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Bill Gates, Inside the Gates
… Walter Isaacson ’74, a member of the Board of Overseers and biographer of Apple’s Steve Jobs … Center. The Aiken Lab housed one of Gates’s favorite machines: a PDP-10 from Digital Equipment Co. It had been …
“A Moment of Absolute Moral Clarity”
… About perhaps no other public issue does President Drew Faust feel more … personally—than America’s history and continuing legacy of racial division. In the spring of 2003, when she was dean … once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme. “History says, Don’t …
Off the Shelf
… in Education, by John Palfrey ’94, J.D. ’01 (MIT, $19.95). The author, previously Harvard Law’s vice dean for library and information resources, now head of Phillips Academy, Andover, plunges into the fierce debate … powers from invading and occupying their lands”—giving rise to a nationalistic response. Life without End, by Karl …
Issue: January-February 2018
Animal (Code) Cracker
… The July-August cover story about efforts to decode the click communication of sperm whales prompted numerous letters, including one that detailed the involvement of a talented undergraduate, Peter Bermant ’19, in the …
The Busy-ness School
… “Is there no one in this House who plays basketball?” the e-mail reads. I feel a twinge of guilt. I signed up to play intramural basketball for … us there,” I answer, watching the steam of my breath rise and dissolve into the stars. “I’ll call Dave.” I wonder …
Issue: May-June 2006
Increased Risk of Ozone Loss above United States
… A team of Harvard scientists led by Weld professor of atmospheric chemistry James G. Anderson announced today the discovery of a serious and wholly unexpected risk of …
Special Evening Exploring the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
… YOU ARE INVITED! In appreciation of your generous support of Harvard Magazine , please join Editor John S. Rosenberg … and Publisher Irina Kuksin for a Special Evening Exploring the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. …
The Endowment: Up, and Upheaval
… year for investors generally was a very strong year for the University. Harvard Management Company (HMC), concluding … leadership, reported on August 21 that the endowment had risen to $34.9 billion during the fiscal year ended June 30 from $29.2 billion 12 months earlier, an increase of $5.7 billion. That 19.5 percent growth is the product of …
Emergence of a Field
… In its first few years , the Origins of Life Initiative has forged new connections … no way to address it without broadening the typical scope of disciplines. The initiative’s regular meetings have …
Issue: September-October 2013
At the Head of His Classmates
… On Commencement day, the chief marshal of the twenty-fifth reunion class greets … educational administrator fills that position: the class of 1986 elected Arne Duncan , the U.S. secretary of …
Lawyers’ Perspective on a “Time of Turmoil”
… As part of the celebrations for Harvard Law School's (HLS) capital … three nearly bankrupt government-owned or -controlled enterprises in France (most recently Thomson S.A., from which he … down earlier this year), said the current crisis reflected crises of leadership. He cited three issues. The first was …
Parks for Tomorrow
… old industrial plaza in Arles, France. Entirely concrete, the space posed a problem. The area was being transformed … a simple question: what would nature do? Smets, now a professor in practice of landscape architecture, says that as … asks one how the city could adapt to a global temperature rise of two degrees Celsius. The others he asks, what about …
Issue: July-August 2024
The Harvard Medalists of 2016
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has announced this year’s recipients of the Harvard Medal, which has been awarded since 1981 for … University. They are: Thomas G. Everett, director emeritus of the Harvard Bands. Widely considered the father of the …
Explore the history of an ancient city
… Assistant professor of Anthropology and archaeologist Jason Ur talks about the ancient city of Tell Brak in northeastern Syria. He …
Issue: May-June 2008
The World According to Slater
… Philip Slater’s book The Chrysalis Effect: The Metamorphosis of Global Culture … newer pattern: integrative culture. “Incivility and chaos arise when an old system is breaking down and a new one …
Issue: March-April 2013