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… class chose George Plimpton ’48 as its Class Day speaker, they knew what they were getting into—or so they thought. Plimpton, the longtime editor of the Paris Review and a Harvard Lampoon stalwart as an … other media, including several books, for his puckish sense of humor, and for his niche as a "professional amateur"—a …
EVP Forst to Leave Harvard
… last fall from Goldman Sachs, where he oversaw management of hundreds of billions of dollars of investment assets (and previously … served as chief administrative officer), is leaving the University as of August 1. The announcement comes after …
Sexual Harassment Survivors Condemn Harvard's Investigation Process
… , four women who have accused former Harvard government professor Jorge Domínguez of sexual misconduct spoke out about their experiences and criticized Harvard’s response to …
Zen, and Other Journeys
… putting books onto a new bookshelf when a red one fell to the floor. “What is this ?” she asked, in a slightly offended voice. “That’s mine,” I said, taking it from her. Though Lady of the Lotus Born isn’t exactly X-rated, it does contain a …
Issue: July-August 2006
University Offers Voluntary Retirement to Library Employees
… HARVARD IS OFFERING a voluntary early-retirement package to 275 of 930 current full-time employees of the Harvard Library as part of a strategic reorganization of …
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
Aloian Scholars
… Navin Kumar ’06, of Kirkland House, and Joshua Reyes ’05, of Leverett House, are this year’s David Aloian Memorial … a former HAA executive director and master of Quincy House, the scholarships are awarded to two seniors who have made …
Issue: September-October 2005
A New University for Vietnam
… The government of Vietnam has approved in principle the establishment of Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV), that country’s first …
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 …
Silent Study-Ins
… into Widener Library’s Loker Reading Room, taped flyers to the back of their laptops, and read for an hour. This “study-in,” … by the student organizers, was not the largest or highest-profile protest of the year. But that event set the scene for …
More “Cooperative” Than “Corporate”
… “Nurture, non-selfishness , and the real importance of grassroots organizing”—that was how … wide-ranging panel discussion Friday morning about the role of women as leaders in global health. The opening event of …
Harvard Kennedy School Unveils American Service Fellowship
… On Thursday , the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) announced a new program to … American Service Fellowship , slated to begin in the fall of 2026, will fully fund a one-year master’s degree for at … a tumultuous moment for the school. In late June, HKS laid off an undisclosed number of administrative and support …
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
Harvard Graduate School Honors Daniel Aaron, Nancy Hopkins, and Others
… The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who …