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Developmental Troubles
… When the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) was disbanded in 2000, it meant the disappearance of the University's largest entity devoted to international … structural problems, a 1997 scandal in Russia over conflict-of-interest charges, and financial deficits in its final two …
Issue: September-October 2002
Cambridge 02138
… Economic Mobility I applaud members of the Workforce team (“ Making It in America ,” May-June, page … were not common before 2004, when the numbers began to rise rapidly, going from about 3 percent to 7 percent of …
Issue: July-August 2022
Teaching Values
… Should discussions of moral principles form part of the curriculum in public schools? Katherine Simon '85 has …
Issue: January-February 2002
“Design Is Not an Intellectual Exercise”
… Standing before a graduating class of soon-to-be architects and designers and urban planners at the Graduate School of Design’s Class Day, Teju Cole—the Vidal professor of the …
Heads of the Parade
… reunions anymore,” said George Post ’45, who turns 102 in the fall, at this year’s third annual Alumni Day, on Friday, … the last few months reaching out to the nine living members of his class to encourage them to come—no easy feat when … I cherish this place so much,” Huberman said, in a class of 1944 hat and jacket that he received 55 years ago at his …
“Crimmigration”
… “It often happens,” says Phil Torrey, managing attorney of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program …
Issue: July-August 2018
Tata Hall Dedicated at HBS
… at Harvard Business School (HBS) each year, and many of them will be living and learning in Tata Hall, dedicated in … many years. “Those 13 weeks were the most important time of my life in the way they transformed me and increased my …
Football: Harvard 35, Lafayette 16
… Harvard’s 35-16 win at the Stadium on Saturday produced some surprises. Five and a half minutes into the game, the Crimson … a senior, has been the regular place-kicker since the start of his freshman season. Backup kicker Andrew Flesher …
Jete Propelled
… Heather Watts says that she prepared for teaching her Harvard … each and every Monday.” Her presence on campus is a sign of a burgeoning of interest in dance at Harvard and a flowering of …
Issue: May-June 2007
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced
… The names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and elected …
“We Must Cross Over”
… priorities. A detailed report on his tenure will appear in the next issue. Today, I speak from this podium a final … time as your president. As I depart, I want to thank all of you—students, faculty, alumni, and staff—with … I have been privileged to work over these past years. Some of us have had our disagreements, but I know that which …
Issue: July-August 2006
How Globalization Begets Inequality
… In 1980, according to World Bank estimates, average income there was less than $200, measured in current U.S. dollars. … who really benefited from development during this period of increasing globalization. In fact, this economic … by growing income inequality. China’s Gini index (a measure of income distribution where 0 is perfect equality and 1 is …
Issue: March-April 2015
Extracurriculars
… cambridgema.gov This dynamic annual event, dating to the 1970s, features a smorgasbord of music, dance, and theater performances, hands-on family … (June 21) Music Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras boxoffice.harvard.edu The 67th final concert of the season, …
General Counsel Diane Lopez to Retire
… president and general counsel Diane Lopez will retire at the end of February, the University announced today. She has served … also helped Harvard to grow and direct its research enterprise. Her practice has included work on the protection of …
Rhode Island Blues
… , denial, and pugnacious, abrasive families permeate the dark stories of Jean McGarry ’70. The Providence, Rhode Island, native has set down an unblinking account of the blue-collar Irish of that state. “It’s a clannish …
Issue: July-August 2014