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Humanist at Harvard
… Finding Humanism listed among the 26 religions represented on the Board of Ministry at Harvard may seem curious, but Humanist chaplain Thomas Ferrick relishes that as one of many anomalies about his job. Humanism, as defined by the …
Issue: May-June 2005
Green Gauge
… The ever-useful Harvard University Fact Book (published annually by the Office of Budgets, Financial Planning, and Institutional Research, …
Issue: November-December 2007
Open Access
… In an historic vote, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) moved to make the … freely available to anyone, “disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as possible.” The …
Issue: May-June 2008
One Small Step for Music
… In the summer of 1977, NASA rocketed two spacecraft out of Earth’s orbit. Their mission: explore the unexplored. NASA had already been …
Issue: July-August 2020
Urban Forays
… Compared to that vast metropolitan zone to the southwest where concrete environs pack in the summer … and fountains—allows those out and about to find a spot of shade and a breeze, often carrying a salty edge. What follows is a selection of …
Issue: July-August 2015
Chapter & Verse
… James Wallace seeks to learn the origin of, and find more verses of, parody lyrics for “Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1,” …
Issue: March-April 2006
Stories from Botswana
… Statistics and journal articles do not begin to convey the human toll of HIV. Lasker professor of health sciences Myron “Max” Essex has seen that …
Voicings: John Adams
… The celebrated Nixon in China (1987) by composer John Adams ’69, A.M. ’72, was the first of four operas that, along with many orchestral and chamber … have won him international renown. On the Transmigration of Souls, a musical memorial to the victims of the September …
Issue: July-August 2007
Centered on Children
… Recruiting Jack Shonkoff in 2006 was the key to creating the new Center on the Developing Child (CDC), says University provost Steven Hyman. In Shonkoff, Harvard has “a person of enormous energy, with …
Issue: March-April 2009
Development Doyenne
… Much remains to be decided about the scope, themes, and timing of Harvard's next major capital campaign. But this much is … who became Harvard Business School's chief financial officer in 1996 and then added external affairs to her …
Issue: January-February 2004
Carrier Commander
… As captain of the USS John F. Kennedy, patroling the north Arabian Sea, … it curious that I'm from Harvard, since there aren't a lot of Harvard grads in the military. There were actually five …
Issue: September-October 2002
Directions and Parking
… The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (CHSI) is located in the Science Center at One Oxford Street in Cambridge. The … For your convenience, we have reserved a limited number of parking spots at one of Harvard's parking garages at no …
Inner Vision
… Artist Francie Randolph ’87, Ed.M. ’96, of Truro, Massachusetts, was looking for a visual element that could unite the ideas of failure and imagination. She was designing a limited …
Issue: July-August 2010
A Pudding Pot for Justin Timberlake
… Justin Timberlake was at Harvard on February 5 to accept the Man of the Year award from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, just before the début performance of HPT's 2010 musical, Commie Dearest! . The Crimson and the …
“Today's Speech is Going to Be a Little Different”
… The Class Day speaker chosen by the class of 2003, comedian … doublespeak, a world in which your limo to the airport is often a half-hour late." then U.S. president George W. Bush, …