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Yale's Endowment Performance Edges Harvard's
… returns on its endowment were negative 24.6 percent during the volatile fiscal year ended last June 30. That result was … Company (HMC) reported on September 10. In all, the value of Yale's endowment declined 28.8 percent during the fiscal … billion to $16.3 billion, reflecting investment losses of $5.6 billion, spending in support of the university's …
Howard Gardner
… As a psychologist, Howard Gardner is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, first propounded in 1983 in one of his two dozen books, Frames of Mind. Intelligence, he …
Issue: September-October 2007
Something New, Something Old
… more so than during its Commencement rituals. The entry for “Academic regalia of Harvard University” in the undergraduates’ new best … the United States, Harvard University has a long tradition of academic dress. Harvard gown facings bear crow’s-feet …
Cambridge 02138
… SO YOU WANT TO BE 120 Is aging necessary? (“ The Aging Enigma ,” by Jonathan Shaw, September-October, … a reality; I would ask these scientists — for the love of humanity and the planet we already overpopulate — … raiders who typically surrounded a village before sunrise, attacked and seized as many prisoners as possible, and …
Issue: November-December 2005
Extracurriculars
… Enjoy a range of offerings in and around Harvard Square this winter, from … Seasonal Exhibitions Nature and Science Film Music Theater Libraries Seasonal The Game www.gocrimson.com November 18, at noon Harvard …
Issue: November-December 2006
A Tribute to Melvin Miller
… Hundreds crowded the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on the evening of June 22, donning their finest attire and nametags that read “A friend of Mel,” to pay homage to Melvin B. Miller ’56 , who …
Melissa Harris-Perry Asks, “Who’s Choosin’ Who?”
… began her presentation with an apology. “I fear there could be spelling errors in the slides,” she warned … a joke. I have an eight-month-old, and a TV show.” The host of the eponymous MSNBC news and talk program Melissa … is also a columnist for The Nation . She is a chaired professor of politics and international affairs at her alma …
More Than One Paradigm Shift...
… Eliot Spitzer , J.D. ’84, identified in publicity for the event (including an advertisement in the November 6 Crimson ) as former governor and attorney general of New York, will give a talk hosted by Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics as part of a lecture series on "the question of institutional …
Oldest and First
… Donning his Class of ’44 cap that he got at his 25th reunion fifty years ago—a … Huberman ’44, M.B.A. ’48, led an all-alumni parade past the John Harvard Statue and into Tercentenary Theatre for … stand-alone Alumni Day . Huberman held the distinction of being the most senior attendee at this weekend’s …
All American
… Inspired by this spring’s arrival of the city’s minor-league baseball team, the Worcester Art … Jersey: Baseball x Fashion . Opening June 12, the exhibit offers more than 35 historic and contemporary shirts, along …
Issue: May-June 2021
After Five Decades, Dean Dingman Bids Harvard Farewell
… Last November , as the debate was raging over Harvard’s policy to sanction … in unrecognized single-gender social organizations, dean of freshmen Thomas Dingman made an impassioned speech about the place of final clubs at the College. “I am not accustomed to …
Accelerating Medical Research
… watched—and which films similar viewers have enjoyed. Is there an analogy to this powerful recommendation protocol applicable to medicine? Nelson professor of biomedical informatics Isaac Kohane thinks so. … to support nascent biotechnology and life-sciences enterprises. The gift, from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, …
Issue: January-February 2019
Filmmaker Robert Gardner Dies at 88
… Robert Gardner ’48, A.M. ’58, the noted anthropological filmmaker who founded the Harvard Film Study Center, has died of cardiac arrest at age 88, as The New York Times and The … have reported. Gardner taught filmmaking in the department of visual and environmental studies for many years. He …
Tamara Elliott Rogers to Step Down
… development, announced today that she would step down at the end of 2018. The timing is logical: The Harvard Campaign, which she has directed, concludes June 30 (the end of the academic year), as does the presidency of Drew Faust, …
Don’t Eat Amanitas
… North Americans on rambles through the woods may come upon any of thousands of species of wild mushrooms. A very few are delicious. …
Issue: September-October 2010