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A Saudi Prince's Controversial Gift
… Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul-aziz Alsaud, reportedly the richest member of the Saudi royal family and head of the investment firm … regime,” wrote Suzanne Gershowitz ’04 of the American Enterprise Institute in National Review. “[M]uch of the concern …
Issue: March-April 2006
Weighing In
… The resignation of President Lawrence H. Summers became grist for a torrent of commentary worldwide, much of it highly political, even ideological. On March 12, in the Sunday Telegraph , Tisch professor of history Niall …
Issue: May-June 2006
China’s Social-Media Smoke Screen
… It has long been suspected that the Chinese government, as part of its effort to control the Internet within its borders, … batches of fake posts turning up around the same time as crises, holidays, and other events that might stir up public …
Issue: May-June 2017
Outside the Solar Cocoon
… Could a massive cloud of cold, interstellar gas have pushed the sun’s protective heliosphere away from Earth two to … left exposed to cosmic dust and radiation after the cocoon of solar wind enclosing the solar system was deformed. When …
Harvard Headlines: Astronaut, Consumer Advocate, Economist, Terrorism Expert
… The Boston Globe profiles astronaut Stephanie Wilson ’88 , a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers. A veteran of three space … and his coauthor, Carmen Reinhart, whose book on financial crises, This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial …
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
Treating Boston’s “Rough Sleepers”
… What will it take to eliminate homelessness? On July 12, the Harvard Club of Boston, in collaboration with the Harvard Club of Ireland … “before we forgot he was even there.” O’Connell was surprised by homeless people’s openness to interacting with …
American Cheese Cultures
… Chances are , the last time you bought cheese, you didn’t ponder the ethical implications of your purchase. But American artisanal cheesemakers, many of whom went into the business for their own ethical …
Issue: January-February 2010
Extracurriculars
… Conquer the winter blues by exploring the assortment of activities happening in and outside of Harvard Square, ranging from love stories, classical …
Issue: January-February 2006
Yearning for “Big Humanities”
… Many of Harvard's leading humanities scholars convened on October 22 to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Humanities Center—and to plot their course …
Issue: January-February 2005
Edward Snowden Interviewed by Lawrence Lessig
… Law School’s Ames Courtroom on Monday, October 20, Furman professor of law and leadership Lawrence Lessig interviewed Edward … via video conference. Using a question-and-answer format, the professor raised issues of institutional corruption and …
A Revised Gen Ed Debuts
… After a years-long redesign , a reformed version of the College’s program in General Education launches this … and pressing questions”—to equip students for life outside of the classroom more explicitly than departmental classes …
Preserving Heirs and Airs
… The stone and brick townhouse at 137 Beacon Street, a block from the Public Garden, was one of the first grand manses that helped transform the polluted … points out the central heating system. The circular shaft rises from a central opening in the second-floor ceiling, …
Issue: January-February 2015
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 , …
Harvard Anthropologist's Book Inspires Oscar-Nominated Film
… The Academy Awards on March 7 will include a nominee in the … by medical anthropologist Kimberly Theidon, associate professor of anthropology. The Spanish-language book Entre Prójimos: …