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Boston Roller Derby
… Cristin Juda lets loose as her alter ego, “Brutyl Lithium.” The Boston Roller Derby track name is a play on the compound … “jammer” from each side fights to get past the pack of opposing “blockers” without being knocked out of bounds. As everyone plays offense and defense …
Issue: March-April 2018
Graduate English Oration: "One Journey's End is Another's Beginning"
… by Dorinda J. Carter, Ed.D. '05 My maternal great-grandmother Dorenda said that she was born in the year peace was … in Arkansas at a time when the ability to read and write offered liberation and personal agency for millions of freed slaves. I believe that both Dorendas—one born into …
Fall Sports in Brief
… The men's soccer team (10-5-1, 5-2 Ivy) finished third in the Ivies, having reeled off a five-game winning streak in midseason. The booters … championship with Princeton. However, on the strength of its superior overall record, Harvard and not Brown won a …
Issue: January-February 2002
Uptown to "Harlemworld"
… Video opened its first store in Harlem, on 125th Street. The outlet soon became the third-highest-grossing Blockbuster in all of New York City. "People were flabbergasted at how much … many who should have known better were missing the reality of Harlem—in this case, its immense business potential. …
Issue: May-June 2002
Holiday Decorating on Steroids
… a lone Christmas tree, front door wreath, and even a slew of dangling baubles. For seriously dazzling holiday … Newport, Rhode Island, mansions meticulously dolled up for the season. The Preservation Society of Newport County decks out The Breakers and Marble House …
Issue: November-December 2024
Rakesh Khurana Appointed Harvard College Dean
… Rakesh Khurana, Bower professor of leadership development at Harvard Business School … of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean Michael D. Smith announced the news in an e-mail message to the community this … environmental quality, or poverty by creating social enterprises. (See the forthcoming feature on ALI in the …
Precedent-Setting Presidential Search
… The search for a successor to President Lawrence H. Summers … The committee “plans to consult with alumni in a series of meetings, at various locations beyond Cambridge and … as well as locally,” to assure that it hears a variety of perspectives. (Alumni groups already scheduled to meet …
Issue: May-June 2006
GSAS Alumni Day
… On April 5, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni and their guests are invited to a day-long celebration featuring afternoon symposiums on a variety of topics, and a keynote address, “Common Wealth: Economics …
Issue: March-April 2008
FAS's Progress--and Prognosis
… Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean Michael D. Smith invited professors and staff members to an “FAS Financial Update and Other FY ’09 Accomplishments” briefing on September 15. His …
Issue: November-December 2009
Dunster Diaspora
… While most upperclassmen returned to their former dormitories for the beginning of the fall semester, the residents of Dunster—one of the oldest of Harvard’s Houses, and the …
Open Access to Art
… Of the $30 million that David Rockefeller has donated to arts … education, $25 million will underwrite study centers on the fifth and sixth floors of the new Harvard Art Museum. These three rooms (one for …
Issue: July-August 2008
Walking a Mile in My Own Shoes
… Black, closed-toe, not too shiny, enough of a heel to announce her arrival--this is the kind of shoe I imagine on successful women. Two days before the …
Issue: November-December 2010
Political Diversity?
… The University’s faculty are increasingly diverse … politically as well? “I’d rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University,” the late William F. Buckley is said …
Issue: September-October 2011
Arrested Development
… Bowing to financial reality, the University announced in December that, as expected, it … on its huge science facility in Allston—the first part of an ambitiously envisioned campus expansion during the … and as it occurs. These decisions may not have surprised the Allston community, but they did pose new …
Issue: March-April 2010
A Far Cry Nominated for Grammy Award
… The debut album from Crier Records, the record label of the chamber orchestra A Far Cry ( profiled in our January/February issue ), has been nominated …