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The Politics of Climate Change Legislation
… Flawed strategy on the part of environmentalists doomed legislative attempts to … during President Obama’s first term, argued Thomas professor of government and sociology Theda Skocpol at a …
Kevin Beasley at the ICA/Boston
… Artist Kevin Beasley’s sculptures resonate with what’s not there. He typically uses found objects, from Air Jordans and … at the Institute for Contemporary Art/Boston, where 16 of Beasley’s works are on display through August 26. Among … Virginia-born Beasley is a relatively young artist on the rise. He holds fine-art degrees from the College for …
Issue: July-August 2018
Fusing Faculties of Mind
… people could communicate with animals, and even with each other, using only their thoughts? Such direct brain-to-brain … in a very basic sense, at Harvard last year, when a team of researchers led by associate professor of radiology Seung-Schik Yoo developed the first …
Issue: March-April 2014
The Ph.D. Problem
… Bass professor of English Louis Menand is a literary critic and intellectual and cultural historian—author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Metaphysical Club and a regular contributor to the New …
Issue: November-December 2009
A Wheel of Fortune, a Three-Legged Chair, and a New View of the Charles River
… Scroll down for videos of the student speeches. Graduating seniors began Commencement … the church's acting minister, culled the "Top Ten Pieces of Advice" from the many senior chapel talks given over the …
Bruce Rogers and His Centaur
… his arts for many publishers and printers on both sides of the Atlantic, is widely considered the first great … in a Monotype version for that company's typesetting machines. The new fonts were first used in 1929. Centaur was …
Issue: September-October 2006
Bob Odenkirk and Jennifer Coolidge Named Hasty Pudding’s 2023 Man and Woman of the Year
… The Hasty Pudding Theatricals will soon hand the Pudding Pot … Coolidge and Bob Odenkirk, their 2023 Woman and Man of the Year. Woman of the Year Coolidge is beloved for her … producer Aidan Golub ’24. “We’re cooking up a lot of surprises to celebrate Mr. Odenkirk’s contributions to the world …
Focusing on the Tea Party
… As New Hampshire voters made ready to cast their ballots in 2012’s first presidential primary, the New York Times published a review of The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism … work, The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment , was nominated for the …
The Public’s “Hard Problems”
… A year ago, prominent social scientists gathered at Harvard to highlight what they saw as the most … or both, these 12 eminent thinkers formulated a list of nearly three dozen “hard problems in the social … voting mix. The level of public interest and attention surprised even the organizers. The project’s website attracted …
Issue: May-June 2011
At Home with Harvard: Our Most Popular Stories of 2020
… 2020 was a year none of us ever expected . I started working for Harvard Magazine as the digital content strategist in mid January and … the admission of women, the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, the rise of women in the faculty ranks, Harvard’s first woman …
Of Mice and Hands
… carpal tunnel syndrome.” Moreover, “no one has proven that the disease is made worse by work on a computer,” says Barry P. Simmons, M.D., associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School and chief of …
Issue: May-June 2006
Ray Charles Plays the "Harvard Club"
… The most grandiose structure on the McLean Hospital campus … was known as the "Harvard Club" because "at one time, each of its majestic corner suites was said to have been occupied … Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam in Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital …
Issue: January-February 2002
Black, White, and Many Shades of Gray
… In The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama , David … Law,” a course taught by Randall Kennedy, now Klein professor of law. “Kennedy had caused some controversy, …
Issue: May-June 2013
Climate Change’s Crippling Costs
… Economists, including the late research professor of economics Martin Weitzman and … and a large body of subsequent work, each 1-degree Celsius rise in world temperature would reduce world gross domestic …
Issue: September-October 2024
Striving for the Straus Cup
… Harvard Stadium, a dozen cleated undergraduates step onto the turf for a high-stakes football game. While they warm … battle between Kirkland and Quincy Houses. The winner of this matchup will earn 20 points toward the Straus Cup, … ultimate prize, it’s not why students participate. When one of Quincy’s intramural coordinators, Tim Fargiano ’24, …
Issue: July-August 2023