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Brevia
… Mohsen Mostafavi Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of the Graduate School of Design since January 2008, will conclude his service on …
Issue: January-February 2019
Reality and Optimism at Harvard Business School
… Though the volatile , difficult economic landscape formed a … celebrations, Jamie Chang, M.B.A. ’10, the informal master of ceremonies for the Harvard Business School Class Day … percent of you [M.B.A. recipients] following social enterprise courses.” Cohen recommended that trained managers try …
Research Roster
… Harvard hums with research. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, the University received … Even that sum is understated: it excludes hundreds of millions more expended at affiliated hospitals, in dozens of endowment-funded research centers, and in the daily …
Issue: September-October 2001
Interest Rate Insight
… Wondering what in the world is going on with the economy lately? Let Sebastian Mallaby explain. Mallaby is director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the … Fellow at this magazine and now the assistant editor of cfr.org , Mallaby says the Federal Reserve's latest rate …
Theater, Dance, and Media's "Next Act"
… Through the door of Martin Puchner’s office in Farkas Hall, bursts of clapping, shouts, and laughter erupt from the class in session next door: “What’s So Funny? …
Issue: May-June 2016
Larry Wilmore Follows His Path
… In the summer of 1982 , then-college junior Larry Wilmore … doubts and make a purchase, how to stay excited in the face of rejection, and how to face so many people who seemed … signposts.” But the lack of precedent led to beautiful surprises, which Khurana called serendipitous. Foreshadowing …
Behind the Scenes: Writing what only I can write
… THERE’S A QUOTE MY FORMER WRITING PROFESSOR LOVES, from … write.” I keep that quote on a sticky note near my desk. Of course, as a journalist, I don’t always get to choose …
Designing from Life
… As a piece of engineering , the human body is a marvel. It maintains its balance even … even its most far-flung extremities. It has cells capable of replacing wounded tissue, finding and destroying …
Issue: May-June 2011
Brevia
… All Hands This was the roster on May 7 as the Harvard Kennedy School … right): Alan M. Garber, provost; David M. Rubenstein, chair of the school’s capital campaign and co-CEO of The Carlyle … funded VC firm and one of the first modern VC enterprises. Early annual report covers, from the exhibition, are …
Issue: July-August 2015
What Might Be Next For Café Algiers?
… 45 years. Owner Leo Diodato says it’s now possible that the café, a “sister” to Andala Coffee House in Central Square, might relocate there if it is able to secure a location in the coming month. One of the only Middle Eastern eateries in the Square, Algiers …
Chapter & Verse
… Kenneth Kronenberg seeks the definitive source for “When fascism comes to America, it … Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here . (On-line searches of two texts of the novel yielded nothing, he says). Clifford Straehley …
Issue: September-October 2007
Finding Harlem
… Vera Ingrid Grant , director of Harvard’s Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African-American Art , notes that the name …
Power to Deliver Kennedy School Commencement Address
… United States ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, J.D. ’99, will deliver … on May 28. Power, who was founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at HKS from 1998 to 2002 and subsequently served there as Lind professor of the practice of global leadership and public …
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to Speak at Harvard
… Daw Aung San Suu Kyi — winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 (awarded in absentia) , founder and chair of Burma’s National League for Democracy, the victim of 15 …
HAA Award Winners
… Established in 1990, the Harvard Alumni Association Awards recognize outstanding … are to be presented on September 27 during the HAA board of directors’ fall meeting. Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland ’76, M.B.A. ’79, of Oslo, has held numerous positions in the HAA, including …
Issue: September-October 2012