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… to Readers We hope that you are safe and well—and that by the time this issue is posted online and reaches your … made significant progress in reducing the baleful effects of the coronavirus (due in part to the contributions of … to litigating for the rights of victims of abuse. I am surprised that the magazine gave a forum to ideas that have been …
Issue: July-August 2020
Uncommon Chef
… In the summer of 2003, a new eatery popped up among the numerous meat-and-potato diners and … in Spooner, a northwestern Wisconsin town with a population of fewer than 3,000. A cheerful red rooster was painted on …
Issue: July-August 2006
Seamus Heaney Dies
… Seamus Heaney, the Irish poet who honored Harvard’s 350th anniversary … Anniversary” and spoke movingly at its Commencement in 2000 of the responsibilities of those within its walls to extend the boundaries of free …
Among the Oyster Houses
… long, an oyster farm and raw bar on Duxbury Bay has been the site of a public art installation that offers a playful homage to the Commonwealth’s rural coast …
At Home with Harvard: Spring Blooms
… when social distancing has changed everyone’s life, all of us working remotely from Harvard Magazine find it … for exercise and to clear our heads. Especially now, when the seasons are beginning to turn in eastern Massachusetts, … capturing images outdoors, the “golden hours” just after sunrise and just before sunset provide dramatic light. For …
Largiantur Donatores
… The University had received $493 million in donations through May 31 of the fiscal year, according to University Treasurer James F. Rothenberg ’68, M.B.A. ’70, who gave an accounting of class gifts at the HAA’s annual meeting on the afternoon …
Issue: July-August 2005
Paul Farmer To Give Kennedy School Commencement Address
… Physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer will be the Harvard Kennedy School Commencement speaker on May 25. Currently the Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard, Farmer is a co-founder of Partners in Health, a nonprofit that brings Western …
Fortune Cookie Mystery
… In an article in the New York Times, Jennifer 8. Lee ’99, a former Ledecky … at this magazine, explores research on the provenance of the fortune cookie. Apparently this staple of Chinese restaurants actually originated in Japan. Who …
Talking about Talking
… As the spring semester began, Harvard faced the difficult challenge of clarifying its free speech policies and securing … in months and years to come, when similarly fraught issues arise. … 25382 … Fostering healthy disagreement … Fostering …
Issue: March-April 2024
Centennial Medalists
… The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who …
Issue: July-August 2018
Federal NLRB Rejects Harvard’s Appeal in Grad-Student Union Case
… The federal National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today … year, the regional NLRB had ruled to invalidate the results of Harvard’s November 2016 graduate-student union election … arguing that the University did not provide a complete list of eligible voters prior to the election, which created …
Jacqueline Bhabha
… Bhabha is also a lawyer, scholar, and executive director of the University Committee on Human Rights Studies. She … teaches international refugee law at the Law School, and offers a freshman seminar and Kennedy School courses on …
Issue: May-June 2005
Cryptic Puzzle: “To Russia With Love”
… SOLVE THE most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas … Levine – Acton, MA Carol Marsh – Washington, DC Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico Brian McCrady – …
Activist Administrator
… The executive vice president’s website defines the post, neutrally, as the University’s “principal ranking officer…on business and organizational matters.” But Katie … a five-year capital plan—“something that most major enterprises do”—so the Corporation can have a clear view of …
Issue: September-October 2010
Transitions
… certainly knows how to mark significant milestones. At the end of this academic year, the University had suitable reasons … The celebratory hoopla for the beyond-expectations success of the University Campaign consumed the weekend of May 12 …