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Moving On
… Jonathan Gorham ’71 recently helped his mother move from a retirement community in Maine to an … the place we did because we liked the people and the sense of caring and because it offers a continuum of care.” … financial and emotional and physical complications that arise for families? Those are among the factors that have to …
Issue: July-August 2005
A Short Proust and a Long Bellow
… For an investment house, the offices of Lipper and Company in New York City are … a big bet. That way, no single book can sink the enterprise." Lipper Publications in fact is expanding, having …
Will Spring Education Plans Slip?
… As the coronavirus pandemic threatens public health and … note to the community today, noting that although “some of our Schools have announced that they intend to welcome back increased numbers of students to campus for spring semester” ( notably the …
Endowment Gains: Last Hurrah?
… endowment $3.3 billion last fiscal year, to a new record of $22.6 billion as of June 30. Harvard Management Company (HMC) reported on September 15 that total investment return for the year was 21.1 percent, up smartly from the 12.5 percent …
Issue: November-December 2004
Ideas, Appassionato
… has generated both acclaim and controversy. In September, the pianist and conductor joined the prestigious list of musicians—including Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, … and activities in the Middle East—views that arise from his understanding of how music functions. He …
Issue: January-February 2007
Samantha Power and Libya Policy
… The New York Times reports that Samantha Power, J.D. '99—former executive director of the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights … involvement in Libya. Read Jennifer Leaning's review of Power's acclaimed book, "A Problem from Hell": America …
Yesterday’s News
… 1925 The Harvard Glee Club—winner a year earlier—withdraws from … annual intercollegiate competition at Carnegie Hall because of the musical inferiority of the selection (“Lamp in the West,” by H.W. Parker) chosen …
Issue: November-December 2020
Being Black at Work
… Diversity, equity, inclusion: these are the watchwords for companies hoping to foster the best talent, regardless of race. But do their efforts, like anti-bias workshops … is it like, wondered Ranjay Gulati, Lawrence M.B.A. class of 1942 professor of business administration, to be black at …
Issue: March-April 2022
Lives in Television
… As president of programming for MTV, Susanne Daniels ’87 has to be sharp … host was on set, Daniels confided yesterday to a room full of students, faculty, and staff at the Barker Center, Michaels asked Daniels “to please keep …
On My Honor
… now have an honor code—spelling out expectations of integrity in their academic work, as legislated by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) last spring. This fall, they will …
Issue: May-June 2015
A Missive from Harvey Mansfield
… Kenan professor of government Harvey Mansfield wrote to this magazine in late November to share a story about the belated, posthumous publication of a dissertation he … (my publisher for the most part), and to my great surprise, it sailed through, praised to the skies. It would have …
"Humiditas"
… Sodden ones. In Tercentenary Theatre candidates for the degree of doctor of dental medicine await the conferring of their …
Issue: July-August 2002
What You Can Say, Singing
… Here is everything that happened before the audience at the Bavarian State Opera heard soprano Liv Redpath ’14 sing the final note of Der Rosenkavalier on opening night in May 2022. After she … to the ideas they expressed: “Why does one word sound soft or gentle, while another word is punctuating?” After …
Issue: November-December 2024
Unfinished Business
… The conclusion of Drew Faust’s presidency coincides with Michael D. Smith’s announced departure from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) deanship. Faust and Smith, like …
Issue: July-August 2018
John Chervinsky
… scientific bric-a-brac (a magnet, a tuning fork) alongside other objects (a candle, a lily), aiming to ask a question or illustrate a problem. “The creative side of good science comes from the same place in the mind as the creative side of making art,” he says, “yet scientists and artists don’t …
Issue: May-June 2008