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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
Cambridge 02138
… I have read the comments by various respondents in "Whither Harvard?" … page 52) regarding the issues facing a new president of Harvard, and I presume to make a suggestion. In light of the increasing reality of "globalization" and the "global …
An Asian Tour Reunion
… Fifty years ago this week, they were just touching down in Bombay, having made their way through the southern islands of the Philippines after a flight from Hong Kong a couple of … some barely graduated, came back together on campus to reprise their tour performances with a concert. Then about five …
Johnson and Friends Arrive en Masse
… One of the world's most important private collections of eighteenth-century English literature — with the lexicographer, author, critic, and talker Samuel Johnson …
Issue: July-August 2004
Working it Out
… The senior-year job hunt began as many do: with the purchasing of a suit at the end of the summer. Mine was a black, … my senior thesis, popped into my head. “Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes,” he had warned (echoing …
Issue: May-June 2005
2019 HAA Award Recipients
… Six alumni were recognized with HAA Awards, for their outstanding service to the University, during the … alumni association’s fall meeting. Salvo Arena, LL.M. ’00, of New York City, has served in various roles since 2004, including as president of the worldwide Harvard Law School Association. He is now …
Issue: November-December 2019
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
Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey Investigation Finds No Evidence of Hazing Culture
… Harvard Athletics Director Erin McDermott addressed the findings of an independent investigation into alleged abuse on the … departmental changes in an email sent to members of the Harvard Athletics community yesterday morning. The …
Martha Minow Appointed University Professor
… Carter professor of general jurisprudence Martha Minow, who served as dean … University Professor effective July 1. She assumes the chair held by historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich , who … Professorships are Harvard’s highest academic title; the recipients are recognized for superb scholarship …
Wrong!
… In June of 1955, Agnes Mongan, then assistant director and curator of drawings at Harvard's … twentieth century when demand for Ottoman velvets began to rise. The design, featuring carnations and hyacinth …
Issue: September-October 2004
HAA Clubs and SIGs awards
… groups that have made exceptional contributions to their Harvard communities. Recipients of this year’s Outstanding Voluntary Leadership Award are … Hegarty ’82 and Robert Manson, M.P.A. ’04, past presidents of the Harvard Club of Boston and the Harvard Club of …
Issue: November-December 2022
Poetic Paschen
… Paschen ’81 certainly grew up in an artistic home. Her mother, Maria Tallchief, was the first American prima ballerina: from 1947 to 1960 the beautiful daughter of an Osage Indian father and a Scots-Irish mother was the star of the New York City Ballet. Tallchief and principal …
Issue: May-June 2011
Great Trepidations
… Beginning in late summer (I think , but can’t be sure about the dates--I deleted the e-mails from my in-box before … asking for my contribution to the Harvard College Class of 2005 Fifth Anniversary Report. One of my girlfriends--formerly my freshman, sophomore, and …
Issue: May-June 2010
Jeremy C. Stein Nominated to Federal Reserve Board
… Safra professor of economics Jeremy C. Stein , a specialist in finance, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Stein …
La Vida at Harvard
… This April, the inaugural issue of La Vida Guide to Harvard highlighted … the College's thriving Latino community. In the wake of the popular Black Guide to Harvard, which came out last …
Issue: July-August 2004