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… As of August 1, users of Post.Harvard —the University’s on-line alumni community—may note some changes that make the system easier to use. The new features reflect upgrades …
Issue: September-October 2005
Admissions Agenda
… for Fair Admissions (SFFA) filed suit against Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) aiming, as its website puts it, to … could overturn the current, Court-sanctioned consideration of race in admissions. And Blum might be positively giddy …
Issue: July-August 2022
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
Endowment Encore... and More?
… The Harvard Corporation has authorized another large increase in the distribution of funds from the endowment to support the academic operations of the separate schools and the University as a whole. …
Allston, Beyond the Groundbreaking
… The week after a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the future enterprise research campus (ERC) in Allston, Harvard Magazine …
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
Global Kitchen
… A few blocks from Central Square, a cozy jewel-box of a restaurant has quietly served up North African … Baraka Café’s 25 seats can fill up fast. Regulars savor the food and stylish, homegrown décor. Both reflect the roots of Alia Radjeb Meddeb, Baraka’s feisty executive chef and …
Issue: March-April 2014
Football: Penn 35, Harvard 25
… Gone, gone with the wind. At gale-swept Harvard Stadium last Saturday, the … streak was blown away by a Penn team that used big plays on offense and an opportunistic defense to win 35-25. The … into the season’s final week, there is a strong possibility of a tie for the title. The Quakers emerged with a 6-3 …
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
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 …
COVID-19: An Emergency, and a Long-Term Challenge
… on Friday, March 20, epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch , a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the school’s Center for …
Dunking from Olympian Heights
… There are not many basketball courts in London, nor do … growing up. But having found the game at the advanced age of 14, Fagbenle made her way to the Haringey Angels, one of a score of basketball clubs in the city. The Angels are …
Issue: November-December 2012
An Enchanted “Colorful Realm”
… width:407] “A Blossoming Centennial” in the March-April issue of this magazine takes an in-depth look at the exhibition … (1716–1800), on display this spring at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., as part of the centennial …
Issue: March-April 2012
On Mathematical Imagination
… The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, said Shakespeare, are … imaginary. The most monstrous thing about these fantasies, of course, is that they turn out to describe how our one and …
Issue: January-February 2004
Immortal Hands
… The Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute possesses this plaster cast of two clasped hands, a woman's and a man's. The plaster bears traces of a light wash of paint to mimic flesh. Analysts have …
Issue: July-August 2004