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Elucidating Public Health
… The Public Health Museum in Tewksbury Hospital’s old … historic site), helps illustrate efforts to combat some of the deadliest diseases in modern American history. There’s an iron lung, made by J.H. Emerson Co., of Cambridge, used to treat polio. Nearby are lung X-rays …
Issue: March-April 2017
Hearing History
… Lei Liang’s Xiaoxiang, a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize, is not the virtuosic tour de force one might expect of a saxophone concerto, a form showcasing technical skill. … traversing the unsettling musical landscapes. Expressions of grief come in waves and paroxysms that overwhelm the …
Issue: January-February 2016
Faculty Members’ Outside Online Activities
… Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) last spring voiced objections to … through settings on each course’s website—no such conflict arises. Although faculty members ought to be free to …
Alma Mater, Updated
… When Harvard announced that the time had come to retire the final line of the alma mater—“Till the stock of the Puritans die”— a Rube Goldberg marvel of …
Harvard Heavyweight Crew Wins Eastern Sprints
… At the Eastern Sprints regatta on Lake Quinsigamond in … en route to winning the big prize. The Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) stages the annual regatta, which … with Cornell’s showing in the morning heats.) A surprise also awaited the Eli in the heats, when a strong …
Bruce Mau to Speak at Design School
… Bruce Mau’s work ranges from creating a museum of biodiversity to urban renewal projects in the Islamic holy city of Mecca. The Graduate School of … and refurbish a one-color offset press. You'd be surprised at how difficult that is. For every color, every time, …
Biden on Foreign Policy at Harvard
… Standing center stage at the Kennedy School Thursday evening, Vice President Joseph … and clear: as the United States faces a world in the midst of fundamental international change, it is crucial to form a … alliances around the globe while also combating health crises like Ebola and the violent extremism of terrorist …
Harvard Medalists
… Three people received the Harvard Medal for outstanding service, and were publicly … Alumni Association’s annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day. Phyllis Keller, BF ’70 — … counselor, and planner for almost 25 years to deans of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, you have strengthened …
Issue: July-August 2007
How to Pretend You Went to Harvard
… Ah, Harvard . That brick island awash in a sea of Starbucks, which seem to multiply every time you blink. Ah, Commencement. Beginning. But the beginning of what? For alums, I would argue it is the beginning of …
Teaching Humanities at West Point
… When President Drew Faust visits the United States Military Academy at West Point today, she … is scheduled to meet with an interdisciplinary colloquium of faculty and staff members who have been reading her … the beginning of the twenty-first century. That enterprise at once crystallized and confused so many things a lot …
Swept
… afternoon, freshmen Seth Towns and Bryce Aiken sat on a leather coach in the Lavietes Pavilion lounge, awaiting … to beat the defending NBA champions in a potential preview of the conference finals. The Harvard teams had a similar … this weekend’s inaugural Ivy tournament at the University of Pennsylvania. What should the second-seeded men (18-9 …
Gaining Steam
… When Stemberg coach Tommy Amaker reeled in the nation’s tenth-rated recruiting class in 2016, much of the attention centered on four players ranked among … in 2014. Yet Bassey has played the most career minutes of the team’s seven sophomores. He has remained on the court …
A Call for Credit-Card Disclosure
… Proposed amendments to the federal Truth in Lending regulations would be a welcome … 1975 and a law degree in 1978, has taught at the University of Chicago Law School since 1981, but returns to teach at Harvard Law School this fall. (He married Lindh professor of practice of global leadership and public policy …
Making Space
… Just as I was sitting down to write this column before the Thanksgiving break, amidst grim reports of a rapidly spreading virus, welcome news about the work of … $75,000 grand prize in the Social Impact or Cultural Enterprise category. With increased visibility and viability, …
Issue: January-February 2021
My Families
… avocados were until I met my host parents. I mean, I’d kind of heard of them, but had never really been fully acquainted. I …
Issue: May-June 2013