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Cambridge Scholars
… Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2019-2020 academic year. Madeleine Woods, of Colorado and Winthrop House, an English and folklore and … de Jersey Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College; Mahnoor Ali, of California and Adams House, a comparative literature …
Issue: July-August 2019
Vice President Sally Zeckhauser to Retire
… for administration (VPA) since 1988, will retire at the end of the academic year, effective June 30, the … President Drew Faust said, "Sally Zeckhauser has been one of Harvard's most dedicated and effective administrative …
Chapter & Verse
… can identify "Fougère," a reference in an 1895 review of The Importance of Being Earnest in which Cecily is described as "an ingenue …
Issue: May-June 2003
Reopening. . .Carefully
… Setting the stage. During the 17 pandemic months, Harvard’s grounds … features are splendidly beautified with a forest of witch hazels, dwarf fothergillas, clethras, sumacs and more, underplanted with a carpet of sky-blue-blooming plumbago against a backdrop of cheery …
Issue: November-December 2021
Financial Update: Harvard Retains Triple-A Rating, Princeton Foresees Deeper Cuts
… Moody's Investors Service , the credit-rating agency, has issued a review of Harvard's creditworthiness, and maintained its Aaa and associated ratings on $5.8 billion of outstanding debt, with a "stable" outlook for the future. …
Harvard Basketball's Sibling Stars
… outside Lavietes Pavilion, bobbing to music and smiling as their friends played cornhole and noshed on pizza. With … career at Southwest Texas State and a stint playing professionally in Argentina. After retiring, he frequently … Mason, quarterback and wide receiver. Photograph courtesy of the Forbes family The siblings were also relentlessly …
Down-Home Elegance
… The incongruous pleasure of No. 9 Park lies in its homey … cuisine is dished out in the relaxed but decorous environs of a Beacon Hill bistro. The chic 1940s Milan-inspired décor …
Harvard’s Sexual-Assault Problem
… On September 21 , Harvard released the results of a sexual-conduct survey conducted among its … for nonconsensual touching are included, that figure rises to 31.2 percent. Consumption of alcohol—by the …
Issue: November-December 2015
Harvard Commencement to Be Virtual Again
… President Lawrence S. Bacow informed the community this morning that degree-conferring exercises for the class of 2021 will again be virtual, building upon the experience … to operate virtually again this spring comes as no real surprise. On the other hand, there are people around campus this …
Somethings Old, Somethings New
… Harvard knows how to stage awesome graduations—not just the spectacle of the Commencement exercises in Tercentenary Theatre, but … life. Take advantage of these opportunities when they arise. Whatever you do with your Harvard education, please be …
John S. Rosenberg , Jacob Sweet
Contextualizing Inauguration Day through Presidential Portraits
… The group of visitors who crowded around to hear a gallery talk about presidential portraits at the Harvard Art Museums today were, perhaps inadvertently, participating in a form of creative resistance. Ethan Lasser , head of the division …
Among the Oyster Houses
… long, an oyster farm and raw bar on Duxbury Bay has been the site of a public art installation that offers a playful homage to the Commonwealth’s rural coast …
Living the Science Fiction Fantasy
… obvious now that science fiction was going to win out for Catherine Asaro , Ph.D. ’85. By the time she sat down in … Skolian Empire saga—about an interstellar civilization of warrior queens and biologically enhanced empaths locked … “At first, I made up stories about little girls going off into space with their cats. And there was a cat planet, …
Issue: January-February 2024
America’s Oldest Synagogue
… Manhattan might have the longest-standing Jewish congregation in the country, but … community, and stands today as a testament to principles of religious tolerance in America. The historic building and … been ill-treated, the new arrivals chose instead a colony of multiple faiths led by those who, like Rhode Island …
Issue: September-October 2021
Our Memes, Ourselves
… I stare at a stock photo on my Facebook feed of a blond woman leaning over an infant, both caught in a delighted gaze. The generic rendering of motherly bliss has been repurposed into a two-panel …
Issue: July-August 2017