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Harvard Alumni Association Honorands
… Six alumni have been recognized for their outstanding service to the University. Lewis “Lew” Auerbach ’63, A.M. ’64, of Ottawa, Canada, has served the Harvard Club of Ottawa for 40 years. As president, he increased …
Issue: November-December 2024
From “New College Theatre” to Farkas Hall
… The New College Theatre , created from 2005 to 2007 by new construction behind, and a renovation of, the façade of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals venue, finally has a name. …
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, …
Harvard Requires Students to Be Vaccinated for Fall
… The University announced today that Harvard, like at least a couple of hundred other institutions of higher education (see The Chronicle of Higher Education’s …
Harvard Patterns
… Every time a Harvard office hires an architect, designer, or planner—and … that happens frequently—plans and maps and other kinds of information are requested from the University's central …
Issue: September-October 2002
A Case For Women
… and internationalization to inclusion. In setting out the latter goal, he said in a recent conversation, he aimed … deanship for culture and community—and appointed Wilson professor of business administration Robin J. Ely to the post: a …
Issue: September-October 2015
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 …
Life and Cupcakes
… As a child, Jessi Walter ’03 enjoyed spending time in the kitchen surrounded by baking pans, bowls, and mixers. “I … do with friends or by myself, and I loved the precision of the measuring—and of course tasting—along the way.” In … as an economics concentrator) to shift to her new enterprise. “Being on Wall Street gave me a great background in …
Issue: May-June 2009
Brevia
… Sirleaf, M.P.A. ’71, LL.D. ’11, Oprah Winfrey, LL.D. ’13), the University has gone local. Deval L. Patrick ’78, J.D. … will be the guest speaker at the Afternoon Exercises of the 364th Commencement, on May 28. Since leaving office, … at cornell. Cutting professor of computer science Greg Morrisett, a Harvard College Professor whose research focuses …
Issue: May-June 2015
"Sex" without DeVore
… In a New Yorker profile, the great cellist Yo-Yo Ma '76, D.Mus. '91, explained why he … Juilliard. Ma said he wanted to understand a broader range of subjects--things like baboons, chimpanzees, and Bushmen. …
Extracurriculars
… Enjoy a range of offerings in and around Harvard Square this fall, from jazz … Seasonal Exhibitions Nature and Science Film Music Theater Libraries Seasonal An Evening with Champions … October 6 at 7 p.m. — Organized by Harvard undergraduates, the annual ice-skating show, An Evening with Champions, …
Issue: September-October 2006
Harvard Files Amicus Brief in Case Against Immigration Ban
… Harvard and seven other Massachusetts universities have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Louhghalam v. Trump , one of the lawsuits challenging President Donald J. Trump’s …
A New Life for Heaney’s Home at Harvard
… “Seamus was not a show-off, but he was a performer,” said Loker professor of English emeritus and former Adams House master Robert Kiely; and there was “never a more loving and appreciative audience …
Congratulations
… The HAA Clubs Committee Awards honor individuals who provide … were presented to the following recipients at the HAA Board of Directors winter meeting on February 5 at the Charles Hotel. R. Clive Gard, AMP ’78, of Australia. A member of the Harvard Club of Australia for …
Issue: March-April 2009
"Tend to public good"
… address, President Faust donned her historian’s hat to put the University’s interest in public service in context. She … to the next speaker, himself recently retired from a career of public service. I intend to …explor[e] with you for the next few minutes a set of long-held values and commitments to which we at Harvard …
Issue: July-August 2010