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Blades of Yore
… Here we see the skates and stick (blade left) of Leverett Saltonstall … LL.B. ’17, LL.D. ’42, who made at least one notable use of them before he became a Republican governor of …
Issue: March-April 2007
RISD Craft Fair
… Vermont designer George Sawyer grew up “in the wood shavings in my father’s Windsor chair shop,” and … studio. Using local wood, he explores “the interconnection of the natural world and human effort, those things that can and cannot be controlled within the framework of functional forms.” See his elegant furniture—and hundreds …
Issue: September-October 2023
The Air of Contentment
… 1636 (now Dedham, Massachusetts), it was likely to make use of his crucial skill: spinning-wheel maker. Every family … weaving cloth, says Leslie Griesmer, business manager at the Fairbanks House historic site —“the oldest wood-frame … the dark, low-ceilinged dwelling that includes a warren of rooms added over time, it’s easy to imagine hunkering …
Issue: September-October 2019
What Roman Ruins Reveal
… Geophysical proofs are not the only kinds of evidence Mitrovica marshals to illuminate the history of sea-level rise. One of his favorite examples comes from a fellow …
Issue: September-October 2016
A Grammar of Pain
… As Of Men and War opens, a trumpet moans and won’t resolve into taps, and a van traps men who let it bounce them. They rarely come to town, they say. They are quick to … myself.” The scene ends then, and then the music of flutes rises behind a desert highway that speeds past the camera. …
Turning Green into Gold
… Developed by two twenty-somethings in a garage in Berkeley, the device “has the ability to transform the entire … vending-machine industry,” he asserts, “taking trucks off the road and saving enormous amounts of energy.” This … and economics—in the context of the 1970s energy crises. He was impressed as a freshman when President Richard …
Issue: March-April 2009
Balkanizing the Web?
… Originally, the World Wide Web was envisioned as exactly that: a global vehicle for the unimpeded flow of information, without barriers, dams, blocks, filters, or … (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) data when the machines are idle. That way, he says, "computers all around …
Issue: November-December 2002
Building Boom
… The University is on a building boom of sorts. The campus … and 1970s. Now, science facilities and housing are on the rise, fueled by federal biomedical research and the 1990s …
Issue: May-June 2005
Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty
… Harvard Magazine welcomed loyal and generous donors to the magazine to a private viewing of To Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty , highlights from the collection …
All Eyes on China
… T minus two weeks to the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China. Amid … "PSB [Public Security Bureau] personnel may conduct surprised [sic] inspection of our property without notification …
Historic Threads
… By the time the talented and shrewd Samuel Slater arrived in … Rhode Island, in 1790, the race to mechanize was on. Groups of carpenters and mechanics, funded by businessmen, were … that also led to the influx of immigrant workers, the rise of labor unions, widescale railroad infrastructure, and …
Issue: May-June 2020
Amy Poehler Honored as Woman of the Year
… As a former long-time member and co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe, comedic actress … gave as good as she got at the annual Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year roast. “You know—amazing,” Poehler said, after …
Vita: Alexander Hamilton Rice
… man who served as a faculty member and director and founder of the Harvard Institute of Geographical Exploration (1929-1952). His ultimate …
Issue: March-April 2013
Vita: Alexandre Dumas
… He was the son of a black slave and a renegade French aristocrat, … Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) when the island was the center of the world sugar trade. The boy’s uncle was a rich, … His son, the Dumas we all know, echoed the dizzying rise and tragic downfall of his own father in The Three …
Issue: November-December 2012
Helen Mirren Named Woman of the Year
… Helen Mirren —best known for her Oscar-winning portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen and Emmy-winning role in the Prime Suspect series — will receive the Hasty Pudding Club’s 2014 Woman of the Year Award, honoring “a talented and renowned actress …