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Greenblatt, Smith Honored with Pulitzer Prizes
… A "provocative book arguing that an obscure work of philosophy…changed the course of history" and poems "taking readers into the …
Steinman Shares Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
… The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly … to Ralph M. Steinman, M.D. ’68, senior physician, Kunkel professor, and head of the Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Immunology at …
Dining-hall Workers’ Strike Begins
… Streams of dining-hall workers , students, and supporters gathered in the Yard this morning as Harvard University Dining … health-insurance costs. The strike comes after four months of contract negotiations that had made no progress on these …
2015 Harvard Overseer and HAA Director Nominees
… five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Ballots, mailed out … B. Weinberg ’74, Chicago. Chairman and CEO, Judd Enterprises, Inc. John Silvanus Wilson Jr., M.T.S. ’81, Ed.D. ’82, …
Standing Out, United
… Briana Acosta, M.P.H. ’23, is used to sticking out. As “one of a handful” of low-income students on financial aid at her private high … “First Gen Next Gen,” she stood out again Tuesday amidst the sea of black gowns at Harvard’s University-wide affinity …
Blockmate Backstories
… This year will mark the second time Harvard hosts its annual Housing Day for first-year students online—last year, in the rush of campus closing, and this year, with more time to prepare. … in-person event. For many freshmen, the previous weeks have often been dominated by “blocking”: Harvard’s distinctive, …
Frank and Samberg to Speak on Class Day
… There will be not one but two speakers for Harvard College … Barney Frank ’61, G ’68, IOP ’71, J.D. ’77, Democrat of Massachusetts, a key lawmaker in the recent sweeping … “Lazy Sunday,” “Mother Lover,” and “I’m on a Boat” (a surprise Grammy nominee for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in …
Joanne Chang Is All Atwitter
… Boston restaurant owners using Twitter for marketing , in the June 29 Boston Globe , features Joanne Chang ’91, co-owner of Myers + Chang restaurant in Boston's South End. After a … complained that cilantro should be listed as an ingredient of all menu items that include it, Chang, unconvinced, took …
President Bacow’s Baccalaureate Address
… First, I’d like to thank all the participants in the Baccalaureate service today, our … Well, I’ve waited a long time to say this: Welcome, members of the Class of 2022—and soon-to-be-graduates of Harvard College. It’s …
Harvard Dining Workers to Make $35,000 Minimum Income
… dining services workers (Huds) will earn a minimum income of $35,000 a year under the new agreement reached by Harvard and UNITE HERE Local … workers and stable healthcare costs. Workers who are laid off during the summer months will receive extra compensation …
Cambridge 02138
… Partisan Perspectives Observing that 90 percent or more of Harvard graduates in Congress are Democrats, Peter McKinney ’56 concludes that “the development of independent and critical thinking…is not … GOP tolerates. Given the state of today’s GOP, I’m surprised that any Harvard graduates, however conservative and …
Issue: May-June 2011
Committing to equal opportunity
… A central purpose of Harvard University is to do what we can to ensure that … America has a chance. Such a concept could be considered a lofty ideal with little meaning. Yet this is as important as … in higher education, and ours is a distinguished history: the concept of financial aid, the initial scholarships …
Issue: January-February 2005
This Thing We Did
… Editor’s note: On the eve of Commencement, former Ledecky Fellow Noah Pisner … nerves webbing up our throats, incapacitated by a sense of longing only appropriate for this type of ending. Mom’s …
New Nobel Laureate Discusses His Life and Work
… Wednesday afternoon, Martin Karplus ’51, Richards professor of chemistry emeritus, spoke about his career trajectory and the research that earned him and two colleagues the 2013 …
Bookish
… O ne casualty of the 2008-2009 financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession was the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ physical Courses of Instruction …
Issue: January-February 2023