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Stanford Imposes Deeper Cuts, Too
… reductions would be required. In a presentation on March 5, the provost announced that Stanford's $800-million "general … funds, while schools receive between seven and 35 percent of their revenue from this source. Schools that depend … … Updated. Citing the deepening economic and financial crises, Stanford has decided to make deeper expense cuts in …
Roundball Royalty
… is becoming a national hoops power. Returning to the NCAA tournament after their first win at the “dance” … impressed with the Crimson. Harvard played with the kind of tenacity you may not expect from an Ivy League team.” And … Atlantic Coast Conference competition. Instead, Amaker surprised many by electing to stay with the Crimson. “After …
Issue: May-June 2014
N.P. Narvekar Appointed New Harvard Management Company Leader
… reported continued disappointing investment returns for the University’s $35.7 billion endowment , the University announced that N.P. Narvekar, chief executive officer of Columbia University Investment Management Company, has …
Galbraith on Bush, Cheney, Paulson, Greenspan (and Galbraith)
… James K. Galbraith ’74 has been in the news a lot lately. Galbraith—who teaches economics, among other subjects, at the University of Texas's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs—is part of the cover story for this …
Nieman Foundation Curator Bob Giles to Retire
… Bob Giles , curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism for the past decade, announced today that he would retire at the end of the academic year, next June. Read the retirement …
Second Chances in CS50
… David Malan ’99 teaches CS50, perennially one of the most popular undergraduate courses at Harvard: … cases referred for disciplinary action. “That came as a surprise,” said Malan. “We’d hypothesized that [the regret …
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2018-2019 Fellows
… The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study’s 2018-2019 … researchers from multiple academic disciplines. “The range of proposed projects is truly remarkable,” says Radcliffe … former fellow. “We’re delighted with this new group of exceptionally talented fellows and we are excited to see …
Harvard Team Has Quiz Bowl Circuit Abuzz
… for nationals—and will be sending three four-person teams there, the most of any single school, today's Boston Globe informs …
Cooking Up Interest in Science
… The students in Science of the Physical Universe 27: "Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science" had just burst into applause. In this …
Radcliffe Fellows for 2014-2015 Announced
… The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, which celebrates … Harvard faculty members, as detailed below with the titles of their projects. Ann Blair, Lea professor of history , who studies the cultural and …
First-Year International Students Won't Be Allowed on Campus This Fall
… will not be allowed to come to campus this year because of the federal visa restrictions announced earlier this month … to choose between our community's health and the education of our international students,” Khurana continued. “The …
Economic Initiator
… Every Wednesday at seven in the morning, Leland Cole ’57 and 10 other Cincinnati … in 1995, when they were charged with the business component of Cincinnati’s Sister City project with Kharkiv, Ukraine. … in 1947). Eventually Cole was inspired to found the nonprofit Center for Economic Initiatives (CEI; www.ceiworld.org …
Issue: May-June 2007
Commemorating 9/11
… As part of the University’s observance of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the Mahindra Humanities …
Issue: November-December 2011
Vintage Brevities
… Cartographic deltiologists will make beelines now to the Harvard Map Collection in Pusey Library: it has recently … postcards. Here’s a card showing a baby hoisting a barbell of oranges and standing on a map of Florida; another card bearing “Greetings from the Ohio …
Issue: July-August 2008
Sanctions Complications
… The College’s impending sanctions on members of … undergraduate social life. ( Read the most recent account of these clashing views within the Faculty of Arts and …