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President Bacow Plans to Step Down
… president, announced on June 8 that he would step down at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year, concluding service that … the decision nor its timing should be seen as complete surprises. In his message to the community, Bacow wrote: There …
Issue: September-October 2022
Chapter and Verse
… in which all children have a chip implanted that enables them to read. They do, briefly, but only the hero continues reading. Later, they are programmed for their professions. The hero, eager to become a computer programmer, … when told he will not be programmed and will have no profession. He and a few other unprogrammed people live in a …
Issue: September-October 2012
Cryptic Puzzle: “#2(2)”
… Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solution "#2(2)" solvers (The first … Winter – Farmington Hills, MI … Solve the latest creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. … November-December 2011 …
Events
… The summertime in Cambridge is a chance to savor life's all … moments. Take some time to spread out a picnic on the banks of the Charles, in Longfellow Park, or even by the Science … Chapel or the lunchtime Bach concerts at the Longy School of Music. A quick look at summer events in Cambridge reveals …
Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status Threatened
… In two further developments in the federal government’s demands of Harvard, Internal Revenue Service acting chief legal counsel Andrew De Mello has been asked by officials in the Treasury department to begin the process of …
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Eight Scholars
… five-minute talks on subjects ranging from lizards to a theory of “micro-activism,” seven Harvard Horizons scholars … Sanders Theatre on May 6. They had been chosen from a pool of graduate student applicants who submitted written …
A Brush with Amazon Justice
… Juan, the policeman, spoke softly, almost apologetically, … parents he and I had talked many times about parasites. One of the nurses scribbled a note and handed it to me. It read, …
Issue: November-December 2001
Romance Heroine
… Harvard alumni follow their interests to unpredictable places. Julie Cotler Pottinger '92 earned a degree in the history of architecture and then entered medical school at Yale. But the fruits of her labors are not in medical or architectural journals: …
Issue: November-December 2004
Public Service Careers Get a Boost
… A recent $1-million gift will allow the Center for Public Interest Careers at Harvard (CPIC) to … as the gift announcement, President Drew Faust and Dean of the College Evelynn Hammonds announced the formation of a University-wide committee on public service, charged …
Gut Flora Fix for Fitness?
… The human gut microbiome —a world of bacteria that teems in your gut—profoundly affects health, but the exact mechanisms remain …
Issue: November-December 2018
Comings and Goings
… University clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual events, including Harvard-affiliated speakers (please see the partial list below). For further information, contact …
Issue: January-February 2008
Summers's Recipe for a Strong Economy
… In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on December 18 and a speech at the … administration is not doing enough to jolt the economy out of its present sluggish state. Summers suggested injecting … to $75 billion into the economy through a combination of tax cuts and spending measures, including extending …
Universities in Public Debates
… Should universities take positions on public issues? The Hamas terrorist attack of last October 7, and Harvard’s response to it, made that … M. Garber, interim president, will organize an examination of the merits of such a policy for Harvard. When he …
Cambridge 02138
… Elsa Dorfman With great joy I read “The Portraitist” (by Sophia Nguyen, September-October, page … auto mechanic. The judge set his bail at $3 million. (One of the bailiffs asked me, “What president did he … on this matter. But sorely and sadly I’m not at all surprised. Terribly, whatever awesome good comes from and …
Issue: November-December 2017
New Overseers and HAA Directors Announced
… On May 27 , the University announced the newly-elected members of the Board of Overseers—one of the University’s two governing …
Issue: July-August 2025