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“Unlikely Writer” Gawande to Speak at HMS Class Day
… Atul Gawande —associate professor in the department of health policy at the Harvard School of Public Health …
“Villanelle” for a Choir
… The sound of a Harvard Commencement, for many, is the sound of choirs singing—exposed, organic, human. "To …
University People
… Dean Dench Emma Dench Rose Lincoln/HPAC McLean professor of ancient and modern history and of the classics Emma Dench , the interim dean of the Graduate …
Issue: May-June 2018
“Transformative Thought” with Gloria Steinem
… The first decade of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study ended on a high note with the presentation of the Radcliffe Medal to writer and organizer Gloria …
Vulnerable Patients, Quality Care
… slogan , “Medicine that matters,” Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program ( BHCHP ) serves more than 12,000 … and dental services; a pharmacy; administrative offices; and a medical respite unit. Operating around the clock, BHCHP is one of more than 240 Health Care for the Homeless programs in …
Issue: January-February 2016
A Novel Refracting Harvard History
… ’63 and Hugh Shipley ’63 weren’t really friends until the fall of their senior year, although they knew each other on sight … trajectory for Ed Cantowitz, who leaves Harvard and quickly rises to the summit of the business world thanks to his …
Ecophilic Initiatives
… The University will cut its net greenhouse-gas emissions by … been going green in other ways. For example: Discussions of climate change and air pollution often take on a somber and even apocalyptic tone—but the …
Issue: September-October 2008
Update: Harvard Law School Faculty Approves Open Access
… In a unanimous vote, members of the Harvard Law School (HLS) faculty have approved making their scholarly articles available on line free of charge. HLS is the first law school to take this action, …
Widener Reborn
… On the afternoon of October 1, three students with gleaming brass horns, from each of which a banner emblazoned with an "H" hung down, mounted the stylobate of Widener Library and blew a fanfare. …
Issue: November-December 2004
Demographic Subplots
… timing: Ages at first marriage range widely around the world. In India the median age at first marriage for … at 31. In the United States, for 25 years in the middle of the twentieth century, the median age of first-time brides never reached 21, dipping from 20.5 in …
Issue: November-December 2004
Commencement Talk 2017
… Reclaiming “What We Know about Life” MIT’s Mauzé professor of the social studies of science and technology, Sherry Turkle …
Issue: July-August 2017
Adjacent but Unequal
… Within that cohort, he documented separate groups: the “privileged poor,” who had gained access to day, … introduced them to the social norms and academic culture of elite higher education (for example, making use of office hours); and the “doubly disadvantaged,” whose path …
Issue: March-April 2019
New “Anything Goes” with Alumni Roles
… A revival of the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes in New York, reviewed by Ben Brantley in the New York Times, draws on the talents of several Harvard-educated theater types. Brantley takes …
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
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