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Poetic Patriarch
… During the extended World War II battle of Monte Cassino, Richard … passed away in 2007 after a long illness. Near the house rises a barn-like studio, where the poet, now 87, writes …
Issue: November-December 2008
Camping Pioneer
… The “camp bug” bit Kevin Gordon ’91 in college, when the … had never camped as a boy, and was impressed by the “growth of the kids, the intensity of the camp experience.” But while learning the ropes as a …
Issue: May-June 2007
Philogynist (II)
… as state political campaigns. "My mom always donated a lot of time just to helping people, and I saw her as a role model," she explains. Her concept of community service is built around mentoring; during … youngsters at local basketball and volleyball camps. (The all-Ivy player was co-captain of the women's basketball …
Issue: September-October 2003
Centennial Medalists
… The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who …
Issue: July-August 2020
Well Done
… The Harvard Alumni Association Awards were established in … were to be honored on October 12 during the HAA board of directors’ annual fall meeting in Cambridge. Highlights of their many contributions are given below. Jonathan L. S. …
Issue: November-December 2009
Lady Gaga, Harvard, and MacArthur Foundation Join Forces to Fight Bullying
… Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society (as well as the MacArthur Foundation and the California Endowment ) to launch the Born This Way Foundation , a nonprofit focusing on youth empowerment and "issues like … . Gaga decided to fight bullying head-on after the suicide of one of her fans, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, reports the …
Law School Committee Recommends Abandoning Shield Linked to Slavery
… AFTER THREE MONTHS of deliberation, a committee of Harvard Law School (HLS) professors, students, and alumni … abandoning a controversial shield linked to slavery as the school’s official symbol Friday. HLS’s shield displays …
Pete Seeger Dies at 94
… Pete Seeger ’40, who dropped out of Harvard in the late 1930s to pursue a lifelong career as a singer and political activist, died on Monday at the age of 94. An iconic figure in folk music, Seeger as an …
“Crossing Boundaries”
… Historian Drew Gilpin Faust, founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (RIAS), will … as remarkable a past as this one. And now our shared enterprise is to make Harvard’s future even more remarkable than …
Bricks and Mortar
… Much has been made of the University’s multimillion-dollar investments in online … for long-term use, and designed to attain very high levels of operating and environmental/energy efficiency. All to the …
Issue: March-April 2015
Reckoning with Repair
… Lawrence Bacow announced an initiative to explore the legacy of slavery at Harvard , three members of the faculty committee overseeing that effort sat down on …
Improvised Cuisine
… sounds odd —quite odd, actually—for a sandwich. Two slices of sourdough bread emerge from a toaster, then one gets slathered with peanut butter. Nothing … with the other slice of toast and take a bite. Then the surprise. The briny, vinegary pickles’ crunch contrasts …
Issue: September-October 2021
Blue Genes or Red?
… Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba says he used to joke that our politics are written in our genes. “I made the argument that the difference between a Republican and a … they will have conservative or liberal views. John Hibbing of the University of Nebraska, John R. Alford of Rice …
Issue: January-February 2006
Allston Agonistes
… an investor might consider Harvard’s ultimate option. It is the way for an increasingly built-out, landlocked … Looking forward, if Harvard is to maximize the value of its option beyond those isolated projects (and the first phase of the “enterprise research campus” to be privately built on 14 more …
Issue: September-October 2018
Natalie Portman ’03 Named Class Day Speaker
… Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman ’03 will be the principal guest speaker for seniors celebrating Class … Day in Tercentenary Theatre on May 27, Harvard College officials have announced. She was chosen after a subcommittee of eight class marshals considered speaker suggestions based …