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… During the past three-plus decades, Harvard has invested immensely … permission to develop parcels, arrange commercial use of leased acreage, build the engineering and applied … sciences complex, and now to proceed toward the “enterprise research campus” (including privately owned buildings …
Issue: January-February 2022
Beyond Cambridge
… less valid as friend after friend returns from around the globe with exciting stories and a fresh outlook. Anyone … faculty members and administrators have sung the praises of study abroad. Most recently, dean of admissions and financial aid William Fitzsimmons '67 …
Cambridge 02138
… Impacts Kudos to Elizabeth Gudrais for her article on Matthew Desmond and the victims of eviction ( “Disrupted Lives,” January-February, page 38). … of increasing rents, support for legal aid has fallen , not risen. One reason is that a major source of funding for …
Issue: March-April 2014
Ski All About It
… Natural snow and 80 miles of groomed trails (without set tracks) run between and … reopen in January 2015). Guided or self-guided trips are offered, along with dorm-style bunks or private cabins, wood … AMC also opens three of its New Hampshire huts in the White Mountains during the winter: Lonesome Lake, Carter …
Issue: November-December 2013
Economic Woman
… Women's work? A traveling exhibition offers engaging examples: Elizabeth Murray (1726-1785), a … protecting her economic autonomy. By law, married women of the day had no right to buy or sell property in their own … innovative studio owned and operated by artists, which surprised skeptics by doing well. She spearheaded the founding …
Issue: January-February 2003
Harvard Art Museums Will Reopen This Fall
… The Harvard Art Museums have announced plans to reopen to … September 4 (the intervening days, September 2-3, will offer previews to museum members and supporters). The museum … reopening to all visitors, after the extraordinary events of the last year and a half,” said Cabot director Martha …
Rocketing Returns
… 32.2 percent return on investments, after all expenses, for the fiscal year ended June 30. Including donations received from the end of the University Campaign, and subtracting income … in the late 1980s, distributions from the endowment have risen swiftly of late, to more than $550 million in the …
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 …
Songs from "Something Else" by Eisa Davis
… ’92—actress, playwright, musician, dancer—is also known as the creator of "soulful, jazz-inflected songs." Her debut album, … for purchase at CDBaby and on iTunes ), features 10 of her own compositions. Two sample tracks can be heard …
Issue: July-August 2008
Ubu Abounds
… February, is a cleverly adapted, punk-art cabaret version of Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi. The 1896 play famously caused a riot in Paris on its opening … provoked much more than a sensation. His satirical tale of Ma and Pa Ubu’s savage quest for the Polish throne, …
Issue: January-February 2016
Feldstein Advocates Massive Mortgage Relief
… Writing in the New York Times , Baker professor of economics Martin S. Feldstein is urging a $350-billion …
Commencement Day 2009
… The morning Commencement exercises featured three … Latin Salutatory, Aetates Hominis Harvardiani ["The Ages of Man at Harvard University"] , delivered by Paul Thomas … Gazette article .) At the afternoon's annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association, President Drew Faust …
Allston’s New Agenda
… Harvard is preparing to resume construction of its science project in Allston, where work ceased in 2010 as a result of the financial crisis . Five hundred stem-cell scientists, …
Issue: September-October 2012
Namwali Serpell’s Novel-In-Progress
… reading on Wednesday afternoon, author Namwali Serpell offered listeners a taste of her newest novel-in-progress. A fiction writer, essayist, … sort of homecoming, after receiving her Ph.D. from the University in 2008. Born in Zambia and raised mostly in …
“Colorful Realm” Makes It Big
… Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800) was the seventh most-visited show in the National Gallery of Art's history, as measured by the number of visitors per day. The exhibit, which closed April 29 , …