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Commencement Confetti: Davóne Tines
… Special Song—and Singer Absent the regular Faust-era artist/entertainer honorand, there was … from the wings to deliver “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (often considered the “Black National Anthem”) in tribute. … citation (page 16). Better to Receive? Before the work of conferring thousands of degrees, President Lawrence S. …
Issue: July-August 2019
Kaats and Bear Arrive
… tycoon Edward Harriman financed a scientific expedition to the coast of Alaska in 1899 and went along on it with his family. When … six totem poles, onto their steamer. Harriman gave one of the poles to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and …
Issue: January-February 2002
A Pioneer in Family Planning
… On display through September 30 at the Center for the History of Medicine are selected items from the papers and effects of John C. Rock ’15, M.D. ’18, and other items related to …
Issue: May-June 2009
Lessons from Libya?
… In the spring of 2007, this magazine published a brief news item observing that “Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter, perhaps the world’s preeminent corporate strategist, is advising the …
Issue: July-August 2011
Click and Ka-ching
… executives, art directors, and socialites flocked to the gallery of New York City’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza in September 1934 to view an exhibition of 250 photographic prints by 50 top artistic and commercial …
Issue: July-August 2010
Chu to Speak at Commencement
… The University announced today that U.S. Secretary of Energy … be the principal speaker at Commencement, on the afternoon of June 4. The official news announcement is available here …
“Have Big Lives.”
… One of the more challenging aspects of being a Harvard student and graduate—especially for a … of success and failure, Lisa Myers reports. Myers, the owner of Rosie’s Yarn Cellar in Philadelphia and sole …
Issue: September-October 2011
Get Out
… free time to explore —summertime has arrived at last. Whether you long to scale new heights in the mountains or take to the water, there are plenty of ways to burn off that pent-up wintertime energy. For newbie explorers, …
Issue: July-August 2023
Crimson Cricket?
… cricket players , each match begins with a calculation. The University has no cricket pitch, so the organizers must … a passable arrangement. But once they laid down a series of orange cones to outline the field, the troubles … stages. For most players, the club is primarily a source of fun and a way to meet new people. Rohan Battula ’26 and …
Alvin E. Roth, Lloyd Shapley ’44 Share Nobel Prize in Economics
… Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd Shapley '44 were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science on Monday . The … work for which they were recognized focuses on the design of markets and matching theory: how people and companies … Read his blogs here and here . Roth, currently Gund professor of economics and business administration , with dual …
House Renewal Gains and Challenges
… Two days before Commencement, the College quietly published the summary of a “Strategic Assessment Report” on House renewal, the … residences along the Charles River (leaving newer parts of those Houses, and the Radcliffe Quad Houses, for some …
Issue: September-October 2016
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 – …
Dead or Alive? Seems Like a Simple Question, But...
… The "Ideas" section in this week's Boston Sunday Globe had an article exploring how the advances of modern medicine have made "death" a subjective … arrest no longer means certain death, and even the standard of brain death isn't crystal-clear: some brain-dead patients …
Chapter & Verse
… Rick Stanford asks if anyone can provide the title and author of a poem that begins with the line, “Twenty inglorious … whether any other wordsmith beat him to the crafting of the sentence “A man is truly rich when he has earned the …
Issue: May-June 2006
Keeping It Green
… For the first time that she can remember, clients are requesting … her “green building” principles. “It’s very exciting. Lots of clients who may have been looking to tear things down are … at adaptive re-uses, which is the most targeted kind of recycling you can do.” It’s about time, she says. With …
Issue: November-December 2008