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HAA Honored
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) surprised President … June 7. For Samuel C. Butler '51, LL.B. '54-- As President of the Board of Overseers, Chairman of the Harvard College …
We’ve Heard All about Fake News—Now What?
… There has been no shortage of events at Harvard on the public’s loss of trust in journalism and the prominence of fake news …
Bats, In Fact
… Poor bats . For so long, they’ve been maligned and misunderstood. They’ve starred in … from Dracula to Batman. They’ve symbolized the depths of evil and the underworld, depicted as blood-sucking, … from the series Amiguitos de la Oscuridad (Little Friends of Darkness); Small Bat Portrait 1, 2008, by Resa Blatman …
Issue: January-February 2024
Quiet Campaign
… By the usual metrics—large gifts, lots of them, for the … announced to date are proceeding very well, with 57 percent of the overall goal realized just a few months after the …
Issue: May-June 2014
A Harvard Honor Code?
… The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) discussed a draft … for Harvard College at its February 4 meeting, its first of the new semester. Dean of undergraduate education Jay M. …
Overseers Election Results Announced
… Departing from its customary practice, the University today announced that five Harvard Alumni … Walker—have been elected to six-year terms on the Board of Overseers. The news is customarily disseminated on the afternoon of Commencement day—this coming Thursday, May 26—during the …
Harvard Yard, Less Occupied
… The Occupy Harvard movement, which placed its tent … ID holders and authorized guests, to balance the interests of both resident students and the protestors —has moved on. … in a subsequent e-mail, the University laid out its view of how to proceed, including reopening general access to the …
First Impression
… rolled across damp clay, yields an autobiography in relief. The image includes her name in English, the year she was … is also the year she made the seal (as a student in Professor Irene Winter's freshman seminar on the archaeology and art of cylinder seals in the ancient Near East)—and the …
Issue: September-October 2002
Ela R. Bhatt to Receive Radcliffe Medal
… Activist and entrepreneur Ela R. Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women’s Association in India and the Indian School of Micro-finance for Women, will speak to guests and receive …
Work at Its Best
… For many years the Los Angeles Times, published by the Chandler family, had a reputation as one of the nation's leading newspapers. But the ownership … down the wall" between the editorial and business sides of the paper, even "to use a bazooka if necessary." His …
Managing with Markov
… perhaps, than searches for Big Foot or a cure for the common cold, but the quest for the optimal baseball … minds. The Nielsen ratings that determine the exchange of billions of advertising dollars may be based on a small fraction of …
Issue: May-June 2002
Create Your Own Spectacular Staycation
… Wintertime offers the perfect excuse to cozy up close to home —and, this year, … Davis Square. Regular drinker? Sign up for their $20 teas of the month service at memteaimports.com . Then discover …
Issue: January-February 2021
“Beauty,” Embodied
… AP European History when I was a sophomore in high school. The course introduced me to the political, social, and artistic histories of faraway countries I had romanticized through books and … flailing her arms in an effort to get us to join the cause of the sans-culottes. The arm-waving quickly led to a …
Oyster Environmentalists
… Once so degraded that residents avoided touching the brackish water, the 106-acre Wilson Bay in Jacksonville … the North Carolina coast now hosts a healthy cross-section of aquatic life. From the microscopic creatures at the foundation of the bay's food chain to golden eagles and …
Issue: January-February 2005
Cambridge 02138
… The techniques and machinery described by Harbour Fraser … in the near future we will have gentler and safer methods of dealing with tumors throughout the body. Twenty-five … with the other trappings of my girlhood. Imagine my surprise several months ago when I walked into Leavitt and …