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Jeremy Lin to Speak at Harvard College Class Day
… Linsanity? It’s returning to campus: Jeremy Lin ’10 , the Harvard basketball stalwart (he was captain his senior … June 4 and beyond. Lin was the first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA; he was … in response to former President Donald Trump’s labeling of the coronavirus as a Chinese invention—the selection of …
What Is Critical Race Theory?
… Racial-justice activists at Harvard Law School (HLS) won one of the largest public battles over the school’s legacy this … existing HLS shield. The shield was modeled after the crest of the slaveholding Royall family, whose fortune endowed …
A New University for Vietnam
… The government of Vietnam has approved in principle the establishment of Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV), that country’s first …
Kindergarten Matters
… salaries in adulthood. That finding, in a study led by professor of economics Raj Chetty , has caused a stir by demonstrating that even the earliest school experiences can affect students’ …
Issue: November-December 2010
New Dean for Public Health
… an environmental health sciences scholar, will become dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) on January 1, 2024. An expert in the …
The Fish in Harvard Square
… In the middle of Harvard Square, with pedestrians bustling by, there’s a fish sitting in a bathtub. He’s patient, watching … A slim, hallway-sized gallery nestled in the heart of Harvard Square, it was opened in 2023 through a …
Cuban Connections
… The United States flag flying over the governor-general’s … Cuba during the past half-century. Even after the reopening of embassies this past August, a symbolic thawing of a frozen Cold War relic, the U.S. relationship with Cuba …
Issue: November-December 2015
A Checklist for Life
… Atul Gawande’s research centers around the idea he raised with the Brigham’s chief of surgery back at his residency interview in 1995: … surgery as an exceptional experience is archaic, he is fond of saying, now that one person out of 25 undergoes a …
Issue: September-October 2009
Return to Harvard Day
… On April 19, alumni of all College classes, their spouses, and high school-aged-offspring have an opportunity to visit the College, attend …
Issue: March-April 2006
Commemorating 375 Years, in a Flash
… to an administrator in a white dress shirt and tie, the Harvard 375th anniversary “flash mob” of dancers got down to James Brown’s “Papa’s Got a Brand New … this Friday evening. The “Flash Mob” is sure to be one of the highlights of an evening filled with performances, …
University People
… One for the Books Justin Ide / Harvard News Office Robert C. Darnton Justin Ide / Harvard News Office Sidney Verba Robert C. Darnton ’60, JF ’68, Davis …
Issue: July-August 2007
Focus on Faust
… The memories may be fading, but Harvard roared into the new millennium. In the wake of the $2.6-billion University Campaign, Neil L. Rudenstine … of the operating budget from endowment distributions had risen sharply, from 27.6 percent of Harvard revenue at the …
Issue: July-August 2018
A “Track Meet” on Ice
… Four days before the Harvard women’s hockey team was set to play … after putting her team through a two-hour practice of quick transitions and back-checking drills punctuated by … What turned out to be the game-winning goal came at the end of a frenetic and goosey first period, when left wing Sydney …
Public Health’s Past and Future
… Michelle A. Williams attracted a great deal of attention last year when she was appointed dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH)—less … pollution and gun violence); poverty and humanitarian crises; and failing global-health systems. Williams’s …
Issue: November-December 2017
Klarman Construction
… Klarman Construction: A mid January view of Klarman Hall, the new auditorium-conference-convening complex scheduled … or joint events with engineering and applied sciences professors and students, with whom HBS is already building …
Issue: March-April 2018