast year, a group of artists met with clients at the High Point Treatment Center in Brockton, Massachusetts, … The 11 sculptures on display in “Human Impact: Stories of the Opioid Epidemic” at the Fuller Craft Museum through …
Issue: January-February 2020
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 …
“The Tug of History”
… The honorable David H. Souter ’61, LL.B. ’66, LL.D. ’10, … Court rose for the summer recess in 2009, and a couple of weeks later I drove north from Washington [to New … I could do. I couldn’t ask for more. And while the quality of the workmanship may be pronounced good, bad, or …
Issue: September-October 2011
Games of Old
… How best to spend leisure time during the winter months? The cold, dark days of yesteryear called for story-telling, reading aloud, and … pencils to death masks. An 1814 board game, The Study of the Heavens at midnight during the winter solstice, …
Issue: January-February 2018
Octavia Spencer Is Woman of the Year
… Hasty Pudding theatricals has named actress Octavia Spencer its 2017 Woman of the Year. Best known for her performance as Minny Jackson … and a determined one in Snowpiercer ; the worried mother of Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station ; and an otter with a …
Taking Care of Your Roots
… Our New England winter is finally a memory. As the weather warms up, it’s the ideal time to showcase your … he recommends completing due diligence: Obtain a list of references that includes your painter’s earliest clients. … any health issues should become obvious if they arise,” he says. Photograph courtesy of Abby Shepard To …
Issue: March-April 2023
The Art of Healing
… Suzanne Koven has a novel role. The primary-care physician and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) is also the …
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
Point of No Return
… Soon after the Harvard community was upended and scattered around the … My roommates, Sunday and Catie, and I would sip from mugs of herbal teas on those cold Cambridge nights and snuggle … or at least tame my overzealous drive to work. Catie and I often had long, philosophical discussions about the meaning …
Issue: July-August 2020
Harvard, Yale Students Delay Second Half of The Game
… The marching bands had just completed their halftime performances at the 2019 iteration of The Game when the real show began. Somewhere between … the protest, with about a dozen fluorescent-vested police officers flanking the students, the Bulldogs made their way …
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
Off the Shelf
… The Idea of Justice, by Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor (Harvard, $29.95). The Nobel Laureate explores … obtained the Pentagon Papers. Nerds on Wall Street: Math, Machines, and Wired Markets, by David J. Leinweber, Ph.D. …
Issue: November-December 2009
Factory Fans
… The rich industrial history of New England is part of our collective national experience, but rarely grabs our … had been primarily a small-scale domestic activity, but now machines could transform bales of cotton into finished yarn. …
Issue: September-October 2010