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Learning’s Leading Edges
… The Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching (HILT), … convened from all Harvard’s faculties—principally senior professors and deans—plus invited panelists with special expertise in the field. HILT is the fruit of a $40-million gift from Gustave M. Hauser, J.D. ’53, and …
Issue: May-June 2012
Harvard Library Reorganization: President, Provost, Protests
… In a message sent to the entire Harvard community on February 10, Provost Alan … members, understandably concerned about the possibility of widespread but as yet unspecified layoffs and internal job reassignments, staged a protest rally …
Harvard Puzzle #28
… Puzzle | Download Hints | Download Solution #28 Solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were … Christine Lukacs '91 – Bert Mayer – O'Fallon, MO Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico Roy McLeese – … and can subscribe to his mailing list. … Clever creations of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52 … Harvard Puzzle #28 … …
Accomplished Contributors
… The editors take great pleasure in recognizing three … honors contributing editor Adam Kirsch '97, book critic of the New York Sun and author of the forthcoming book The Wounded Surgeon, a study of …
Issue: January-February 2005
Football: Harvard 42, Bucknell 3
… Colton Chapple etched his name in the Harvard record book, and the Crimson defense ruled as … crushed Bucknell, 42-3, at the Stadium on Saturday. Topping off the University's 375th anniversary weekend, Chapple … targets in Harvard’s difficult-to-defend two-tight-end offense, each caught two of Chapple's scoring passes. His …
Making Harvard Green
… this election year, President Drew Faust has announced the release of Harvard’s first University-wide Sustainability Impact … to make the campus environmentally friendly. The goal of the report, according to the website , is to “Provide a …
Changes to Social-Club Sanctions Possible
… Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana announced today that the existing policy on unrecognized single-gender … That policy, set to take effect with the incoming class of freshmen this fall, prevents student members of such …
Harvard Medalists
… On Commencement day , four alumni received the HAA’s Harvard Medal, which recognizes extraordinary service to the University. The names of three recipients had been previously publicized; the surprise announcement at the meeting of a fourth, retiring HAA …
Issue: July-August 2014
Nothing to Fear
… Few people devote their lives to creatures that have frightened and killed … which her sister accidentally threw at her in a pail of water while they played on the shore of Lake Ontario. Her parents indirectly fed the passion. “I …
Issue: March-April 2006
We Want Your Feedback
… We’ve launched the new Harvardmagazine.com! Our new site offers updated … design, streamlined navigation, and greater coverage of Harvard University news. And we’ve made it even easier …
At Camp, a Community
… car sped away from Logan Airport, into Boston and out along the Charles, my eyes widened as the cupolas of Harvard came into view. “Do I really go there?” I mused … my mum and I were just passing through Boston, dropping off one of my fellow camp counselors at the airport before …
Issue: November-December 2011
An Historic Upset
… and an intelligent game plan executed to near perfection, the Harvard men’s basketball team pulled off the biggest victory in the history of the program on March 21, upsetting the University of New …
In Your Service
… salute two outstanding contributors to Harvard Magazine for their work on readers’ behalf during 2013, and happily … honorarium. Art historian Jennifer L. Roberts—Agassiz professor of the humanities and chair of the committee on degrees in …
Issue: January-February 2014
Heresy
… The fall’s fiscal news— weak investment performance and … finance have been pointing with concern to the wobbliness of its three principal legs. Research funding (about 17 percent of operating revenue). Given federal budget deficits, …
Issue: January-February 2017
A Major Disparity in Massachusetts Criminal Justice
… Today, the Criminal Justice Policy Program (CJPP) at Harvard Law … In October 2016, Ralph Gants ’76, J.D. ’80, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, asked Harvard … American, and Latinx defendants. In his October 2016 State of the Judiciary address, Gants decried the “great disparity …