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Harvard Girl
… For the last two years, Harvard junior Yiting Liu has been at the epicenter of a new phenomenon in her native China: celebrity status … whose success stories are chronicled in the budding genre of how-to manuals for "family education." (The Chinese term …
Issue: July-August 2002
Behind the Scenes
… from readers like you makes it possible for us to produce the high-quality journalism that you expect and rely on. We … Harvard Magazine so we can continue to bring you this type of thoughtful, in-depth journalism. As an independent nonprofit, we cannot do it without your support. Joanna Weiss …
Fonda Gift Creates Gender Studies Center
… summa cum laude. With a $12.5-million gift to the Graduate School of Education (GSE), the largest it has ever received from an … that my father sent me to an all-girl's school..." The surprise news of the press conference was that Carol Gilligan, …
David J. Malan
… “ that guy who never left.” For one thing, he did leave—the Connecticut native taught high-school algebra and … after graduating, then spent a year working for a wireless software startup in Philadelphia before returning to … enrollment has more than doubled, and female enrollment has risen to a record 36 percent. But he doubts that teaching …
Issue: July-August 2009
Harvard Settles Antisemitism Lawsuits
… This story has been updated below with details of Harvard's rollout of its new antisemitism definition. At a December 5, 2023 hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Rep. …
New England Forests
… Friends of Harvard Magazine are cordially invited to join us for a … David Foster, senior lecturer on biology and director of the Harvard Forest, will lead us through this brand-new …
HAA News
… Share and Share Alike The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has taken a big step … toward adding shared interest groups (SIGs) to the list of alumni organizations it serves. Earlier this year, the … networking group, says Charles Cardillo '91, HAA's director of University-wide affairs. "They exist already without our …
Issue: May-June 2004
A Fiftieth First
… Ten years ago, when Kenneth R. Rossano, secretary for the class of 1956, was chairing the HAA’s Radcliffe-Harvard Relations … Cronin, Joan Harvey Burns, and Ann Myers Hershfang, comprised more than 200 members, male and female. The joint …
Issue: July-August 2006
Extracurriculars
… Enjoy a range of offerings in and around Harvard Square, from swing dancing on the Charles River, a stroll through the Arnold Arboretum, or a tasty picnic of artisanal cheeses …
Issue: July-August 2008
Sports Wrap
… Softball The softballers (31-15, 15-6 Ivy) won the league championship, with Ivy Pitcher of the Year Shelly …
Issue: July-August 2007
A Magnificent Acquisition
… Composition with Blue, Black, Yellow, and Red is now part of the University's art collections, thanks to a gift from the family of its original owners, supplemented by financial support …
Chapter & Verse
… Joel Bresler seeks early uses of "Drinking Gourd" by African Americans as a name for the Big Dipper. He writes that the song "Follow the Drinking … (Methuen, 1942) , an anthology by Cyril Alington, then dean of Durham Cathedral. The correct opening of this anti-Nazi …
Issue: March-April 2005
Exploding Evolution
… organisms display variation, differences in fitness, and the capacity for inheritance. Humans have always sped up the … purebred dogs, cats, and horses. "The difference is one of scale," says professor of biology Stephen R. Palumbi. "Our ecological …
Pipes's Partner
… No study of Daniel Pipes would be complete without a few words about the trenchant Martin Kramer, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former editor of Pipes's Middle East Quarterly, who earned his …
Issue: January-February 2005
Man with a Plan
… Courtesy of GEANCO Foundation Afam Onyema (left) with classmate … S.A. Alabi, and Dr. Godwin Onyema Like many graduates of high-powered colleges and law schools, Afam Onyema ’01 … wear Rolexes, and excel in fast-paced jobs. Onyema has only the latter: a job that he wakes up “hungry” to pursue, that …
Issue: September-October 2008