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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
Wyss Institute Receives Second, $125-Million Gift
… THE WYSS INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ENGINEERING, founded following a 2008 gift of $125 million from Hansjӧrg Wyss, M.B.A. ’65 , has received a follow-on gift, also of $125 million. The two gifts are tied as the largest in …
American Solidarity
… Robert W. McElroy ’76 has been focused on politics and the state of the country. “We can idealize, as if times in the past … tremendous solidarity,” he says. “But I think we are in a profound moment of crisis on that question in our society. …
Issue: May-June 2024
Brevia
… on Slavery On April 6—drawing on research conducted by the student-inspired Harvard and Slavery Project—Corporation … is meant to be the first step in University acknowledgement of its connections to slavery; read a full report . Reconsidering Race At the end of April, Yale announced that it would retain the name of …
Issue: July-August 2016
Life in Detail
… Library. I read through clippings on Plath saved by her mother, had a Burger King dinner in the student union, and … to write The Bell Jar , her semiautobiographical novel of a young woman’s breakdown. Slowly, I worked my way … file after file, typing for my records anything that seemed of interest. I’m no stranger to libraries. When I was a …
Issue: March-April 2009
News in Brief
… Headliners The guest speaker during Harvard’s May 23 Commencement … Nobel Peace Prize for her brave, independent news coverage of her native Philippines. During the authoritarian administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, she became a fierce critic of …
Issue: May-June 2024
Salute Flag and Shack!
… 14. John Fitzhugh Millar ’66 commissioned this modern copy of what he believes is the earliest known version of the American flag to include stars. He found the original …
Issue: May-June 2012
One Harvard
… As the nation’s teachers and students return to classrooms this fall, a small, well-prepared group of education leaders will be ready to shape their … and learned how to build and sustain a successful enterprise with Clayton Christensen, Chet Huber, Derek van Bever, …
Issue: September-October 2013
“Today You Join Something That Is Larger than Yourself”
… Lieutenant General Maria B. Barrett, commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Command and among the highest-ranking … women in the U.S. Army, today delivered the oath of office to 16 ROTC graduates commissioned into the United …
“Drip, Drip, Drip”
… winter and spring sports were forced to end early due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were still moments of triumph for Crimson athletes. We hope you enjoy this … and he’s extremely athletic—very talented. He can surprise you and do these things that are kind of unexpected.” …
University People
… Heading East Francis J. Doyle III , a professor of chemical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been …
Issue: July-August 2015
Harvard’s Historic Building Boom
… was flat-out this summer—in all seriousness, perhaps the University’s busiest building season. Marquee projects include assembling the future home of much of the engineering and applied sciences faculty (shown …
Issue: September-October 2017
Sarah Jessica Parker Speaks at Harvard Law School Class Day 2016
… Parker told imminent Harvard Law School (HLS) graduates and their families on Class Day. The earnest speech was delivered before an international crowd of hundreds at Holmes Field. Listening, Parker said, “can be … of operation and pride for me. In ‘wanting’ is energy, surprise, youth, and motion. In ‘not wanting’ is inertia.” Best …
Learning About Love
… When I heard that Father Paul O’Brien ’86 was coming to speak at Harvard, I knew I had to meet him. Last month, I read the story of his remarkable ministry in Lawrence, Massachusetts , and was fascinated. Since becoming pastor of St. Patrick’s parish a decade ago, he’s tackled hunger, …
A Turning Point for WHRB
… Harvard’s student radio station WHRB, an innovative voice in the Boston FM market for decades, is facing a difficult turning point. David Elliott ’64, the chairman of its board of trustees since 1996 and an éminence grise at WHRB for half a century, relinquished his …