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Harvard Medalists
… On Commencement day , three people received the HAA’s Harvard Medal, awarded for outstanding service to … the University. James V. Baker ’68, M.B.A. ’71. President of the Harvard Alumni Association and President of the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom, First Marshal of …
Issue: July-August 2013
"Chinese" Wilson, Shutterbug
… The legendary explorer was at home behind the camera. … your Sanderson field camera, cumbersome tripod, and crates of 6 1/2-by -8 1/2-inch glass-plate negatives. Thus … In 1899 Veitch Nurseries sent him to China to find seeds of the handkerchief or dove tree, Davidia involucrata. …
Citing Recession, Yale Makes Deeper Cuts
… "a more aggressive approach to budget reductions for the coming fiscal year" than he disclosed last December 16 , … economic recovery compared to the outlook only a couple of months ago--and more rapidly growing unemployment, … they have borrowed for capital expansions. The odds have risen both for layoffs among the institutions' workforces, …
Search Begun for New Education Dean
… President Drew Faust has established the advisory committee for the search to identify the successor to Kathleen McCartney, departing dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). … 1. According to Faust’s announcement , the committee comprises nine HGSE senior faculty members (Monica Higgins, …
A Culinary Journey
… Cooking practices “can open a window into the lives of enslaved people and help us understand slavery … historian Michael Twitty on the intertwined history of slavery and American foodways. The event was part of the …
A Bouquet for Nature-Lovers
… The Rarest of the Rare: Stories behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HarperResource, $22.95) is a delightful … through the woods in the morning, about an hour after sunrise, to drink the salt water, of which they, as well as the …
Issue: November-December 2004
and Cultural
… Before he narrated the poetic adventures of Mahalia Mouse, the female rodent who became a scientist (rather than the subject of a scientific experiment), and sang his encore of “I’m a …
Issue: July-August 2005
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
Peak Professorships
… The ranks of University Professors —Harvard's supreme academic appointment—have changed significantly with the elevation of two faculty members to the position, and …
Issue: January-February 2003
Cat, Frog, Worm...
… The principal speakers during Commencement week 2000 said much about the value of reasoned inquiry, the importance of universities as a home for such work, and the imperative …
Allston Budget Billions
… Campus" in Cambridge took an important step forward when the University reached an agreement with an Agassiz neighborhood group about the scope of development there during the next 25 years. In a "memorandum of understanding," Harvard committed to building no more …
Issue: March-April 2004
Flame and Ashes
… Campus" in Cambridge took an important step forward when the University reached an agreement with an Agassiz neighborhood group about the scope of development there during the next 25 years. In a "memorandum of understanding," Harvard committed to building no more …
Issue: March-April 2004
Agassiz Agreement
… Campus" in Cambridge took an important step forward when the University reached an agreement with an Agassiz neighborhood group about the scope of development there during the next 25 years. In a "memorandum of understanding," Harvard committed to building no more …
Issue: March-April 2004
Yesterday’s News
… 1913 In response to a petition from the Woodrow Wilson Club of Harvard, a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court rules that college students …
Issue: March-April 2018
Between Harvard and St. Louis
… On the day of a summer 2019 car-wash fundraiser for the R.C. Striders, a junior track team based in St. Louis, … Mike Brown was once a student there. His killing by police officer Darren Wilson in 2014 ignited more than “400 days of …
Issue: May-June 2021