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Up Three Times
… It’s one of the least understood, and most difficult, events in a track and field meet. Yet the essence of the triple jump is simple: jump three times. The rules, …
Issue: May-June 2006
With Friends Like These
… On the surface , the new Netflix series Friends from College is about a particular type of nostalgia among the Ivy League set. Each of its main characters hates his or her life in a distinct …
Jazz Photographer Frank Stewart, at Harvard
… Capturing the energy and spirit of jazz through still-image … and singer Camille Thurman, whose album Waiting for the Sunrise won this year’s best “jazz with vocals” Independent …
Issue: November-December 2019
Class Gifts
… The University had received $506 million in gifts through May 31 of the fiscal year, $13 million ahead of donation totals at the same time a year ago, according to …
Issue: July-August 2006
Lord Mayor for a Day
… friend and Dunster classmate, Michael Mainelli, was elected the 695 th Lord Mayor of London. While we both graduated from Harvard in 1984, … dignitaries. Back to Mansion House First , a surprise guest! Another classmate of Michael’s (May Pian-Smith …
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
Homecomings
… I think the enormity of my decision hit me when the plane flew out of Sydney airport and I watched the famous Opera House, its … from my Jennifer Aniston. I liked bagels. Yet what has surprised me the most during my stint in the States is the …
Issue: January-February 2005
Local Bounty
… For many reasons, many people are joining the ranks of the local-food movement--those bent on … grown and produced regionally. The number and breadth of goods sold at farmers’ markets around New England have …
Issue: November-December 2010
A Shakeup at Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative
… “Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.” That’s how Harvard historian Vincent … it. The layoffs, Cellini said, took him and his team by surprise. “At 10:45 a.m. , I got a phone call from the …
Sexual Harassment and Assault Complaints Increased 65 Percent Last Year
… A new report released by the Title IX Office and the Office for Dispute Resolution … the number of formal complaints filed with the ODR has risen by 65 percent, from 26 to 43—a number that the …
An Icy Amenity
… Photograph by Stu Rosner Dean of the Law School Elena Kagan testified that she decided on the spur of a frozen moment in January to flood the field by Harkness …
Issue: March-April 2004
Merrick Garland’s Commencement Address
… introduction. And thank you to my wife, Lynn, Harvard Class of 1982, for listening to President Bacow’s introduction without laughing out loud at the parts that were overly generous. It truly is an honor to … Standing on this stage today would have been a great surprise to the 17-year-old me who first set foot on this …
Brockton’s Enterprising Restaurateurs
… happily serve his signature “green tea shot” with a dose of geography. His regulars, many born or raised in Cape Verde, know about the West African islands, but for others he pulls up … is.” By that time, diners are relaxing into the spirit of the lively spot in downtown Brockton, a city of more than …
Issue: January-February 2023
Online Takes Off
… The pandemic’s effects on classroom teaching were immediate and binary: given the dangers of viral transmission, courses last March were hurriedly … adapted to Zoom, and, last fall, more refined versions of online pedagogy appeared (see “School Goes Remote,” …
Issue: March-April 2021
Pay Dirt in Yard Dig
… hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Five pieces of lead type turned up near Matthews Hall this year, a stop-the-presses flash from the past. They were unearthed by students and faculty of Anthropology 1130: “Archaeology of Harvard Yard.” In …
Issue: July-August 2008