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Justice Souter’s Speech: A Conversation Begins
… Some audience members may have been puzzled by the constitutional history lesson , rather than traditional graduation send-off, that retired Supreme Court associate justice David H. Souter ’61, LL.B. ’66, delivered on the afternoon of Commencement day, May 27—a challenge to the “originalist” …
Off Harvard Time
… happiness and reflective decision-making short shrift in the race for academic accolades and pre-professional success: focusing on the seminar papers and … of taking time away from school should come as no surprise. Students have long had the option of taking a “gap …
Issue: March-April 2008
Stadium Stories
… November 1903: Dartmouth scores the first Stadium touchdown. Note unfinished stands. Harvard … University team had the ball but a few minutes. Several of the Harvard players were not in first-class shape as they … '55 running the anchor leg—Harvard pulls out a surprise victory over undefeated Yale, 72-68. 1954: Cochran …
Issue: September-October 2003
Kathy Giusti to Address HBS Graduating Class
… Kathy Giusti, M.B.A. ’85, founder and CEO of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), will address this year's imminent graduates of Harvard Business School as Class Day speaker. She founded …
Harvard Kennedy School Reverses Position on Human-Rights Fellowship
… T he highly contested public debate over the Harvard Kennedy School’s decision not to appoint a … in recent weeks—has, today, been followed by a reversal of that decision. Last spring, the Carr Center for Human … within the community and beyond when such differences arise. In issues concerning HKS—which lives at the center of …
Thinking Conceptually
… no mind—even a young one—is a blank slate. Children under the age of five, for example, think that the wind and sun are alive, … disease on these same scientific concepts, the results surprised her. Many of her study subjects at Massachusetts …
Issue: January-February 2015
Owl, Pussycat
… May 12, 2012 , the bicentennial of the birth of the English artist, illustrator, and author Edward Lear, …
Issue: July-August 2012
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
New Fellows
… s Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows for the 2012-2013 academic year will be Cherone Duggan ’14 and … harvardmagazine.com, among other responsibilities. Duggan, of Carbury, County Kildare, Ireland (a small farming community about 30 miles west of Dublin), and Winthrop House, first came to Harvard as a …
Issue: September-October 2012
Democrats, Republicans, and Zero-Sum Thinking
… mindset is increasingly shaped by “zero-sum” views of policy and society: the belief that gains achieved by one individual or group come at the expense of another. If the resources available are fixed in supply, …
Hoffa and Harvard Law
… Jack Goldsmith is Shattuck professor of law. As such, he is known for his work on the legal aspects of terrorism, national security, and other …
Issue: November-December 2019
Biology in This Century
… Biology will be the technology of this young century. During the past 50 years, biology has developed from a soft science that described macroscopic phenomena into a …
Issue: September-October 2011
"Thank You, Alumni"
… The University comprises many things —buildings, history, and world-renowned professors—“but it is the alumni who help make Harvard what it … James F. Rothenberg ’68, M.B.A. ’70, on June 4. He spoke of alumni contributions at the HAA’s annual meeting, taking …
Issue: July-August 2009
Star Power in Politics
… people vote for celebrities? When surveyed, voters say that they prefer elected representatives who are not famous for … fundamental to democracy than casting a vote, the question of how voters choose among candidates—and the extent to … Center for International Affairs (WCFIA). Candidates often “dedicate considerable resources to getting their …
Issue: July-August 2017
Dandy "Bandy" Captain from Harvard
… The sport of "bandy" resembles ice hockey, but uses a ball, … and covers about twice as much ice with 11 players instead of six. It has an international presence, especially in … and Scandinavia; bandy followers even hope to add it to the Olympic Winter Games schedule in the future. Yet the …