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Anti-Trump Protest Kicks Off Spring Semester
… During his first days in office, newly inaugurated President Donald J. Trump … signed an executive order as a first step to dismantling the Affordable Care Act. Yesterday, in their first few hours back on campus for the spring semester, a group of Harvard students rallied in the Yard despite snow, rain, …
"Teaching yoga is just pure pleasure."
… job, in large part, as front-line preventative care. "A lot of the ailments that take people to the doctor's office are stress-related—life puts us off balance, and …
Issue: September-October 2003
Vautin Named Acting VP for Administration
… Thomas E. Vautin, the University's associate vice president for facilities and … June 30 retirement . He had previously been named as one of the people accepting an early-retirement incentive ; the … Vautin's appointment, calling him "a dedicated member of the Harvard community for more than three decades." …
Accounting for a Good Life
… A plausible account of what makes someone’s life better will be a “substantive good” account: a claim or set of claims about what things are good in themselves, not good because they are desired. Hedonism is …
Issue: September-October 2011
Off the Shelf
… Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq, by Bartle Bull ’93 … Press, $35). It’s a safe bet that most Americans’ knowledge of Iraq doesn’t extend beyond Saddam Hussein. Bull, who has …
Issue: January-February 2025
On Cattle's "Palpable Self-Esteem"
… All cattle will build a social order within the herd. While the rank of a dairy cow is based almost entirely on its mass, … communicated in A Cow's Life: The Surprising History of Cattle and How the Black Angus Came to Be Home on the …
Issue: January-February 2005
Slaying Dragons
… In a 1974 issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Comics unleashed a character of magnificent natural force called The Punisher (a.k.a. …
Issue: July-August 2009
University People
… by Jim Harrison Effective September 1, assistant dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) David B. Fithian also began …
Issue: November-December 2004
Cryptic Puzzle: “#2”
… Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solution "#2" … – Morristown, NJ Bob Lundegaard – Minneapolis, MN Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico Jackie Miller A.L.M. … Peter, Jessica, and Margaret … Solve the latest creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. … July-August 2011 …
Harvard Reforms Overseer Elections
… Three months after the conclusion of an atypically contested campaign for … winter, said, “These sorts of changes don’t totally surprise me.” When he was assembling his slate, Unz said, …
Rebooting Online Education
… This article was reported before students left campus and the University pivoted to remote teaching , effective with the end of spring recess on March 23 ( a huge effort highlighted by … funds and donor support to underwrite the fledgling enterprise. The hope was that MOOCs would: help educate the …
Issue: May-June 2020
Success Fighting AIDS in Africa
… The massive U.S. AIDS initiative known as PEPFAR, or “The … has played a major role in changing the course of the global AIDS epidemic. On January 10, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) recognized that achievement, and its …
Faculty Perk Sheet
… A pdf of the Faculty Perk Sheet by Andy Borowitz '80 is available for download . … A pdf of the Faculty Perk Sheet by Andy Borowitz '80 is available for …
Issue: November-December 2002
A Love Affair with Haiti
… It was probably Graham Greene’s The Comedians that sealed the fate of Amy Wilentz ’76. Set in midcentury Haiti, the 1966 novel paints a scorching portrait of the dictatorial regime of François “Papa Doc” Duvalier …
Issue: January-February 2015
Cambridge 02138
… Editor's Note The September-October issue attracted an unusually large volume of unusually long letters, on academic freedom and free … separate entities and fruits from different trees. I am surprised that none of the legal minds have mentioned the word …
Issue: November-December 2024