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International Enrollment by School
… The University is an increasingly international community. … international students numbered 3,459—17.6 percent of the total—with particular concentrations in some of the professional schools. Asia and Europe send the …
Issue: March-April 2004
Finding Harvard’s Next President
… Lawrence S. Bacow has announced his plan to step down at the end of the next academic year, by June 30, 2023, how will the … president—the newcomer will be the thirtieth to hold the office—with the consent of the Board of Overseers. Much work …
Parenting, Redux
… I spent some time on a Friday evening in March admiring the bathrooms at the Charles Hotel. They are remarkably … you don’t have to touch anything. Not quite the type of facility that I’ve become accustomed to. But this wasn’t … never slow. As a freshman, this was the thing that most surprised me: how the days seem to slide by, scheduled to the …
Issue: May-June 2009
Directing Development
… Tamara Elliott Rogers ’74 has been appointed the University’s vice president for alumni affairs and … nationwide search, fills the vacancy left by the departure of Donella Rapier, M.B.A. ’92, announced last winter, and … a large capital campaign expected to be a major element of Faust’s presidency. Rogers and Faust have worked together …
Olympic Silver for Malcolm Howard
… and won a gold medal in his country’s eight-oared boat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, added a silver to his collection at the London Games. The gold went to the powerhouse German … medal-winning race along with the gold-medal triumph of the U.S women’s eight. The latter victory, by a crew that …
Bharara and Kaling on Success and Justice
… As Preet Bharara ’90, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, sat in Harvard Square’s Hong Kong restaurant … Holmes Jr. and extensive legal advice, he had a moment of clarity. “You don’t really want or need me to read or …
The “Dangers and Duties that Lie Ahead”
… education is endangered,” declared Porter University Professor and Harvard president emerita Drew Gilpin Faust during a forceful oration Tuesday morning at the 232nd Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Literary Exercises in Sanders … “are fearsome.” She shared two poems that she said had arisen from “this year that we’ve endured together” as a …
Events
… THEATER. The American Repertory Theatre presents The Glass … MUSIC. The Harvard Summer Pops Band performs in front of Memorial Church in Harvard Yard on August 1 at 4 p.m. The program includes the music of John Williams and the Beatles, and the premier …
Universities in a Polarized Era
… Speaking at the first Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting of the new … that they will explain and defend their choices as need arises. Our goal—our expectation—should always be …
Crimson In Triumph
… Download the Puzzle | Download the Hints | Download the Solution "Crimson In Triumph" … and can subscribe to his mailing list. … Clever creations of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52 … Crimson In Triumph … …
Fewer Grad Students, No Spring Recess
… Harvard will admit fewer graduate students for the 2021-2022 academic year (and will begin a comprehensive review of Ph.D. education), and undergraduates who are permitted to … spring recess. Both decisions, made under pressure of the continuing coronavirus pandemic, were announced to …
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 …
Harvard 28, Lehigh 14
… In his first start of the season, senior tailback Cheng Ho rushed for 132 yards … League). Harvard defenders stymied the Mountain Hawk offense for much of the game, forcing five turnovers: four …
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, …
University News Briefs
… Tough Grading for Gen Ed The College’s flagship general-education curriculum came … released its report for discussion at the May 5 Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting. The requirement that … take eight general-education courses (one-quarter of their curriculum) is intended to assure that they acquire …
Issue: July-August 2015