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Crimson Campaign Consultants
… Like many Harvard students in their senior spring, Nathán Goldberg ’18 and William Long … about how effectively harnessing data could change the fate of a campaign. Now, Goldberg and Long are running major … Bluebonnet further, and said he was hopeful the enterprise could continue benefiting from the school’s …
Broadway in His Blood
… Ask Michael Mitnick ’06 what kind of singing voice he has and he replies, “A bad one.” Inquire … better than I am.” Mitnick will admit to being “much more of a composer than a pianist,” though even there he claims that his sister, Jenny, is his superior. For …
Issue: November-December 2005
Jane Alexander: “Find Your Creative Home”
… If a young child is capable of having an epiphany, that is exactly what happened to a then-six-year-old Jane Alexander, recipient of the 2013 Radcliffe Medal. Her father, returning home …
Overseers Election Update: Voting Postponed
… . This news announcement updates yesterday’s post about the election and various endorsements of candidates, from both the Harvard Alumni Association … governing boards—the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers—announced this afternoon that the annual …
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
Cosmopolitan Horse
… Photograph courtesy of Harvard University Art Museums Vital , handsome, standing … its good looks. First, it is large: four feet high from hoof to ear tip. According to Robert D. Mowry, Dworsky curator of Chinese art at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, numerous equine sculptures of …
Issue: March-April 2006
Giant Champion
… To ski, even for good skiers, means to spend a lot of time sitting. For most people, skiing means a long drive from home to the distant snowy mountains and a similar voyage back. And … larger the ratio becomes. Downhill racer Rebecca Nadler ’14 of the Harvard women’s ski team can get to the bottom faster …
Issue: March-April 2013
Couch Agent
… Daniel Hoffer ’99 is no stranger to start-ups. A self-described “serial entrepreneur,” he spent a great deal of time creating businesses in his Leverett House room, … his passion for entrepreneurship and his love of travel at the same time. “I have always enjoyed traveling on the spur …
Issue: November-December 2007
Harvard Men Edge Yale and Brown
… Harvard Hardwood, the Harvard Magazine basketball report When Harvard … coach Tommy Amaker arrived in Cambridge in 2007, he professed his excitement about making “history” by leading … crowns and multiple NCAA tournament games. Yet none of this would have been possible had it not been for another …
Brevia
… to Freshmen William C. Kirby Justin Ide / Harvard News Office Welcoming his first College entering class as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, William C. Kirby played …
Issue: November-December 2002
University People
… Enduring Deans, Acting Executives Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office Alan A. Altshuler Alan A. Altshuler, Harvard Graduate School of Design dean since early 2005, has agreed to continue to serve during the fall semester at the request of President Drew Faust; he …
Issue: September-October 2007
Football: Harvard 28, San Diego 13
… straight home opener on Saturday, scoring 21 points in the final quarter to repel a scrappy team from the University of San Diego, 28-13. The contest was gripping, and in its … trip to Stanford in 1949, and no team from the western half of the country had ever set foot in Harvard Stadium. The …
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
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 …
Katori Hall Wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
… Playwright Katori Hall , ART ’05, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in drama on Friday for The Hot Wing King , set in her hometown of Memphis. It follows a black gay couple and their extended … board called the play “a funny, deeply felt consideration of black masculinity and how it is perceived.” Speaking last …