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The Standoff: Harvard’s Future in the Balance
… never wanted or expected this. University leaders had spent the spring in conversation with the Trump administration, … which threatened to withdraw federal funding if charges of antisemitism on campus were not addressed. But when a letter arrived on April 11 with a list of sweeping demands—effectively giving the government …
Issue: July-August 2025
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
Yesterday’s News
… 1921 The Commencement audience witnesses for the first time a “considerable group” of women standing to be declared graduates of a relatively new department of the University, the School …
Issue: May-June 2011
NSA Surveillance, Snowden, and Freedom
… Yochai Benkler, Berkman professor for entrepreneurial legal studies at Harvard Law School, spoke on December 4 about the President’s Surveillance Program (PSP, a collection of U.S. secret intelligence activities) and Edward Snowden …
Social Investing
… a diverse portfolio for Harvard's $17.5-billion endowment, the University's investment arm, Harvard Management Company (HMC), invests in hundreds of firms. That means weighing the probable return against … a committee on "University Relations with Corporate Enterprise." The report—by what came to be known as the …
Issue: July-August 2003
John Adams’s “Klinghoffer” Stirs Controversy at Metropolitan Opera
… The Metropolitan Opera in New York City, yielding to what … “unimaginable pressure” from Jewish groups that disapprove of the controversial 1991 opera The Death of Klinghoffer, by composer John Adams ’69, A.M. ’72, has …
Convocation 2023: The New Crew
… conducted on Monday, a summery, humid Labor Day afternoon, of course welcomed new students: the 1,650 or so members of the College class of 2027 (a return to a normal, …
Harvard at the Olympics
… As most students wrap up summer internships, 26 of their fellow Harvardians are spending two weeks in Paris … losing by a single point. “The Gentlemen of Harvard,” comprised of Eli Dershwitz ’18, Colin Heathcock ’28, Mitchell …
Brevia
… Public Health Professor Paul Farmer, M.D. ’88, Ph.D. ’90, has been appointed the first Kolokotrones University Professor. He had been Presley professor and chair of the …
Issue: March-April 2011
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 …
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
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced
… THE NAMES of the new members of the Board of Overseers and elected …
A Formula for Bringing Math to Life
… self-proclaimed numbers geek, Glen Whitney ’89 was so tired of hearing math labeled “boring” that he left his job as a … and created a $30-million math museum in New York City —the first of its kind in the United States, reports Bloomberg …
Cambridge 02138
… much more purple than anything else. You don’t find nearly the polarization suggested by the media, or, frankly, by scholars”—to be a correct characterization of today’s political reality. However, this reality goes … to remove her feeding tube (McConnell v. Beverly Enterprises). The original judge on the case had to be replaced …
Issue: March-April 2006
Why Aid Cuts Didn’t End Worker Shortages
… When the COVID-19 pandemic triggered global economic turmoil, including the layoffs of millions of U.S. workers, legislators responded in …
Issue: July-August 2022