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The Psychology of Virtual Reality
… Virtual reality (VR) technology represents the convergence of several sets of major forces in modern postindustrial life: big tech, …
Crimson “Bodice-Rippers”
… “Of course their hook was ‘Harvard student writes bodice-ripper,’” says Lauren Willig, A.M. ’03, J.D. ’06. And of course it worked: the publisher’s strategy attracted “all sorts of media …
Issue: July-August 2015
Yale Hires Four Harvard Football Coaches
… The Yale football program has reportedly hired four of … in December after three seasons, following the exposure of lies he included on his résumé and on the official Yale …
Aloian Scholars
… Eric Lesser ’07, of Kirkland House, and Lauren Tulp ’07, of Eliot House, are this year’s David Aloian Memorial Scholars. They will be formally acknowledged at the fall dinner of the …
Issue: September-October 2006
Claudine Gay in First Post-Presidency Appearance
… morning, former Harvard president Claudine Gay addressed the Harvard community publicly for the first time since her resignation. Gay spoke in Appleton Chapel as part of the daily Morning Prayers service. She recounted a story … (helping her enroll in English classes and in hopes of becoming a nurse), she slipped away and began her life …
University People
… Commencement Speaker Jim Lehrer Courtesy of WSIU-TV Jim Lehrer , executive editor and anchor of PBS’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (and founder, with Robert … moderator of United States presidential debates, will be the guest speaker at the Harvard Alumni Association’s …
Issue: May-June 2006
Bringing Black History to Light
… “These voices that exist in our collections, they’re always … desk—“but these other voices are there.… And at the end of the day, what’s oftentimes true is that people care about things insofar as …
Extracurriculars
… There’s no need to sit at home and rue the darkness at 5 p.m. This winter, Harvard Square offers a range of things to do, from Christmas music concerts and …
Issue: November-December 2007
From Corporate Lawyer to Waffle Entrepreneur
… By the time Emily Cole Groden, J.D. ’15, was 10 years old, she knew what she wanted to do for the rest of her life: practice corporate law. She didn’t know exactly … around for something fun to do and decided on a seminar offered by the Food Law and Policy Clinic. “If you know …
What Do Your Feelings Have to Do with Literature?
… "How strange it is...that we are so often locked out of ourselves," writes Arnold Weinstein, Ph.D. '68, in A Scream Goes through the House: What Literature Teaches Us about Life (Random … of you are delighted?" and they would have been equally surprised. Feeling — personal pain and personal pleasure …
Issue: July-August 2004
Disturbed, Not Surprised: Students Respond to Sexual-Conduct Survey
… Undergraduates expressed grave concerns about the widespread nonconsensual sexual contact on campus … students—issues that surfaced quickly following publication of findings from the survey conducted last spring. Students … On the other hand, students interviewed said they were surprised that the percentage of incidents that take place in …
Sweet and Savory Souk
… Tired of flapjacks ? Try a Turkish breakfast: soft-boiled egg, cucumber, tomato, olives, feta, seasonal … or Greek beet tzatziki, a dip made with yogurt and herbs. The sheer number and variety of dishes at Sofra Bakery and …
Issue: March-April 2010
Defeating the Darkness
… Palmer ’86, Ph.D. ’00, a social anthropologist and scholar of religion at Uppsala University in Sweden, submitted this piece of his family’s history. In the 1950s, Ina (John) Bonnell was the librarian of Harvard’s …
Issue: March-April 2025
Emmanuel Akyeampong
… Emmanuel Akyeampong Photograph by Jim Harrison When professor of history and of African-American studies Emmanuel Akyeampong married his wife, Ruth, in 1995, the couple observed some nuptial customs in their native …
Issue: September-October 2004
On Your Behalf
… to recognize four contributors to Harvard Magazine for their superb work on your behalf during 2023, and to confer on each a $1,000 honorarium. Gurney professor of English literature and professor of comparative …
Issue: January-February 2024