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In Latin and Otherwise
… The history of Commencement speeches at Harvard stretches back for centuries, but the 273-word sentence in this year’s Latin Salutatory may … uttered at “these festival rites.” In his colossal string of words, Michael Kenneth Velchik ’12 purports to summarize …
Steve Gould's Baseball Blind Spot
… The favorite baseball player of the late Harvard professor Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002)—as readers of a … lot to do with the earlier rounds of selection in any enterprise, but what you put into it on your own, how hard you …
Issue: March-April 2003
Loving Critics
… A t the end of most weekdays during the academic year, I settle into my chair, take a deep … folder. Inside are at least twenty-four hours’ worth of mail addressed to the president—emails and postal mail, …
Issue: November-December 2022
Charles Lieber Arrested
… Charles Lieber, chair of Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology, and a University Professor , a designation bestowed on only the most eminent scholars, has been arrested, charged with …
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced
… THE NAMES of the new members of the Board of Overseers and elected …
1760s Extracurriculars
… colleges still in existence. Institutional histories cover their founding and leadership, but lack some of the gritty essence of students’ daily lives then. In Pedagogues and Protestors: …
Issue: July-August 2017
Rebecca Henderson: Does Capitalism Need to be Reimagined?
… Climate change is out of control, leading many people to question whether it isn’t just fossil fuels, but our entire economic … vision for recalibrating capitalism to meet the linked crises of climate change and extreme inequality is a …
“At Harvard...”
… Just one month ago , nearly 300 men and women, from the Class of 1961 to the Class of 2017, from across the country and … and Mark Zuckerberg honed the algorithms that spurred the rise of social media. At Harvard, poets like Longfellow, …
Issue: November-December 2013
“Patchwork Futures”
… In the future imagined by Malka Older ’99, author of … narrative from reality has become a medical diagnosis, officially codified as “narrative disorder.” Older describes …
Issue: September-October 2017
Ivy Sports in Retreat
… Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, universities across the country … citing pandemic-related economic strains. The University of Cincinnati, Furman, Central Michigan, and East … and outdoor track and field and cross country, which comprised three of the 11 cut teams, were later reinstated. The …
Many Voices
… I know when to speak out on an issue—a question I get more often these days. As any frequent reader of this column would surmise, I am wary of giving the …
Issue: September-October 2021
Reuning with Radcliffe and Harvard
… The Radcliffe Class of 1963 has made history. Not only were its members the first group of 'Cliffies to receive Harvard degrees, they were also the …
Issue: May-June 2003
Sagittarian Students
… is crucial. Three stabilizer rods, in fact, are attached to the center of your bow to steady it, like a tightrope walker’s pole. … up the bow, then tie together the thumb and middle finger of the hand holding it with a bow sling, a short cord; …
Issue: November-December 2009
Paradigm Shift
… From the dawn of the twenty-first century until last fall, the football squads of Pennsylvania and Harvard ruled the Ivy League roost. …
Issue: January-February 2006
Learning Curve
… When the Harvard football team kicked off its 150th season at the … football coach, announced his retirement at the end of the 2023 season, which had brought an 8-2 overall record …
Issue: November-December 2024