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Rebuilt?
… Last March, Lavietes Pavilion, the home of Harvard basketball, took on an unusual feel . … Hemenway Gymnasium. Meanwhile, the coaches moved their offices to trailers, where they squeezed into cramped …
Hiram Hunn Awards
… Hunn Memorial Schools and Scholarships Awards, presented by the Harvard College Office of Admissions and Financial Aid at a ceremony in Cambridge …
Issue: September-October 2012
Where Credit is Due
… policies came into effect December 1. Henceforth, graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), Harvard Business School (HBS), …
Issue: January-February 2003
Erin McDermott Announced as Harvard’s First Woman Athletic Director
… Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Claudine Gay announced this afternoon that Erin McDermott will become the University’s new Nichols Family Athletic Director, the … held the position since 2001. “From the first moments of my conversation with Erin, I knew that I had found in her …
Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association Director Elections
… can vote for Harvard Overseers and elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. Ballots will be … back in Cambridge by noon on May 18 to be counted. Results of the election will be announced at the HAA’s annual meeting on May 24, on the afternoon of Commencement day. All Harvard degree- holders, except …
Overseer and HAA Elected Director Slates
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee … has announced the 2025 candidate slates for the Board of Overseers (one of the University’s two governing boards; five to be …
Issue: March-April 2025
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
Shawon Kinew
… Kinew is interested in how early modern sculptors pushed the boundaries of what sculpture should be able to do. “Even though they’re carving in hard marble,” explains the assistant professor of the history of art and architecture, “they’re …
Issue: January-February 2020
Turkish-inspired Delights
… At Sofra Bakery & Café in Cambridge, the phone starts ringing for take-out orders at 2 p.m. By … dinner and craving the rye-flour galette with a mélange of zucchini, goat cheese, and black garlic ($14)—it’s …
Issue: July-August 2020
Harvard Measures Its MOOCs
… From its inception in May 2012, a guiding goal of Harvard’s participation in the edX online-course venture has been to “advance teaching … program , and both edX and the for-profit online enterprise, Coursera, announced significant management …
Issue: May-June 2014
Russia Case (and Dust) Settle
… Though the two official news releases announced the same agreement, their content diverged sharply regarding the settlement of a long-running lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice …
Issue: November-December 2005
Extracurriculars
… Seasonal http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/arts 617-495-8676 April 26-29: The twentieth annual Arts First Festival offers dozens of … Realm explores the amazing diversity of mollusks, which comprise almost a quarter of all known sea-dwelling species. …
Issue: March-April 2012
Democracy
… George III that later became a military hospital during the Revolutionary War and, later still, housed Elbridge Gerry, who served as governor of Massachusetts and vice president of the United States. My comings and goings on most days …
Issue: March-April 2020
Harvard Engineering School’s Move to Allston Deferred
… Francis J. Doyle III , dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and … Perspective: A Long Time Coming The delay was not a surprise. President Lawrence S. Bacow had telegraphed the …
10 Downing Street's Gulag
… In October 1952, the British governor of Kenya, Sir Evelyn Baring, declared a state of emergency. Mau Mau rebels were attacking and killing …
Issue: March-April 2005