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Online Evolution Accelerates
… The evolution of technologically enabled teaching and … the website describes edX as “a not-for-profit enterprise dedicated to Massive Open Online Courses.” To … significant funding cuts even as student demand has risen, required courses are over-enrolled, and students …
Issue: March-April 2013
Harvard Center's Maps Help Haiti Effort
… While the world rallies resources for relief work in Haiti, news … workers try to plan the fair and efficient distribution of aid, they face another vexing challenge: the scarcity of up-to-date, accurate geographic data. Getting new, …
Best-selling Author Taps Honors Thesis on Meltdown
… The summa cum laude thesis in economics written by A.K. … , " a Wall Street Journal blog. Lewis, the author of Liar's Poker, Moneyball, and The Blind Side, lauds … that it "remains more interesting than any single piece of Wall Street research on the subject." Titled "The Story …
Splendid Spring Sports
… Crew The heavyweight men won their third consecutive national … Sprints in Worcester. The lightweight men’s odd-year streak of national titles, dating from 1991, finally ended at the … at the NCAA championships. Baseball With a two-game sweep of Cornell, 2-0 and 4-2, the baseballers (29-17) captured …
Issue: July-August 2005
Harvard@Home
… The University’s on-line learning initiative has released one new segment that offers highlights from the student-run “International Relations Week.” The program offers panel discussions and workshops on a range of topics, …
Issue: January-February 2006
The Yard Libraries, Reimagined
… Looking toward the University’s four-hundredth anniversary in 2036, the … has conducted a feasibility study for the renovations of Widener, Lamont, Pusey, and Houghton libraries. The … can work toward.” Next steps include initiating the process of approval for what will be significant capital projects …
Issue: July-August 2024
Last Chapter
… The display room of Harvard University Press (HUP)—a fixture in the Holyoke Center arcade since 1966—and before that, on … on June 17. The proximate cause was the decision by two of the three employees, manager Jeff S. Flemming ’73 and …
Issue: September-October 2009
Class Day Speakers Announced
… Harvard seniors this year’s two Class Day speakers: dean of admissions and financial aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 and Currier House security guard Bill Oliverio. The choice of speakers was confirmed by the Harvard Alumni Association …
Sun and Shade
… April 2, not a moment too soon, Harvardians emerging into the sunlight may wish to visit the restored Dudley Garden at the back of Lamont Library, hidden from Massachusetts Avenue by a … gate in the wrought-iron fence extending from the east end of Wigglesworth toward Lamont. The garden is open during …
IMF’s Christine Lagarde at HKS
… The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) class of 2012 numbers … almost 600 students, representing 81 countries, and many of its members appeared, along with family and friends, at …
Behind the Scenes: Writing A “Scholar’s Scholar”
… Editor John Rosenberg shares his behind-the-scenes look at what it took to write his in-depth … special strengths to present as full a portrait as possible of a new president whenever the governing boards elect one. … last December of Claudine Gay’s election was a bit of a surprise, if only because previous searches had taken longer to …
University People
… Humanities Leaders Cogan University Professor Stephen Greenblatt , acclaimed for his Shakespeare scholarship (see “ The Mysterious Mr. Shakespeare ,” September-October 2004, … honor for humanities scholarship, comes with an award of 4.5 million kroner (about $525,000). Greenblatt is now …
Issue: May-June 2016
Football 2019: Harvard 31, Holy Cross 21
… In this football era of offensive pyrotechnics, it is exceedingly rare that a … highlights are a punt and a bunch of sacks. But that was the case on Saturday when Harvard beat Holy Cross 31-21. …
Harvard Tops U.S. News Rankings
… its annual college rankings today, with Harvard at the top—the first time the University has ranked number one, … to the universe, with Harvard University again master of all it surveys." (Princeton and Yale rank second and … nice to be recognized in this way. However, our admissions officers always tell prospective students that they should …
Biological Vaccine Factories
… A miniature device the size and shape of an aspirin tablet could provide new options for people with cancer. Developed in the lab of Pinkas Family professor of bioengineering David Mooney, …
Issue: January-February 2021