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Alaskan Educator
… for a career.” He earned a teaching certificate from the University of Alaska in 1995 and an M.Phil. in school development/school leadership from the University of Cambridge in 1996. Back home again, he moved, after …
Issue: November-December 2018
University Affiliates Win Pulitzer Prizes
… and a longtime Expository Writing preceptor were among the winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes announced yesterday. Gene … Post, won the Pulitzer for “a distinguished example of feature writing giving prime consideration to quality of …
Chapter & Verse
… Fred Wegener seeks sources for "more given to the arts than to warfare" and "tremors sent below by breezes striking the higher sails," and identification of the poem alluded to in this passage: "that avenging … he said it was delicious." Edward Levin asks the source of "You may want a span of horses for plowin' and all the …
Issue: September-October 2003
Update: Harvard versus Yale
… A 10-0 defeat of Yale, meted out under arctic conditions at the Stadium on November 22, gave Harvard a 9-1 football … which won a 24-22 squeaker in the teams' first league game of the season. Crimson squads have won six Ivy trophies …
New Study Predicts Wildfires Will Worsen with Climate Change
… , and human-related activities start a large number of wildfires every year, but during the next 40 years it is climate change that will lead to a … in the American West, according to a new Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) study. The study …
One Step Closer to a New Alma Mater
… After releasing a draft of recommendations developed through conversations and … sessions with Harvard faculty, students, and staff, the Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging has selected a longlist of 20 choices from among 168 submissions to replace the …
Vikram Patel
… remember very clearly getting into catering school,” says the new chair of the department of global health and social medicine. But a bent for …
Issue: November-December 2023
Chapter & Verse
… José Rigau would appreciate help in identifying the person (possibly French historian Charles Seignobos) who … author, work, and date for "...led onward without will of their own by their former striving." Eugene Pattison … life; plaster, death; marble, immortality." "plains of hesitation" (May-June 2003). William Waterhouse found …
Issue: July-August 2003
Class-conscious Financial Aid
… undergraduate financial-aid program in an effort to make the College more attractive to lower-income students. … responsible for contributing to their expenses to the tune of $3,500 next year (met through outside scholarships, term employment, or loans), plus an average of $2,000 from summer earnings ($1,850 for freshmen). The …
Issue: May-June 2004
Cherry A. Murray Named SEAS Dean
… Cherry a. Murray will be the next dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Arts and …
Franken Facts
… Bill O’Reilly, making an impassioned speech about the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy on the Senate floor—Al Franken has done it all. ( Read a profile from the March-April issue .) Learn more about the … Franken received a perfect score (800) on the math section of the SATs. Though he was born in New York City, Franken …
Issue: March-April 2012
Sleep Deprivation in America
… Sleepless in America , a television program on the current epidemic of sleep deprivation, will air on the National Geographic … on Sunday, November 30, at 8 p.m. EST. A wide range of illnesses and accidents—crashes involving drowsy drivers …
University Vows to Cut Greenhouse Gases
… aims to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions by 30 percent in the next eight years, President Drew Faust announced today. … In making the pledge, Faust endorsed the recommendations of a task force (chaired by Brooks professor of international science, public policy, and human …
What Modularity Means for MOOCs
… Reporting to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at length for the … online, degree-oriented courses.) Some MOOC enterprises are shifting from a focus on college and university …
Dominica’s “Bouyon” Star
… On a Tuesday night in February, thousands of revelers paraded through Roseau, the capital of the Caribbean island of Dominica. Some wore the …
Issue: May-June 2024