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For Santiago’s Poor, Housing with Dignity
… Santiago, Chile —A young boy plays unsupervised in front of a house that bears a small wooden sign, handwritten in … Se venden helados —ice cream for sale. Behind this rather ordinary scene is an extraordinary story with deep … at their own expense. "Every time we come here, we have surprises," said ELEMENTAL project manager Gonzalo Arteaga on a …
Renovated Harvard Art Museums to Open in November
… University officials announced today that the Harvard Art Museums will open their new … Renzo Piano-designed facility ( as seen in this preview of the new building ) to the public on November 16, 2014. …
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 …
Harvard Launches Science and Engineering Startup Program
… products that could benefit society, especially in the biomedical realm, took another step forward today with the announcement of a new initiative that will support technology development … , the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab, and imminently, the Enterprise Research Campus , are all close neighbors. “We’re in …
Harvard in Istanbul
… A group of 19 European Harvard club leaders gathered in Istanbul from September 9 to 11, along with HAA … network. The weekend event, hosted by the Harvard Club of Turkey, focused on “Creating Value Representing Harvard …
Issue: November-December 2005
Football 2022: Harvard 41-Howard 25
… Last week in Washington, D.C. there emerged shocking video of a band of insurgents attacking one of the nation’s most venerable …
Marc Hauser’s Return
… Professor of psychology Marc Hauser will be returning to Harvard this … department meeting this spring, “a large majority” of the faculty voted against allowing him to teach courses in the coming academic year, according to Faculty of Arts and …
Issue: July-August 2011
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
Election Results
… Six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) were voted in earlier this year; each will each serve three-year terms. They are: Santiago Creuheras, A.L.M. ’00, A.L.M. ’01, C.S.S. …
Issue: November-December 2020
Joe Biden Will Be Class Day Speaker
… Joseph R. Biden , the forty-seventh vice president of the United States, will … Day, May 24. “I am honored to be invited to be a part of this special day at Harvard. Today’s generation of …
Jades, Reread
… Why do early Chinese jades hold such allure? Their antiquity, for one thing: Neolithic examples date back … 7,000 years, commanding attention for the sheer survival of human artifacts. The color of the stone, its worked finish and crisp details, can be …
Issue: July-August 2019
New Year's Summiteers
… Photograph courtesy of Pamela Wolfe Crimson hikers (from left) Anne Walston ’67, … tallest peak, in an international group sponsored by the Appalachian Mountain Club. To combat altitude sickness, … about 20 minutes on the summit. “I don’t remember a lot of it,” Das told her Massachusetts hometown paper, the Hull …
Issue: May-June 2008
Election Slates and Divestment Developments
… The Harvard Alumni Association-nominated 2020 slate of … ceasing any new investments” in fossil-fuel enterprises, defined as the “top 100” coal and oil and gas …
What's New at Harvard@Home?
… The University-wide on-line learning initiative, … discussions on science, ethics, and the social dimensions of technological advances are highlighted. "Socks before … Cell Division" features an edited presentation by Smith professor of molecular genetics Andrew Murray, along with …
Issue: March-April 2005
Harvard Corporation Elects Barakett and Cuéllar
… (Tino) Cuéllar ’93 have been elected fellows of the Harvard Corporation, the senior governing board, … this morning. They succeed Berkeley computer-science professor emerita Susan L. Graham ’64 and Jessica Tuchman …