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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 …
The People's Epidemiologists
… In the city of Boston —and everywhere else—wealth equals … you live in Beacon Hill’s Louisburg Square, which sits in the federal census tract with the third highest median … in Suffolk County—$196,210—you’re sitting pretty. Your risk of dying before the age of 65 is about 30 percent less than …
Issue: March-April 2006
Harvard College Term Bill Rises 3.5 Percent to $54,496
… Harvard College announced today that the 2012-2013 academic year term bill will be $54,496—an increase of 3.5 percent, or $1,844, from $52,652 in the current year. … increase than that imposed during the recent past (a rise of $1,855, or 3.8 percent, from 2009-2010 to 2010-2011, …
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 …
Issue: November-December 2007
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
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 …
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 …
Harvard Varsity Wins Head of the Charles Regatta
… For the first time in 34 years, the Harvard heavyweight men's crew won the Championship Eight event at the Head of the Charles Regatta, and Boston Globe sportswriter John … wins came in 1969 and 1977.) The Crimson varsity, coming off an extraordinarily successful spring season, dethroned …
As Schoenhof’s Shutters, a Look at the Square’s Independent Bookstores
… 25, Harvard Square will bid a final farewell to Schoenhof’s Foreign Books. The 150-year-old bookstore currently lives on Mount Auburn … country and in Harvard Square, Mayersohn admits that the rise of online retailers like Amazon has posed a serious …
What a Human Should Be
… “We are gathering experience, ” Bauhaus workshop master Josef Albers … introductory course, which tried to scoop the gunk of aesthetic tradition and creative convention out of … arts, unified, would create a future that would “one day rise toward heaven from the hands of a million workers like …
Issue: March-April 2019
Calculating the Importance of a Good Teacher
… A study led by professor of economics Raj Chetty found that students who had the best kindergarten teachers had higher incomes in …
Issue: November-December 2010
“A Kind of Justice in the World”
… The first thriller Ian K. Smith ’91 fell in love with was … Show , which he currently co-hosts. “I love the pressure of live TV—you’re so alive; there’s nothing like it,” he … Over the years, Smith has also written a small mountain of books bristling with titles like Shred: The Revolutionary …
Issue: September-October 2020
“The Grand Wake for Harvard Indifference”
… and Radcliffe students jammed Emerson Hall to express their outrage at Kristallnacht , as the Nazis sarcastically … two refugees, in a parallel effort, to Radcliffe—it gave rise, with astonishing speed, to a national grassroots movement that helped hundreds of persecuted Central European students find refuge and …
Issue: September-October 2006
A Toolkit in 0s and 1s
… In the late 1930s, Harvard graduate student Howard Aiken was dreaming of a computing machine. His doctoral thesis in physics … from basic science to advertising; already, it has given rise—via complex computational models, coupled with …
Issue: November-December 2013