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How Should Harvard Respond to President Trump’s Travel Ban?
… Yesterday, President Drew Faust reached out to the Harvard community to respond to Friday’s White House … pressure from the student body): “National security is, of course, an essential element of our nation’s immigration policy,” she wrote. “But we are …
Countdown to Commencement
… a spontaneous, freewheeling festival. Don't be fooled. "The magic of it is that it looks as if it happens on its own," says … Scheibner to debrief. Says Everett, "We'll ask, 'What surprises were there? What can we do better next year?'" For …
Issue: May-June 2004
President Alan M. Garber Welcoming Remarks and Convocation Address
… As delivered Welcome, members of the Harvard College Class of 2028. Welcome from every … pulled in a million ways at once. It should come as no surprise to you that this work cannot be done well on your …
Diggin' It: Summer in Cambridge
… Expansion of Harvard's Cambridge campus continued this summer as the University built what will be its largest underground … mark the future site of the two buildings that will comprise the future Center for Government and International …
Issue: September-October 2003
Cryptic Puzzle: “Playground”
… Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solution … – Manhattan, KS Tom Polokonis – St Louis, MO Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD … – Farmington Hills, MI … Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. … March-April 2015 …
Lies about Harry
… with passers-by." Denison Beach has been hanging around the front steps of Widener Library to hear what lies the student tour guides … collection, and so he has a grip on the facts. A subset of the tour guides' fancies concern flowers. Eleanor Widener …
Issue: July-August 2003
Sharpening your skills
… Back to school doesn’t just mean a return to the classroom: Autumn brings plenty of opportunities for learning in the kitchen, the garden, or … farmers and vendors share expertise with shoppers. Discuss coffee with bean-master George Howell; create bagels with …
Issue: September-October 2022
Woodruff Named ART Artistic Director
… Woodruff will succeed Robert Brustein as artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre (ART), President Neil L. … who will serve as artistic director-designate until August of 2002, is "one of the most imaginative and visionary …
Shakespeare, Lost and Found
… it be that a Shakespeare play currently being performed at the American Repertory Theatre was actually written not by The Bard, but by two men of Harvard? The play is Cardenio , a "lost play" by … coauthors are Shakespeare scholar and Cogan University Professor Stephen Greenblatt and playwright Charles Mee ’60. …
Justice and “Despair”
… “The tragedy of Israel-Palestine is that it is harder to imagine the humane futures coming true than the cruel ones,” writes … terrorism and war, critiquing a contested term and form of analysis. The effect of the “ideology of settler …
Issue: January-February 2025
Is Epigenetics Inherited?
… Epigenetics, which governs whether specific genes in the body are turned on or not, has … made epigenetic inheritance—the idea that these patterns of gene expression can be passed from parents to children, grandchildren, and beyond, the subject of profuse research. Some investigators have begun to treat …
Issue: May-June 2017
Court Filings Allege Discrimination Against Asian-Americans in Admissions
… Hundreds of pages of analysis of Harvard’s admissions practices became public Friday in the latest development of a lawsuit alleging the University … a diverse campus. The Class of 2021 was the first class comprised of a majority non-white student body. The share of …
Crimson Women, Olympic Ice
… No fewer than five Harvard alumnae will skate for the women's ice hockey teams of the United States and Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympic … Julie Chu ’06, and Caitlin Cahow ’07. These women will face off against China on February 14. The Canadian ice hockey …
Harvard Divinity Dean Hempton to Step Down
… Divinity School dean David N. Hempton, who is O’Brian professor of divinity and McDonald Family professor of Evangelical theological studies, announced today that he will step down …
Cryptic Puzzle: “Land Sakes”
… Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solution “Land … Libby – Concord, MA Carol Marsh – Washington, DC Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico Jackie Miller – … Philippines Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA Ned …