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The Will of the Donor
… As an intern at Harvard’s Villa I Tatti in the summer of 2023, I spent my days in a sun-drenched Tuscan … beautiful, serene, and patrician. I spent the better part of my time there staring at one photograph of a bronze bust. …
Issue: November-December 2024
Reading Tea Leaves
… Nobody knows exactly how many plant specimens there are in the Harvard University Herbaria. Five to six … numbers matter, because Herbaria director Charles Davis, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, aspires to digitize …
Issue: September-October 2016
Holy Cow
… " Tradition holds ,” says Harvey Cox, “that the Hollis professor of divinity shall have the privilege of grazing his cow in …
Issue: September-October 2009
Cambridge 02138
… Touchpoints… Like other critical scholars, pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton and … his colleagues work to ensure that children and families of diverse backgrounds benefit directly from their research … Wisc. Kudos to the Brazelton Touchpoints Center, part of Children's Hospital Boston, for their terrific work …
Issue: March-April 2012
Changing, Challenging China
… In mid March , Harvard Business School and the Harvard China Fund will formally inaugurate a substantial center in Shanghai—one of the University’s largest international facilities—to … Energy Group. His new book, Playing Our Game: Why China’s Rise Doesn’t Threaten the West, is forthcoming from Oxford. …
Issue: March-April 2010
Educating Women
… Vaginas: An Owner’s Manual by Liz Topp ’98 and her mother, obstetrician/gynecologist Carol Livoti. Topp dedicated … the Harvard Tampoon, when she was in college. “It’s part of us, part of our structure. We want it to be something where women can …
Issue: May-June 2005
Divestment Slate Achieves Place on Overseer Ballot
… The Harvard Forward (HF)-backed slate of petition candidates … has been certified for the ballot, following a tally by the Office of the Governing Boards (OGB). To qualify, the five …
Over and Done
… Each life, obviously, confronts an ultimate exit. But there are plenty of lesser exits—departures, if you will—along the way. In … Straus and Giroux, $26), Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Fisher professor of education, deploys her skills as sociologist and …
Issue: September-October 2012
Penn 17, Harvard 7
… Pennsylvania ruled the scrimmage line at rain-drenched Harvard Stadium on … Quakers scored on a 51-yard pass play in the third minute of the game, built a 17-0 halftime lead, and emerged with a 17-7 victory. The loss effectively doused Harvard’s hopes of a third consecutive Ivy League championship. The Quakers …
“Invisible” No Longer
… “You’re going to see a lot of diversity in the room,” Cassandra Fradera, A.L.M. ’17, co-president of the Harvard Latinx Student Alliance (HLSA), said on the …
Harvard College Reports on Cheating Inquiry
… Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean Michael D. Smith this … Harvard College faculty, staff, and students, reporting on the investigation of academic misconduct announced last August: indications …
The Boston Camerata Turns 70
… When asked about the enduring appeal of The Boston Camerata and its repertoire of early music, artistic director Ann Azéma launches right …
Issue: November-December 2024
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… her reflections on Clint Smith’s excellent new book, How The Word Is Passed (“ Getting Close to the Past ,” … page 57). Smith illustrates so clearly the vital importance of public historians in sharing history with non-academics, … states, but rather in western Massachusetts, which comprises Hampden County (with Springfield its seat) as well as …
Issue: January-February 2022
Gains for Graduate Students
… on December 7. In a message to faculty colleagues, then-dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Theda Skocpol diagnosed and …
Issue: March-April 2008
Can Happiness Make You Healthier?
… In the quest to study human happiness, including its causes and … undertaking. Joy, euphoria, contentment, satisfaction—each of these, at times, has been used as a proxy or emphasized … for Health and Happiness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health aims to change that as it pursues a new …
Issue: November-December 2016