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Michael R. Bloomberg Named 2014 Commencement Speaker
… philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg, M.B.A. ’66, will be the principal speaker at Harvard's 363rd Commencement on May … Hopkins and Harvard Business School; at the latter, a professorship and the renovated Baker Library | Bloomberg Center are named in honor of his late father, William Henry Bloomberg. Before entering …
2015 Elected Harvard Overseers and HAA Directors
… THE NAMES of the new members of the Board of Overseers and of the new …
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 …
Nobel Prize in Physics Shared by David Wineland, Ph.D. ’70
… David J. Wineland, Ph.D. ’70, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado, …
“There’s Nothing Beyond Our Capacity”
… address to Harvard College seniors by whipping out a pair of shades, bringing College dean Rakesh Khurana to the podium, and saying, “We’re going to break the Internet.” … the Hong Kong Restaurant, scorpion bowls, and the net worth of Mark Zuckerberg (the next day’s featured speaker), the …
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 …
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 …
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
Tough Turkeys
… with passers-by." Turkeys are menacing innocent students at the Business School. “Large female wild turkey…trots after … student newspaper, is much energized by the turkeys, of whom there are at least two. Why are the turkeys here? Writes an editor, “It is doubtful that, like many of us, the turkeys are here to find rich husbands, …
Issue: March-April 2008
Antique Treasures
… prints, medieval maps, and Red Sox memorabilia—along with other ephemera typically seen only behind museum glass—at the … Antiquarian Book Fair. More than 100 dealers proffer treasures ranging from under $100 to well over … the Morgan Library & Museum, in New York City, lectures on “Of Books and Wild Beasts: Thoreau’s Wilderness Library,” and …
Issue: November-December 2017
Adjudicating Sexual-Assault Cases
… seriously those alleging sexual assault—the College's Administrative Board sought, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) on May 7 granted, a new procedure … has investigated humanitarian disasters and crises worldwide. Park said she would serve on the committee, …
Issue: July-August 2002
Cue: Costume Change
… How many people would discard a tenured professorship and a Leverett House mastership to pursue a fledgling career as an operatic bass at the age of 43? "The thought of abandoning Harvard seemed kind of …
Issue: September-October 2002
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
David M. Rubenstein to Join Harvard Corporation
… The University announced today that David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, the private-equity and … Corporation in July 2017. Although Rubenstein is an alumnus of Duke (where he chairs the board of trustees , with a term …
Amending Undergraduate Academics
… Working its way through an unusually full academic agenda at the faculty meeting on March 1, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) held initial discussions of proposals to change how undergraduates register for …