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Making Things Happen
… octogenarian Harvard classmates marched in uniform in front of the White House to protest the possibility of war in Iraq. … privatization, as they do now." Donnellan has been surprised by the high rate of political participation among 50- …
Issue: July-August 2003
Excavating 1968
… classicist Richard Thomas was telling a sold-out crowd at the Brattle Theater last Wednesday evening, before the lights dimmed for the premiere screening of Underground 68 —a film that emerged from one of those strange emails. After Thomas’s Why Bob Dylan …
Dining Workers’ Deadline
… when in 2002 its lowest-paid workers fought for, and won , the right to earn a living wage. Yesterday, the University’s … 591-18 to authorize a strike, following nearly four months of tense contract negotiations between Harvard and UNITE … proportion of employers offering plans with deductibles has risen dramatically in the last decade , reflecting both …
China Summer
… Jinhua, a prefecture composed of eight counties in the middle of Zhejiang Province—six hours by slow train south of …
Issue: September-October 2002
Martha Tedeschi to Lead Harvard Art Museums
… The Harvard Art Museums has named Martha Tedeschi its new … ’85, who left last July. Tedeschi has spent her entire professional career at the Art Institute of Chicago, arriving as an intern in 1982 and becoming a …
Brevia
… Another Nobelist Thomas C. Schelling University of Maryland Joining Mallinckrodt professor of physics Roy J. Glauber ’45, Ph.D. ’49, and MIT …
Issue: January-February 2006
Benefactor Katherine Loker Dies at 92
… Update: official University statement Katherine B. Loker, whose gifts to Harvard underwrote the renovation of the Widener Library main reading room and the …
Brevia
… provide both common spaces and calories. Food vendors on the first floor include Pavement Coffeehouse, Swissbäkers, Bon Me, Blackbird Doughnuts, … largest humanities gift in the university’s history. Enterprise Zone Advances Image courtesy of the Harvard Planning …
Issue: May-June 2018
Cambridge Scholars
… Four members of the class of 2010 have won Harvard Cambridge Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2010-2011 academic year. Government concentrator …
Issue: July-August 2010
Geneticist Jack Szostak Shares Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
… Professor of genetics Jack W. Szostak has won the Nobel Prize in … and Carol W. Greider (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine). The three scientists were recognized for their work on how …
Slow Learners
… There continues to be much ado about online learning, … in higher education (see page 64). But other kinds of learning remain the dominant, most effectual form of education. In “The Power of Patience” (page 40), Agassiz …
Issue: November-December 2013
“When in Rome”: Local Customs and Cultural Experiences
… Caribbean Think of Aruba and you’ll be whisked away to sandy afternoons, … topless beaches, and a pure blue skyline adorning the entire horizon. Yes, we love beaches (who doesn’t?) but … umbrella in a delicious daiquirí paradise to enjoy some of the island’s most popular festivals. The Aruba Carnival …
Love Nesting 101
… For the first two years of my college career, I was single. Though I dated a bit, I found the romantic waters of Harvard Yard extremely cold, populated either with overly …
Issue: July-August 2002
A Calming Presence
… The moment was easy to miss. Halfway through the third … in an early January game that Harvard would soon put out of reach, Colgate defenseman Nicole Gass skated into the zone and, from the top of the right-hand faceoff circle, snapped a hard shot toward …
Issue: March-April 2016
What to Expect
… As the summer solstice approaches on June 20—the sun high, with shadows sharp and short—shadows of a different kind loom over the University and its … coffee shops, the remaining bookstores, and other enterprises will only be amplified. A Harvard Square further …