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Hertzberg, Marx, Wood Score Award Nominations
… The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) announced the finalists for the 2009 National Magazine Awards this … to Harvard Magazine readers. Patricia Marx ’75 was profiled in our March-April 2008 issue, and ASME also took …
Update: Chemistry Professor Wins Prize for Imaging Techniques
… Professor of chemistry and chemical biology X. Sunney Xie, whose work is detailed in the cover story of our current issue, has won the Berthold Leibinger Research Prize for laser technology. …
Academic Allston, At Last
… Harvard began banking land for expansion in Allston, beyond the Harvard Business School (HBS) campus, academic growth … involved are fostering intellectual collaborations ahead of their physical colocation. The flagship project, housing … academic growth and the anticipated siting of an “enterprise research campus” with significant commercial office and …
Issue: July-August 2016
New Post to Coordinate BGLTQ Resources for Undergraduates
… Dean of Harvard College Evelynn M. Hammonds announced on April 27 … intention to establish an “important new position within the College’s student support services”: she will name a … undergraduates and “take a leadership role in the creation of new programs and initiatives.” Creating such a post was …
Cryptic Puzzle: “Jazzman”
… Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solution You can … subscribe to his mailing list. “Jazzman” solvers (Because of a computer problem, I lost track of the order in which I received responses and may have …
Urban Adventure Quest, Boston
… scavenger hunts in Boston. One covers landmarks along the Freedom Trail, and the other Boston Harbor; both pose … House Photograph by Diego Grandi/Alamy Stock Photo A team of two to five people—friends, colleagues, or family … encouraged. And anyone who joins numerous quests—which are offered in more than 40 locations, including Memphis, …
Issue: November-December 2020
Brevia
… Finding a Fellow The search for a new member of the Harvard … to identify standards and appropriate practices for enterprises in relation to human rights. The work links businesses …
Issue: November-December 2005
Behind the Scenes: Digging into the housing crisis
… Managing editor Jonathan Shaw takes a deeper look into the factors driving unaffordability. News coverage of the astronomically high cost of housing tends to emphasize short-term factors such as …
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 …
Harvard Calendar
… THEATER. The American Repertory Theatre presents the return engagement of George Gershwin Alone, by Hershey Felder, from July 5 to 26, followed by the premiere, from August 1 to 17, of Felder's Romantique, which depicts love and friendship …
Issue: July-August 2003
Black Students Speak
… told listeners Tuesday evening during an online discussion of his newest book, School Clothes: A Collective Memoir of Black Student Witness . A professor at Harvard’s Graduate …
Lessons from Libya?
… In the spring of 2007, this magazine published a brief news item observing that "Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter, perhaps the world's preeminent corporate strategist, is advising the …
Footfalls...and Failures
… As the summer months trickle through my sweaty fingers, September looms, bringing with it the first of my Lasts. For the last time, I will return to Harvard an … “You missed a point!” Whether stated with glee or mere surprise, the expectation was clear. Anything less than …
Issue: September-October 2006
Football: Princeton 39, Harvard 34
… football team held a 34-10 lead and was on its way to another big win. Then the heavens fell. The Tiger offense scored 29 unanswered points—the last seven with 13 … out an astonishing 39-34 victory. The loss was the first of the season for Harvard (5-1, 2-1 Ivy League), and the …
Harvard Library Leaders Discuss Reorganization, New Portal
… A few days after the quiet debut of a new online portal for the Harvard … to discuss the milestones achieved in the development of the new, consolidated organization of the Harvard Library …