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Hearts and Sciences
… "Children should know their grandparents" is the motto of the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC), founded in 1974 by Richard …
Harvard College Unveils Dunster Renovation Plans
… The College today released design details for the forthcoming renovation of Dunster House, scheduled to begin right after … and to conclude before classes resume in the fall of 2015. Dunster is the first undergraduate residence to …
Far Away
… It took 15 minutes to walk to town. I went across the sand, out the school gates to a path through the tall, … On the other side was the one road through the town of Omaruru in central Namibia, and next to the municipal … cupcake tins and a grapefruit fork, and the presence of these objects struck me as peculiar, and stayed with me. …
Issue: November-December 2011
Lehigh 21, Harvard 19
… winds, gusting to almost 40 miles per hour, played hob with the football in a game that had more than a few freakish … in the last two quarters, Harvard took its second loss of the season by a 21-19 score. The Lehigh offense, shut out in the first half, struck back with a …
Harvard Installs “Triangle Constellation"
… Before the Harvard Art Museums opened on the morning of April 15, … by a worker standing atop a heavy red lift, hoisting pieces of steel to the rafters. On the cardboard-covered floor, …
Harvard Appoints Interim Winthrop House Leaders
… ’78 and Mary Herlihy-Gearan will serve as interim deans of Winthrop House for the new academic year. They succeed Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Climenko clinical professor of law, and Stephanie R. Robinson, lecturer on law, …
Chiara String Quartet
… When Julie Yoon joined the Chiara String Quartet in 2000, she not only gave up a … to do this residency,” Yoon says, “was a strong indication of what kind of people they were and what kind of group they wanted to …
Issue: January-February 2009
Oath Update
… Controversy over the College’s policy to sanction students who join … continues, revealing deep divisions within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and difficulty in reaching … about a workable outcome—or even about basic matters of governance. Two weeks ago, Putnam professor of organismic …
Harvardians Long-listed for National Book Awards [Updated]
… Updated 2014-10-15: The National Book Foundation has announced the shortlists … to leave five titles in each category. Evan Osnos ’98 and Professor E. O. Wilson are finalists in nonfiction, Maureen N. … at a ceremony and dinner on November 19. Members of the Harvard community were long-listed in three National …
Sister Schools
… Morgan are only about 35 miles apart, but in many ways, the distance between the two California girls' schools seems … mark its centennial in 2007. Julia Morgan, bursting out of rented space at one college, will soon move into newly … Castilleja, the bill was nearly $8,000 more. (Both schools offer generous financial aid.) Joan Z. Lonergan Photography …
Issue: May-June 2004
Plugged In
… M.B.A. ’93, and her family took along some items to ease the 20-hour drive from their Silicon Valley home. According … with interchangeable tips. At the campsite, the octopus of electronics was left in the car—virtually unmissed. But … not everyone is going to be happy,” she says. “Problems arise when information is being shared [with others] without …
Issue: May-June 2009
Campaigning, College-Style
… The Undergraduate Council (UC) unveiled 24-hour Lamont … than half the tickets were sold. In the wake of a rained-out Springfest the previous semester, the Wyclef … in an unusually contentious race for UC president. Instead of the expected contest of John Voith ’07 and Tara Gadgil …
Issue: March-April 2006
Harry Parker
… The word “legend” gets applied almost indiscriminately to sports figures these days, but Harry Parker, head coach of heavyweight mens’ crew at Harvard for 51 years, was the … article. He may be the most successful coach in the history of American college sports: across the decades, his crews’ …
Issue: September-October 2013
Club Service
… The HAA clubs committee this fall introduced a new award to … in November: Ignacio D. "Nash" Flores III, M.B.A. '67, of Dallas, has chaired the Schools and Scholarships Committee of the Harvard Club of Dallas for more than 15 years, and …
Harvard Medalists
… Five people received the Harvard Medal for outstanding service to the University … Alumni Association’s annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement Day. Charles W. Collier, M.T.S. ’73. … you have served Harvard through your deep knowledge of philanthropy, careful diplomacy, and hard work, giving …
Issue: July-August 2012