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Liquidity and Leverage
… In one sense , the projected 30 percent decline in the value of the … academic operations. Because the University made use of $1.4 billion in funds from the endowment during the …
Issue: July-August 2009
Natalie Portman ’03: “Your Inexperience Is an Asset”
… a tiny blue plastic prize, Portman realized that instead of taking joy in the challenge of the game, his main goal was winning. “In a child’s …
Graduate-Student Squeeze
… Harvard graduate students will receive stipend increases of 1.5 percent next year, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Xiao-Li …
“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
Fenway Park’s First Pitch
… wind whipped down Jersey Street. Though it was early April, the freezing temperatures and snow flurries were better … the ticket windows from getting their initial glimpse of the 1912 Boston Red Sox and their new, state-of-the-art ballpark. On April 9, 1912, just 11 days before …
Issue: March-April 2012
A New Way
… Though it is not the case for an increasing number of alums, many of us can still remember a time before the internet. When …
Issue: July-August 2021
Cambridge 02138
… Discourse and the Humanities Doris Sommer’s article on the crucial place of the humanities in holding a democracy together had me … of the day.” Next year (God willing and the creeks don’t rise) will be my class’s sixtieth reunion. Were it this …
Issue: July-August 2021
A New Twist on Nature/Nuture
… Compared to other primates, humans spend a relatively short time nursing, … on parents. This unique life pattern may be the result of an evolutionary compromise between the competing interests of mothers, whose “fitness” is measured by how many …
Issue: November-December 2009
Fresh Takes on the Caribbean
… The multimedia exhibition “Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s-Today,” at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, through February 25, opens with … Mattai’s 2022 An Ocean Cradle could be a textured map of land, clouds, or shifting migrants’ routes. But up close, …
Issue: January-February 2024
A Net-Zero-Energy Victorian Home Makes History
… Earth Day encourages all of us to reflect on how we can contribute to building a … Cambridge is known worldwide as a center for innovation of all kinds, including net-zero-energy construction—the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s “HouseZero” being a …
A Space “to Convene, to Learn, and to Celebrate”
… Despite rainy weather and the mounting academic demands of the fall semester, … the river and the HBS campus for a symposium on the state of democracy at Harvard Business School (HBS). The event …
No Nonsense Filmmaking
… “We’re shining a camera into the invisibility of homeless youth,” says Lily Erlinger ’10. … we wanted to reach down and make it visible.” The appeal of social-cause filmmaking launched Erlinger and Rebecca …
Issue: November-December 2011
Court Sparks
… Brogan Berry The point guard —the #1 position—is the quarterback of a basketball team. She’s the floor leader, starting the attack and shouting defensive signals. Much of the team’s success or failure hinges on her …
Issue: November-December 2011
HOLLIS Improved
… Choosing the relative peace of July, when the inevitable bugs could … the University Library released a greatly improved version of the Harvard Online Library Information System (HOLLIS). …
Issue: September-October 2002
Smooth Start
… Leaders of this and other campuses wracked by turmoil during the 2023-2024 … down, protestors were biding their time, the intensity of the war briefly declined, or something else changed in … whether a “hostile environment” for Jewish students has arisen on campus—meaning that the schools must determine …
Issue: November-December 2024