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The Affront of Relegation
… In his remarks to the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association on June … L. Rudenstine spoke about the moral concerns--and example--of the Commencement afternoon guest speakers, Seamus …
Off the Shelf
… Helping Students and Teachers Reach Across Lines of Disagreement, by Kent Lenci, Ed.M. ’05 (Routledge, $29.95 … Drawing on two decades of experience in middle schools, the author crafts a surprisingly warm and hopeful guidebook … the danger is real and a major cause of “the relentless rise of authoritarianism.” Unless capitalism is reformed by …
Issue: March-April 2023
In Defense of Liberal Arts
… I didn’t fully realize the value of a liberal arts education until I was removed … and energy policy. “I think I would have been very surprised in freshman year of college if you told me that that’s …
Issue: September-October 2023
A Box of Pox
… Benjamin Waterhouse, M.D. (hon.) 1786, called smallpox the "devouring monster." Today it is the only naturally … from Jenner to Waterhouse and so inscribed, arrived full of quills impregnated with cowpox vaccine matter. Waterhouse … to me what the sun is to the moon…." Portrait courtesy of the Harvard University Portrait Collection, ©President …
Issue: May-June 2003
A New Portrait of “Jackie”
… It might be impossible to make original art about the Kennedys. A writer could be intimidated by the speculative accounts of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination as penned by … may feel compelled to reenact the famous photographs of November 22, 1963, in living color: the First Lady in …
“Getting Out of the Way of the Work”
… There’s a line out the Cooper Gallery’s doors, wrapping back … it inside, they make it worth our while: I sample some kind of fritter that seems to involve crab and wasabi, and a spear of asparagus wrapped in bacon. “How old are you?” the …
“People Were Making Bricks Out of Straw”
… “We have to see our own power.” That was the core message from civil rights lawyer and 2022 Radcliffe … remarks were intended to inspire, but also to warn: “One of the reasons that we're in the situation that we're in,” … ’92, J.D. ’96. The president and director-counsel emerita of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF)—an …
The Risks of Homeschooling
… A rapidly increasing number of American families are opting out of sending their children to school, choosing instead to educate them …
Issue: May-June 2020
The Senior Housing Shortfall
… As the ranks of American seniors swell with aging baby boomers, … (JCHS) predict. They note that there is an acute lack of safe, affordable, and accessible housing options to … involved in maintaining a home, and we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the number of older adults paying mortgages into …
Issue: March-April 2023
Mumblecore’s Maestro
… interview with Andrew Bujalski—in a chichi Manhattan hotel, the morning of the theatrical release of his latest movie, Results —were … and by the end, “It’s just not…conventional. I’m always surprised by that. I’m always rather shocked that what I’m doing …
Issue: September-October 2015
Caliphate of Terror
… This year, a group of international terrorists announced its intention to affect an election with the goal of replacing a government that favored the Iraq war with one …
Issue: July-August 2004
Playing Offense
… president again, launched a sweeping attack on any hint of diversity and equity within federal reach. Two months later, as this is written, it’s clear that the administration is pursuing a multifront assault on … not existential, for places like Columbia. (American Enterprise Institute polemicist Max Eden in December called …
Issue: May-June 2025
The Talking Cure
… and risk-management departments have told doctors that if they make a mistake, the last thing they should do is admit … talk openly to patients even when harm occurs in the course of medical care. In 2001, the national accrediting body for … that the total spent on compensating patients would rise by about a quarter, from $5.6 billion to $7 billion a …
Issue: March-April 2008
The End of the “Course”?
… On April Fools’ Day in 2009, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) announced the end of printed versions of its iconic Courses of Instruction …
On the University's Agenda
… As the academic year ended, University leaders in various … International Harvard Allston In a briefing for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at its May 6 meeting, President … would ultimately serve other Harvard buildings as they arise nearby. Bioengineering One tenant for that science …
Issue: July-August 2008