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Eternal Creatures
… A nudibranch. Photographs courtesy of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology Some 29 sea creatures from Harvard’s …
Issue: January-February 2007
Radcliffe Institute Dean Barbara Grosz Will Step Down
… Radcliffe Institute dean Barbara J. Grosz , Higgins professor of natural sciences, announced today that she would step down from the post effective at the end of the academic year. After a …
Nightmares
… Writing anonymously in the Harvard Crimson, a student lamented recently that the … student’s biggest nightmare.” Courses in this area, say professors, introduce students to mathematical and quantitative modes of thought. Excruciating, of course, but not unprecedented. …
Issue: September-October 2011
"L.A.'s Dopest Attorney" Has Harvard Pedigree
… Deep in the New Yorker 's exploration of the "gray-area" economy of California's marijuana growers and dispensers, a Harvard …
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced
… The names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and of the new elected directors … J.D.-M.B.A. ’04, Menlo Park, California. Partner, New Enterprise Associates. Shilla Kim-Parker ’04, M.B.A. ’09, New York …
Harvard Election Results
… The names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and elected directors of the … N.Y. Vice president, head of strategy and group enterprises, MTV Entertainment Group. Jane Labanowski ’17 , …
Phenomenal Surfaces
… Felice Frankel, who was at the time an accomplished photographer of landscape architecture, came to Harvard in 1991 as a Loeb Fellow. These open-sesame fellowships let professionals concerned with the built environment spend a …
Japanese Elegance
… Two short blocks from the touristy bustle of Faneuil Hall Marketplace is the cool, tranquil domain of Kamakura. Named for the hometown of owner and executive …
Issue: July-August 2019
Picasso Reinterpreted
… possibly be said about Les Demoiselles d’Avignon , one of the most thoroughly analyzed works of art, ever. But Suzanne Preston Blier, Clowes professor of …
Issue: July-August 2019
An Unconstrained Curriculum
… The College curriculum of the future has begun to come into focus, as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) this autumn started to discuss …
Issue: January-February 2006
Brevia
… Nameless No More The New College Theatre , a focal point for undergraduate … 2005 to 2007 by new construction behind, and a renovation of the façade of, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals venue—has become Farkas …
Issue: January-February 2012
Tea Party Passions
… The Tea Party is a marvel of modern American politics. What … home loans quickly built into a movement that altered the 2010 congressional elections and is now shaping the 2012 … field. In a new book, The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism (Oxford University Press), Thomas …
Issue: January-February 2012
Journal Opener
… Photograph by Hillel Burger. Courtesy of the Peabody Museum, Copyright © 2003 President and Fellows of Harvard College This altar at the Peabody Museum of …
Issue: November-December 2003
Endowment Insights
… Last February , three Republican members of Congress sent a questionnaire to the 56 private universities and colleges with endowments … common indicator of lower-income family circumstances), has risen from 10 percent to 18 percent. Princeton said that …
Issue: July-August 2016
Hempton Named Divinity School Dean
… has announced that David N. Hempton , McDonald Family professor of Evangelical theological studies, will become the new dean of Harvard …