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Hearing the Faculty’s Voice
… Although the campus is far calmer this fall than last , differences of opinion about Harvard’s direction and leadership continue … and senior administrators from some significant portion of the faculties. Recent actions by the University …
Moving Pictures, Hard Questions
… Filling up his tank at a local gas station, a man noticed the silhouette of another man, just beyond the gas station’s overhang, … for one letter, the same letter, written in the middle of each card. This may sound suspiciously like the opening …
Issue: March-April 2008
Fiftieth Reunion Focus On Ethics, Integrity
… , business, law, medicine, journalism, or even aspects of our daily lives, personal integrity isn’t as strong as it used to be—and that needs fixing. Such is the view of members of the College class of 1962, who expressed …
Brevia
… president and senior editor—has been appointed director of Harvard University Press, beginning in September. He succeeds William P. Sisler, who led the press from 1990 through his retirement at the end of the academic year last June. Andreou has published works …
Issue: September-October 2017
Coordinate Education
… Download the Puzzle | Download the Hints | Download the Solution "Coordinate Education" … -- Farmington Hills, MI … Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas '52 … Coordinate Education … …
Isaac Kohlberg to Step Down as Head of Harvard Technology Development
… to Harvard in May 2005 to forge partnerships with for-profit companies, launch startups, and license intellectual … Harvard labs, announced on Thursday that he will retire at the end of the calendar year. Under Kohlberg’s leadership, … sense of mission runs through Harvard’s innovation enterprise, and we are grateful for the leadership role Isaac …
Are Hospital Pay-for-Performance Programs Failing?
… The logic of pay-for-performance systems is simple enough: pay doctors and hospitals based on how well their patients are doing, rather than on the number of medical services they provide. The payment structure was …
Overseer and HAA Director Candidates
… five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Ballots, mailed out by … Angeles. Bedrosian chair in governance and the public enterprise; director, Bedrosian Center on Governance, Price School …
Issue: March-April 2014
Printer’s Mark
… page for a book, or stamping for its spine, or a catalog of forthcoming books, or a flyer promoting them, he or she appears to have turned to the type-specimen book of the Printing Office (the office itself closed in 2002) …
Issue: March-April 2013
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 …
Harvard-Yale at IHOP
… waffles at IHOP like hopeful freshmen waiting to get into the Fly. All I want is the promise of a good time, as well as chicken tenders that are slightly … whose voice sounded unnaturally loud as he forced out a surprised “hello.” Seeing him—and checking self-protectively for …
A Planner for GSD
… to his plan, Alan A. Altshuler would have spent one of the snowiest Cambridge winters on record in Singapore. Instead, he became dean of the Graduate School of Design (GSD). He was appointed in …
Issue: May-June 2005
Are We Entering a Second Cold War?
… In a discussion of the Russia-Ukraine War hosted by the Ash Center for … Democratic Governance and Innovation, Arne Westad, Elihu professor of history at Yale University, began with an … that Putin’s actions have triggered—likely to his surprise. “I would never have expected, maybe in my lifetime, to …
College Issues New Alcohol Policy
… The College this week notified students of a new alcohol … only to students, the revised policy addresses the types of alcohol that may be served at private parties, on-campus …
Abortion Rights Advocacy: Past and Present
… In 1970 , when Mary Summers ’70 and three other women’s rights activists—Jane Pincus, Karen Weinstein, … Rights 1970 synthesized the stories and experiences of several women and stated that, of the 800,000 abortions performed in that year, only one …