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U.S. Representative Blasts Harvard’s Discipline
… U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina), chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued a … has spearheaded investigations into and severe criticisms of Harvard and many other universities since last autumn ( …
Mineralogical Marvels
… The Harvard Museum of Natural History’s mineralogical collections offer visitors a glorious display of shapes and colors, as the photograph of crocoite in the May-June issue makes …
Issue: May-June 2010
Comings and Goings
… University clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual events, including Harvard-affiliated speakers (please see the partial list below). For further information, contact …
Issue: January-February 2009
Jason Segel and Claire Danes Win Hasty Pudding Honors
… Hot on the heels of celebrating an Oscar nomination (Best Song) for his most recent film, The Muppets , actor Jason Segel has been named Hasty Pudding Man of the Year, joining actress Claire Danes , who was named …
New Library Organization Launches
… The new, leaner Harvard Library organization began … a town-hall meeting at which library workers learned of the possibility of an unspecified number of layoffs and internal job …
Design Dean to Step Down
… Peter G. Rowe, dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD) since 1992, announced in October his intention to step down at the end of this academic year. In a letter that thanked the …
Issue: January-February 2004
Graham to Step Down as Divinity School Dean
… A. Graham announced that he would relinquish his post at the end of this academic year, concluding a decade of service (he began serving as acting dean in January …
Thrice Titled
… Three minutes and 36 seconds had elapsed in the 132nd Harvard-Yale game at the Yale Bowl, and the good work of the first eight weeks of the 2015 season was unraveling. The Crimson, which the …
Issue: January-February 2016
Speaking Strategically
… Among the most important gains intended from the governance … toward future strengths. In the years since, the imperative of mounting The Harvard Campaign successfully has been, de … fellow have provided encouraging hints that the hard work of peering beyond the immediate fundraising horizon is under …
Issue: March-April 2017
Crimson in Congress, Round Three
… The contingent of Harvard matriculants in the 112th Congress totaled 35 for just over a month, until Democratic representative Jane Harman, J.D. ’69, of California, announced on February 8 that she would resign …
Rethinking Allston
… HARVARD IN LATE JUNE announced a major new set of recommendations for developing its landholdings in … Besides constructing a health- and life-sciences center on the existing unfinished foundation there, the plan envisions … new housing, retail establishments, and a business “enterprise research campus,” as well as a hotel and conference …
Issue: September-October 2011
Harvard 2007 Commencement Address
… President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members … the Internet and 24-hour news, it is still a complex enterprise to get people to truly see the problems. When an …
A Sensitive Census
… The revelation last autumn that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) had made offers of tenured professorships to only four women during …
Issue: September-October 2005
Funding Start-Up Genius in Cambridge
… In an effort to keep the next Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg from fleeing to … has partnered with a venture capital firm, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)—the first outside investor in Groupon … developed and maintained in Cambridge. Hosted by the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) , the Experiment …
Harvard and MIT Sue to Overturn Order Banning International Students from Online Learning in Residence
… Harvard and MIT this morning filed suit to prevent the federal government from enforcing a policy announced on … from studying in the United States if their institutions offer only online instruction as part of their safety precautions in response to the COVID-19 …