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Adios, Early Admissions
… has ended its early admissions deadline. Beginning in the fall of 2007, students applying for admission to the class of 2012 will face a single January 1 deadline, with …
Issue: November-December 2006
Atticus Lish ’93 Wins PEN/Faulkner Award
… Atticus Lish ’93 has been named the winner of the 2015 PEN/Faulkner award, which recognizes works of fiction by American authors. Preparation for the Next …
Action, Camera, Lights
… You’ve probably seen a great deal of Danielle Feinberg’s work without knowing it—in fact, it … accurate to say that you’ve seen a great deal by virtue of her work. Feinberg ’96 is a director of photography at … a decade and a half she’s designed lighting for many of the studio’s most successful animated worlds, from A Bug’s …
Issue: July-August 2015
Harvard’s Bid for More Hoops Glory Falls Short
… Elation over the first-ever NCAA tournament victory for Harvard men’s … the Crimson led almost the entire way in its 68-62 upset of the highly favored Lobos. But against Arizona, Harvard … record—missed their first 13 shots from the floor, and 20 of their first 22 shots. The Wildcats took advantage and …
Deciphering Lyme Disease
… Whole-genome sequencing of hundreds of samples of Borrelia burgdorferi, the tick-borne bacterium that causes Lyme disease, has …
Issue: January-February 2024
Football: Yale 23-Harvard 18
… As so often happens, The Game this year ended with the quarterback of the trailing team trying one desperation pass that, if …
Words to Live By
… The graduates heard in multiple ways how they might lead … four samples. Full texts and audio and video recordings of these and other Commencement week speeches are available … J. Gomes had long held sway, President Drew Faust, who took office in 2007, reflected on the past four years, as “you …
Issue: July-August 2011
The Government Details Its Demands
… Following the March 31 announcement that “a comprehensive review of federal contracts and grants at Harvard University and … Disciplinary reform and consistent accountability. This comprises a requirement that disciplinary policies be made …
Tim Mayotte Joins Harvard Tennis
… This February, Tim Mayotte joined the staff of the Harvard men’s tennis team as a volunteer … associate head coach Andrew Rueb '95 to improve the level of play of the Crimson squad, recently ranked twenty-second …
Short, Stubby, Sexy
… The little green car nosed its way into the concrete lobby of the Graduate School of Design in late January. At Harvard for a two-month visit …
Issue: May-June 2002
Fred Glimp, a Harvard Legend, Dies at 91
… Idaho high-school graduate Fred Glimp was serving in the Army Air Corps in Germany after World War II when he … who died on June 5, graduated with the “Great Middle Class” of 1950, joined the College admissions staff in 1954 and became dean of admissions and financial aid and later dean of the …
Katrina's Ripples
… In response to Hurricane Katrina, Harvard College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Education, and … on their experience in natural disasters, wars, refugee crises, and other catastrophes around the world to stimulate …
Issue: November-December 2005
Jerusalem Milestone
… The Israel Museum in Jerusalem defied convention in 1996 by … big anomaly,” he says. “In a country that has a huge amount of nationalist sensibility, it was unexpected to bring in an outsider. There was a lot of hesitation.” Snyder did not speak Hebrew. And although he …
Issue: November-December 2010
Several Harvard Professional Schools Move Online for Fall
… SIX of Harvard’s professional schools announced today that they will offer online-only instruction this fall, as the … health and safety; protecting the academic enterprise; sustaining the community’s breadth and diversity; and …
Lord Byron on Demand
… Harvard University Press's backlist is both one of its greatest blessings on the world of scholars and a strong source of income—but only when …
Issue: March-April 2003