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Plans for Allston ArtLab Move Forward
… workspaces and planned sciences and engineering complex. The University first announced the project on October 16, … the Boston Planning Development Authority. On Thursday, officials presented design details to community residents at … space at the center (for exhibitions or performances) and office, workshop, and video sound spaces surrounding it. …
Long Innings
… a batter. But in cricket, everything else happens faster: the bowler—cricket’s version of a pitcher—gets a running start, and even in recreational … per innings, two innings per game. Scorekeeping, no surprise, is a major effort. Khan, an applied mathematics and …
Issue: July-August 2013
Superlative Sailing
… In June, Harvard's sailing team captured the National Co-ed Championship in Grosse Point, Michigan. … Heavy air (up to 17 knots) on the second and third days of the regatta favored Harvard, allowing the sailors to … and B divisions. Harvard tallied 165 points—69 points ahead of the University of Hawaii's total of 234—for the widest …
Issue: September-October 2003
Class Marshals
… The elected marshals of the College class of 2007 proudly held their class banner as …
Issue: July-August 2007
Enlivening Science
… An expressed aim of the curriculum review is to assure College graduates’ … literacy in the twenty-first century. Summarizing the work of the curricular review’s committee on science and …
Issue: July-August 2005
Harvard Forward Candidates Gain Place on Overseers’ Ballot
… candidates have collected enough signatures to qualify for the balloting for the Board of Overseers this spring—and that the nomiating signatures … until then to prepare and then release the final roster of candidates (once a few formalities are completed): the …
Dustin Tingley
… is less interested in political personalities than in the mechanisms that animate politics. His new book, Sailing … Edge, is a deep, quantitative dive into how the structure of American government influences U.S. relationships with … isn’t to say he’s uninterested in the here-and-now impact of his work: “There are presidential candidates who imply …
Issue: July-August 2016
How to Read a Russian Poem
… does one read a Russian poem? Stephanie Sandler, Monrad professor of Slavic languages and literatures, had one easy answer: … Russian. Typically, master classes are led by performers; the Mahindra Humanities Center’s master classes are led by …
Asian American Alumni to Gather
… Register now for the Harvard Asian American Alumni Summit 2010, which takes … place October 15-17 in Cambridge. Asian Americans form one of the fastest-growing segments of the University alumni body, and President Drew Faust will …
Issue: September-October 2010
Latest Arrivals
… Week and longer days to follow likely means more gatherings with friends and evenings out on the town. If the usual bistros and bars don’t beckon, look to some of the newer restaurants around. From plush, fancy spots to … stop-ins, these restaurants are eager to feed a range of local appetites. Pammy’s , between Harvard and Central …
Issue: May-June 2018
Letter from Kayenta
… I live among the red rocks of the Southwest and the "red men" who are … is a desolate place with a jarring juxtaposition of primitive and modern. Wooden shade houses, crafted from a …
Issue: September-October 2002
Physician Poet
… David Moolten ’82, M.D., wakes up early in the morning—“usually between four and five,” he says. But … gets up so that he can write. “For me, that’s the best part of the day,” he explains. Why would the hours before … is also a poet, and his work has attracted the attention of prominent writers like David Ferry and Virgil Suárez. He …
Issue: September-October 2010
Sweet and Spicy
… At the rightly named Moroccan Hospitality, sisters Nouzha … ($5.99) is served as an appetizer, but the bundling of tastes—from cinnamon, crushed almonds, and eggs to a splash of rose water—is bold. The buttery phyllo-wrapped beef …
Issue: January-February 2015
Radcliffe Institute to Celebrate 15 Years
… In celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Radcliffe Institute, this year’s …
Justice and “Despair”
… “The tragedy of Israel-Palestine is that it is harder to imagine the humane futures coming true than the cruel ones,” writes … terrorism and war, critiquing a contested term and form of analysis. The effect of the “ideology of settler …
Issue: January-February 2025