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From Playwriting to Physics
… The Radcliffe Institute's 2001-2002 fellows include a … two playwrights, and a screenwriter; and three men (professors at Harvard, Columbia, and Catholic University). … fellowship ranks; their projects range from genomic studies of sea urchins to topics in physics, sociology, literary and …
Issue: September-October 2001
President and Polity
… H. Summers e-mailed a multi-thousand-word “letter to the community” on November 7, subsequently published as a 12-page insert to the official Gazette (available at www.president.harvard.edu ). The cover note said the text conveyed “my sense of some important recent developments at the University …
Issue: January-February 2006
Change Agent
… years as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and a post at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Carter … '65 had the world in his palm. Rather than follow any one of those roads, however, he built his own multinational … highway to uncharted lands. He incorporated pieces of all he had learned through these "apprenticeships" to …
Issue: March-April 2002
Learned Linguist
… William H. Jacobsen Jr. '53 recognized his contribution to the state's "living history." Jacobsen made that contribution in the field of linguistics, as a specialist in several Native American languages, including Washo, spoken by the tribe of that name, who live in the area around Lake Tahoe. He is …
Issue: May-June 2003
Ready for Growth?
… Harvard proposes to put shovels in the ground not only to build a new campus in Allston but, … building at the Arnold Arboretum. The public first heard of the project in 2003, but as this issue went to press, a neighborhood association remained concerned about aspects of it, the job was out for bids, but Harvard had yet to …
Issue: May-June 2007
Inc.@theCollege
… Alex M. Rampell '03 started investigating college options, the young inventor's computer program--which sells for $15 and combats nuisances in America Online software--had already grossed more than $35,000 and garnered … to develop Rampell Software into a six-figure enterprise that helps pay for his tuition and expenses. Now, in an …
A Window on Beijing
… The Olympics focused global attention generally on air … particularly on air quality in Beijing. For visual evidence of the state of the skies in Beijing, check the photographs and …
Issue: September-October 2008
Election 2012: Google’s Insight
… contested presidential election. Just analyze millions of Google searches for terms like “where to vote,” “Obama,” … in economics, Stephens-Davidowitz has been studying the election through the lens of an online tool called Google Insights for Search, a …
Harvard Calendar
… SPECIAL. Dance yourself over to the annual CityStep show, featuring Cambridge fifth- and … for ArtsFirst 2000, Harvard’s eighth annual celebration of the arts, coming up May 4-7. THEATER. The American Repertory Theatre’ s production of Joe Orton’s Loot concludes its run on March 15; Charles …
Steady State
… pays. So do effective investment disciplines. Those are the two signal lessons from recent Harvard Management Company (HMC) stewardship of the University's endowment funds. The return on … equities such as venture capital. "We may not be out of the woods," Meyer wrote in September, in his annual …
Issue: November-December 2002
Cambridge 02138
… Art Saviors I was delighted to read “The Art Army” (January-February, page 36) and look forward … . The subject is truly important and the saving/salvaging of Europe’s art treasures is a real tribute to those … Anyone interested in this period will also enjoy The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich …
Issue: March-April 2010
Silverglate on Obama, HLS, and that New Yorker Cover
… Harvey Silverglate disapproves of the Obama campaign's reaction to the satirical New Yorker … A campaign spokesman called the cartoon "tasteless and offensive"; Silverglate, LL.B. ’67, attributes that reaction …
War Stories
… Robert T. Tims '47 found the transition between his two worlds in 1945 sudden, … and occupied France," he writes in The Harvard Class of 1947 and World War II, a new collection of wartime memoirs. "The next day I was a lowly corduroyed …
Issue: January-February 2004
Women and War
… The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study offers April … and New York City that high-light women’s roles in times of war. The April 10 panel discussion at the United States …
Issue: March-April 2006
Football: Harvard 41, Brown 23
… A week ago, in his initial game as a starting quarterback, the junior from Union, Kentucky, became the first Crimson … after a 52-yard catch-and-run. Hempel directed the offense with poise, ran effectively, and was not intercepted … as Harvard cruised to a 42-20 victory over the University of San Diego. But nobody’s perfect. Nine minutes into …