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Tokyo Disney
… opening in 1983 was later hailed as nothing less than "the most important cultural event of the eighties in Japan." With 125 million visitors in its … squealing in a high-pitched voice," Raz notes. It's no surprise that Tokyo Disneyland is the first choice for first …
Museums, Making Their Way
… James Cuno, Ph.D. ’85, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles, was at the Museum of … He has helped plan responses for the four branches that comprise the arts institution: its museum, research center, …
Enforcing Social-Club Sanctions Won’t Require Oaths
… The College’s policy to sanction members of unrecognized … adjudicating organization if questions about jurisdiction arise. Although the implementation committee recommended a …
New Fellows
… This fall the magazine welcomes seniors Che Applewhaite and Meena … Undergraduate Fellows. Besides alternating as authors of the “Undergraduate” column, starting in the next issue, … about student activities and concerns and other aspects of Harvard life. Applewhaite, of London, Mount Hope …
Issue: September-October 2020
Good Times at Frank's
… steak ($44) and side orders that would feed multitudes of the famished, plus a bottle of red with a high opinion of itself, and you might not …
Issue: March-April 2006
"You Can Go Elsewhere for a Job, but You Cannot Go Elsewhere for a Soul”
… against President Donald Trump and his administration, the “America First crowd,” and fellow members of Congress for lying “utterly supine in the face of the … seem “trivial” given the grave cultural and political crises of the day. He said he supports solutions which are …
Harvard Buildings Evacuated after Explosives Threat
… A report of explosives sent to the Harvard University Police Department and others by … classroom buildings were postponed, and the residents of Thayer Hall, a freshman dormitory in Harvard Yard, were …
Square Eats
… , a Cambridge mainstay since 1994, might be overlooked in the constant rush toward the newly bold and beautiful. Don't … his French-Cuban menu, chef Paul O'Connell dishes out some of the tastiest fare around. The cassoulet à la Toulouse is an array of slow-cooked white beans, lamb, and garlic sausage; the …
Issue: May-June 2009
Facial Pheenoms
… wife, he noticed a man he had not seen in decades across the street. “That’s Nathan Skidelsky,” Cagney told his wife. … actors whose only claim to fame is a 1982 commercial. “Most of them not only recall the face, but remember the context … psychology who has studied six super-recognizers. He and professor of psychology Ken Nakayama recently published their …
Issue: September-October 2009
A Composed Response
… One morning in the spring of 2015, the composer Jonathan Bailey Holland, … Ph.D. ’00, was riding the bus to Boston’s Berklee College of Music (now the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where …
Issue: January-February 2018
Turbines, Bats, and Rubber Stamps
… International court hearings don’t typically fall within the purview of American legal education. Yet in my three years at … Hong Kong, and India—so when a friend from a German nonprofit invited me to observe a provincial court hearing just …
An Adventure On Wheels
… week, when Brad Riew ’17 met Kunho Kim ’17 outside Thayer, their future dorm. Kim hails from South Korea; Riew is from … they both loved travel and adventures, and both dreamed of completing a road trip around the United States. Excited, … a ski trick. But the two freshmen decided that their dream of seeing the United States would not be crushed. Yet, …
Harvard Files Brief in Affirmative Action Appeal
… Harvard today filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case, Students for Fair Admisssions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College . The case centers on whether consideration of race and ethnicity should be allowed when admissions …
University People
… Cherry Murray Innovation Honorand Cherry Murray, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been … director of Harvard Business School’s social enterprise initiative, the 20-year-old program focusing on …
Issue: November-December 2014
Angela Merkel Named Harvard Commencement Speaker
… In a surprise early announcement, Harvard has named Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany since 2005, its speaker for the 368th Commencement ceremonies, taking place on May 30, …