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… new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. The candidates’ … at the HAA’s annual meeting on June 5, on the afternoon of Commencement day. All Harvard degree holders, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and governance, are entitled to vote …
Issue: May-June 2008
Brevia
… Not So Hasty Renovation The Hasty Pudding Theatricals building at 12 Holyoke Street, … is inching toward a badly needed renovation. The Institute of 1770—the umbrella organization for the social club … facing Cambridge Common. That move effected, and $100,000 of immediate safety repairs completed at 12 Holyoke, the way …
Issue: January-February 2004
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
Toward Gender and Sexuality Studies?
… Is there room within Harvard's curricular cornucopia to house … studies? The question is being posed by Bradley S. Epps, professor of Romance languages and literatures, and Heather K. Love …
Issue: May-June 2002
Emerging Maine Artists
… dotting a sunny harbor; pine trees and craggy rocks along the ocean. There’s none of that, though, in As We Are. This show of works by 14 emerging Maine artists at the Portland Museum …
Issue: March-April 2025
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
Winter's End
… THE HOTTEST SHOT ON ICE Tammy Shewchuck '01 has scored more … (152), assists (155) and points (307), bettering the marks of A.J. Mleczko in all three categories (128, 129, and 257 … were second to Dartmouth (top-ranked in the nation for most of the season), who also knocked Harvard out of the ECAC …
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
Behind the Scenes: The Language of Whales
… editor Jonathan Shaw reflects on how he first learned about the research into decoding the language of sperm whales and how he followed the developing story. … me about an ambitious effort to decipher the vocalizations of sperm whales. Most cetaceans produce “whalesong,” but …
25 Years in Harvard Square
… been to Harvard Square recently strolled through it and then enjoyed a grilled salmon dinner at The Harvest … it first opened in 1975, or….” And out would spill tales of the hipness of The Blue Parrot, the mirrored bathroom of the Algiers …
Issue: September-October 2011
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 …
Climate-Solutions Investments Exceed 1 Percent of Endowment Assets
… released its annual report on progress toward a 2050 target of “net-zero” greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with endowment investments and operations. As of June 30, 2023, the latest fiscal year for which data is available, the …
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
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 …
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 …