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Jason Luke
… After graduation, Jason Luke ’94 supervised Dorm Crew—the trash-disposing, bathroom-cleaning student employment … in college—as a stopgap before graduate school. Soon he was offered a full-time position in “Special Services.” “What … He cleaned carpets, refinished floors, and moved furniture, often overnight—assembling teams from nothing. Graduate …
Issue: May-June 2019
Getting to Know Wallace Shawn
… The March-April 2011 feature article " Famous Comedian, 'Dangerous' Playwright " profiles Wallace Shawn. See Shawn in a memorable scene from … with Al Jazeera English, Shawn discusses the dynamics of his family of origin and their influence on his work: …
Issue: March-April 2011
Harvard Cambridge Scholars
… Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2020-21 academic year. Fernanda Baron, of Lowell House, a sociology concentrator with a secondary field in the studies of women, gender, and sexuality, will be the Governor …
Issue: July-August 2020
Honors for Harvardians
… Both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National … about their annual awards. Among the 12 recipients of the National Humanities Medal were: Wynton Marsalis, D.Mus. ’09 , “for celebrating the traditions of jazz music from New Orleans to Lincoln Center and …
Not-So-Free Parking
… nightmare. After a smooth drive on a freeway, you pull into the city to run an errand, grab lunch, or drop your child off at school. But all the curb spots are taken, and the … argues 2023-24 Loeb Fellow Henry Grabar, reducing the stock of free parking on American streets can improve cities. The …
Hockey Wrap-Up
… Women’s Hockey The top-ranked icewomen (32-2, 22-0 Ivy) dominated the East all season but fell to fourth ranked Wisconsin in … (17-13-4, 12-7-3 ECAC) finished their season by winning 6 of 7 games, earning them a trip to the conference …
Issue: May-June 2008
Brevia
… Niemans of Note The seventy-fifth class of Nieman Fellows —24 journalists chosen to study at Harvard during the 2012-2013 academic year—will include two Nieman-Berkman …
Issue: July-August 2012
Behind the Scenes: “A Right Way to Read?”
… Staff writer Nina Pasquini examines the state of literacy education and the gaps between … research—like the scholarship at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education (HGSE)—to policy and the classrooms where …
Song for Hard Times
… bread with one meat ball." In 1944 Hy Zaret and Lou Singer, of Tin Pan Alley, dusted off a largely forgotten old song, modernized its diction, changed the melody from bouncy to bluesy, and brought forth "One …
Issue: May-June 2009
Outstanding Service
… (HAA) Awards—for outstanding volunteer service to the University through alumni activities—during the HAA board of directors’ fall meeting. Walter K. Clair Walter K. Clair ’77, M.D. ’81, M.P.H. ’85, of Nashville, is a former member of the Harvard Board of …
Issue: September-October 2016
Harry Parker, Legendary Crew Coach, Dies
… Harry Parker , head coach of the Harvard men’s heavyweight crew for the past half-century, died on June 25 at age 77. The cause of death was myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of blood …
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
A Wintry Jaunt to Newport, Rhode Island
… As winds whip off the Atlantic Ocean and waves crash along Newport’s famous … The Breakers” tour meander through the labyrinthine bowels of the Vanderbilt family’s Gilded Age mansion. The tour …
Issue: January-February 2018
Harvard College Invites Seniors, Most Juniors to Campus for Spring Term
… After a fall term during which just 23 percent of undergraduates—primarily first-year students—were in residence, Harvard College will invite a maximum of 3,100 students (about half the total) to be in residence for the spring semester, …
Ivy League Football Ramping Up
… For the third time in four years, Harvard emerged as the team … In the poll, the Crimson amassed 129 points, capturing 10 of 17 first-place votes and narrowly leading Penn, which had … prospects for the 2009 season. It began with an explanation of a new Ivy rule by Jim Maconaghy, coordinator of football …