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Letter from Phnom Penh
… former Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow, spent the last academic year in Cambodia. Now, while working for a … for the one-burner kitchen, bucket baths, and lack of hot water, as well as the predictable visits from … are no addresses in Cambodia. The street numbers are out of order, no one reads maps, and the postal system is …
Issue: September-October 2004
A Landmark Gift for Learning
… aimed at encouraging pedagogical innovation and strengthening learning and teaching throughout the University (as … or curricular additions per se). The timing and size of the Hausers’ gift—coming just four days after the social celebration of Harvard’s 375 th anniversary , and well before any formal …
Capitalizing
… The University announced in mid September that The Harvard … publicly a year earlier, with $2.8 billion of gifts and pledges in hand—had realized an additional $1.5 … by a sign that seems promising not only for his enterprise, but for the larger University. Ralph James, M.B.A. …
Issue: November-December 2014
"Mr. Clean Vegetables John"
… Expelled from Harvard in 1969 for participating in the University Hall takeover, John Berlow ’71 traveled the … army in the Vietnam War. There he was struck by the lack of easy access to fruits and vegetables free of pesticide residue, and saw a need for environmentally …
Issue: May-June 2010
Can Infrastructure Remedy Social Ills?
… are divided by politics and algorithms, public spaces have the potential to bring people together. Libraries and town … race, class, and cultural chasms, says Graduate School of Design (GSD) lecturer and architect Malkit Shoshan. The … and Collective Futures,” to expand their conception of public spaces. A road can be more than just a surface …
Issue: July-August 2022
Sushi Deluxe
… The amaebi mango roll, a house specialty at Douzo, comes in … like a kingly golden serpent. A precisely carved crown of cucumber sits atop the deep-fried ornamental shrimp head … for lunch and dinner. Reservations recommended. Composed of mango and cucumber wrapped in raw shrimp, the roll is …
Issue: November-December 2008
2009 GSAS Medalists
… The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who have … their graduate study at Harvard. … The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal honors alumni whose …
Issue: July-August 2009
"Secrecy": Screening This Wednesday
… Secrecy , a documentary directed by Pellegrino University Professor Peter Galison and Arnheim lecturer on filmmaking … (HLS)—complete with free popcorn and soda, according to the official event listing . A panel discussion afterward …
Harvard’s Literary Arts Celebrated in Inaugural Festival
… The first Harvard LITFest kicked off this week with a smorgasbord of panels, workshops, and literary walking tours celebrating …
Harvard Names Lawrence S. Bacow Twenty-Ninth President
… S. Bacow, J.D.-M.P.P. ’76, Ph.D. ’78—president emeritus of Tufts University, chancellor emeritus of MIT, and a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2011 —will become the … and beyond the seeming threats to the university enterprise, he cited world challenges that present opportunities …
Defeat by Truth Is Victory
… address on August 31, following a tradition in which the Harvard president speaks in Memorial Church at the beginning of the fall term. He began by thanking those in attendance … At Harvard, a return to normalcy means the restoration of a community that considers issues with high stakes (Bacow …
Cambridge 02138
… ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, A SKEPTIC'S VIEW The case against Harvard Medical School's foray into … is much deeper than the mere closed-mindedness implied by Professor Daniel Federman in Craig Lambert's " The New Ancient … snowy trek from Mower to the Union. That night, to my surprise, a warm bowl of split-pea soup curiously made its way …
Issue: May-June 2002
Cambridge 02138
… bargains are not negotiated with an ultimate threat of force in the background ( "The Case for Compromise," July-August), … authority, subject only to voter backlash. Is it a surprise when affected and potentially affected parties do …
Issue: September-October 2012
New Vice President for Harvard Library
… Amid continuing leadership changes at the Harvard Library during a period of major reorganization, Provost Alan Garber announced on … 20 that Sarah Thomas, who currently directs the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries, will be shifting her office …
Sweet Tweets
… 3-D is a good type of movie but a bad type of bra size. Everyone knows about the one phone call from jail, but you never hear about the … came to life. When I tell you no one’s ever thrown me a surprise party, just know that I’m not counting interventions. 4 …
Issue: March-April 2012