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… SPECIAL. The annual ArtsFirst festival, showcasing more than 200 student performances of music, dance, and drama — most of them free and open to the public — is slated for May …
Issue: May-June 2003
“Not Meant to Be”
… When the Ivy League announced that Harvard would host the 2020 … “Best Ever.” That would mean reaching the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament—an admittedly lofty goal, but an attainable one if seniors Seth Towns, the …
Issue: May-June 2020
Next Steps
… On a Wednesday afternoon in April, members of the Paul Taylor Dance Company rehearsed Esplanade in their … only with seeming effort during darker, moodier parts of the choreography. Her steps were precise yet energetic. …
Issue: July-August 2018
Honoris Causa
… Increase Mather was already presiding over Harvard College when he received one of its first honorary degrees. (More recent presidents have generally had to wait a year after leaving office before receiving the honor.) Image courtesy of the …
Leaves That Lunch
… T he most famous carnivore of the plant kingdom, the Venus flytrap, lures insects to its … to catch a fly. Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, Gordon McKay professor of applied mathematics and mechanics, leading a …
Issue: May-June 2005
News Briefs: Important University Updates
… Quantum Quest As befits its subject, the Ph.D. program in quantum science and engineering approved by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 6 is a small part of a much … in quantum science, and most major cloud-computing enterprises, and other private businesses, are pursuing …
Issue: July-August 2021
Bridge to Mesopotamia
… In a glass case stand a dozen carved statues of gypsum alabaster — male figurines with their hands folded at their chests and their … Mesopotamians as proxy worshippers, to stand in the temples of gods and pray in their owners’ absence. “The …
Issue: November-December 2005
Sexual Violence in India’s Headlines
… In recent years , news coverage of sexual violence in India has increased, but the Indian press’s coverage has serious flaws—including a … backgrounds and to print sensationalistic depictions of rape—according to a Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) paper …
Actor Jonathan Epstein’s Sonnet Workshop: A Video
… Read Craig Lambert’s “Sonnets and the Stage” from the January-February issue of this magazine , and then watch Shakespearean actor … a sonnet with an audience member, and discuss the roots of the English language, during one of his sonnet workshops. …
An Invitation to Reminisce
… Daniel Gensler ’72 , one of the students gathered below on the steps of University Hall in this April 1969 photograph, invites …
Issue: May-June 2007
Affirmative Amicus
… Continuing a long tradition of University leadership on diversity in admissions, Harvard filed an amicus curiae brief in the University of Michigan cases scheduled for argument before the Supreme …
Issue: May-June 2003
Boston Hospitals
… Boston is a mecca of medicine, home to some of the most prestigious hospitals and medical schools, …
Issue: November-December 2012
Allston Development on Ice
… Bowing to financial reality, the University announced today that, as expected, it will … for that expansion overall, implying a longer deferral of Allston development—and raising the prospect of … Community Concerns These decisions may not wholly surprise the Allston community, but they are nonetheless likely …
An Intellectual Entente
… “Stamp collectors” was the derisive term future Nobel laureate James Watson applied to Harvard biology professors involved in classification and anatomy in the … virtually unexplored world of microbes. Will we solve the crises of next hundred years? asked Krulwich. “Yes, if we are …
Hybrid Work’s Sweet Spot
… Does hybrid work harm the bottom line? As organizations across the United States wrestle with post-COVID office policies, researchers at Harvard Business School … (HBS) present evidence for an optimally productive blended office-and-home schedule. Their findings may help managers …
Issue: January-February 2023