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Rhythms of Race
… At age 36, Kevin Young ’92 ranks among the most accomplished poets of his generation. The recipient of Guggenheim, Stegner, and NEA fellowships, he recently …
Issue: September-October 2007
Secrets of Longevity: New Evidence from Rockfish
… A new study of longevity in rockfish, which includes some species that live more than 200 years and others that live fewer than a dozen, identifies a set of … sense, he adds, since (as noted) long life is thought to arise principally as a side effect of delayed maturation, …
All Eyes on China
… T minus two weeks to the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China. Amid … "PSB [Public Security Bureau] personnel may conduct surprised [sic] inspection of our property without notification …
Board of Overseers Campaign Hotly Contested
… As voting in this year’s election for members of the Board of Overseers concludes—the deadline is August 18 … that.” Although these claims and counterclaims do not rise (or more accurately, fall) to the level of discourse …
The Most Important Course?
… me for some time. Was Harvard encouraging us to think about the meaning of our lives? One said no. She had expected more of such … routine. The program has been quite popular, to the surprise of its creators. “We expected there to be 15 or 20 …
Issue: May-June 2011
“The Limits of Logic”
… English Address, by Avery W. Gardiner '97, J.D. '02. Her father, considering the weather and his daughter's future law … My first job was at the Dairy Queen in my hometown of Augusta, Maine. I won't claim that everything I need to … at the Dairy Queen—otherwise, I've wasted a lot of time and tuition dollars here at Harvard. But there is at …
Issue: July-August 2002
Out of Little Acorns
… For most of this century, seniors have been bidding farewell to the College by putting cash gifts in its coffers. Alumni … fundraising as it is about lectures and labs, were surprised that class gift agents exploit friendships in the name …
The Study of Fashion
… Fashion has become the subject of Harvard scholarship. Professor of law Jeannie Suk, for example, has analyzed …
Issue: January-February 2013
The Brahmin Rebel
… Last year, the publication of his Collected Poems returned Robert … of life in Cambridge, like "Blizzard in Cambridge": "Risen from the blindness of teaching to bright … river Houses: Lying in bed, I see a blind white morning rise to mid-heaven in a gaggle of snow— a silk stocking is …
Issue: May-June 2004
In Defense of Academic Freedom
… “These are complicated days,” said Howard Georgi, Mallinckrodt professor of physics, on Tuesday morning, as he welcomed the audience …
The Frisson of Friction
… On the evening of my twenty-first birthday, I was in the basement of the Science Center searching for a misplaced semicolon. … her favorite play, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia . So I was surprised to learn that she had first read Arcadia the summer …
Issue: March-April 2011
Harvard Graduate School of Education’s New Dean Announced
… James E. Ryan , a scholar at the crossroads of education, law, and policy, will become … in meaningful educational opportunities that give rise to the achievement gap, and with recommending ways that …
Harvard Admits Record-Low 5.2 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2020
… College announced today that 2,037 students have been offered admission to the class of 2020 ( including the 918 previously notified … week, when the College disclosed that the term bill will rise to $63,025 , up 3.9 percent—or $2,366—from $60,659 in …
At Home with Harvard: Sounds of Music
… This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide … watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the previous selections, featuring articles about climate … the admission of women, the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, the rise of women in the faculty ranks, Harvard’s first woman …
The Power of Unreason
… Deep in the second half of Sanctuary Road , an oratorio by composer … based on stories from the Underground Railroad, the heart of the whole piece seems to crack wide open. In an aria …
Issue: July-August 2020