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“It’s Tournament Time”
… Last Tuesday, with just over three minutes left in the game, the Harvard women’s basketball team was pummeling … it out,” Moore said at the time, “whereas I think a lot of us thought that we would just hit the ground running … coalescing in early December when they led the University of Michigan 28-20 in the second quarter. Then Turner injured …
Cambridge 02138
… at least with regard to Harvard College. He addresses whether studying English, for example, should be organized “in … institutions (including Harvard’s graduate and professional schools) should be about professional training, … much at peace in nature away from civilization. It's no surprise that he chose to live in the wilderness, or that he …
Issue: November-December 2021
Caves
… Creeley ’47 died on March 30, shortly after being named the poet for the Literary Exercises conducted annually by … his poetry in an undergraduate literary journal), portions of a recent work, “Caves,” were read during the ceremony. AUDIO Listen to Professor Helen Vendler reading the poem for Harvard Magazine …
Issue: September-October 2005
The Yard Libraries, Reimagined
… Looking toward the University’s four-hundredth anniversary in 2036, the … has conducted a feasibility study for the renovations of Widener, Lamont, Pusey, and Houghton libraries. The … can work toward.” Next steps include initiating the process of approval for what will be significant capital projects …
Issue: July-August 2024
Hyman Hopes Allston Can Be "Switzerland" to "Balkanized" Harvard
… In spite of efforts to break down barriers between faculties and … provost Steven E. Hyman tells Science magazine in the July 11 issue. In spite of efforts to break down barriers between faculties and …
Harvard’s “HouseZero”
… wood house at 20 Sumner Road, built in 1924, is now the site of a renovation that may provide a blueprint for concrete … for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) is an initiative of the Graduate School of Design focusing on sustainable …
“Artificial Worldviews”
… According to ChatGPT , the most important person in the world is the marine … a research project released today by Kim Albrecht of Harvard’s metaLAB, a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Technology that …
Brevia
… Summer Touchups In addition to the previously reported sprucing-up of Massachusetts Hall’s systems ( “Building Unabated,” … three -year renovation sequence for Adams House, which comprises seven buildings spread across three blocks. Beginning …
Issue: July-August 2018
Emma Dench
… “I was very morbid as a child,” says Emma Dench, professor of the classics and of history. “I liked dead things and dead …
Issue: March-April 2010
Harvardian Wins National Wrestling Title
… Harvard wrestler J. P. O'Connor ’10 won the NCAA championship in the 157-pound class last weekend at … come from behind to capture a 6-4 victory over Chase Pami of California Polytechnic, a rival who had eliminated … that he won his first four matches by a cumulative score of 42-6. He is the third national champion in Crimson …
Hockey's Donato Returns
… '91, a former Crimson captain, was named Ziff head coach of men's ice hockey. He succeeds Mark Mazzoleni, who left … Ted Donato '91 Photograph by Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office In 1989, Donato was chosen Most Valuable Player of the "Frozen Four" when he scored three goals and had two …
Issue: September-October 2004
Honoris Causa
… 356th Commencement. Provost Steven E. Hyman introduced them to the audience, and President Derek Bok read the citations. In order of presentation, the honorands were: Photograph by Stu … faculty member since 1971, Aaron was the founding director of the Program in the History of American Civilization and …
Issue: July-August 2007
Obama's Daunting International Agenda
… Gary J. Bass '92, Ph.D. '98, associate professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton, calls T … by David E. Sanger '82, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times , a "withering indictment" of President …
Secret Ballots, Verifiable Votes
… The typical voter experience, as Ben Adida sees it, involves … too much trust. “There is a disconnect the moment you drop off your ballot,” says the fellow of Harvard’s Center for Research on Computation and Society …
Issue: May-June 2010
Harvard College Won't Offer Programming for January "Experience"
… to students, faculty, and staff members today, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean Michael D. Smith and Harvard College dean Evelynn M. Hammonds announced that the January "experience" or "term" created by the new … Instead, the time that has been made available as a result of moving fall-term reading period and examinations before …