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$400 Million for Law
… It rained on the Harvard Law School (HLS) rainmakers gathered in Langdell … pledges in hand totaling $170.1 million, nearly 43 percent of the sum sought—a goal he promptly urged the donors … diverse interests and beliefs, it should not come as a surprise that the law school is "about people who have ideas …
Issue: September-October 2003
The Green Star State
… The cost of producing renewable energy from both wind and … this has also led to an auspicious problem: what to do with the excess energy produced from sustainable sources? … no easy way to store the power, the state—which has some of the highest U.S. electricity prices—is forced to export …
Issue: March-April 2025
Harvard Fencers at the 2024 Paris Olympics
… To a young mind, lightsabers are mesmerizing. They buzz in the hands of Jedi masters, glowing in fluorescent colors. As a child, … in Paris along with seven other Harvard fencers, a mix of incoming freshmen (Colin Heathcock ’28 and Nick Zhang …
Issue: July-August 2024
Down East Dazzlers
… Holmes were poking around on a hill in Paris, Maine, in the southwestern part of the state, when they spied a clear green crystal sticking out of the dirt. It was the first gem tourmaline discovered in …
Issue: September-October 2001
Glass Jelly
… The blue beauty at left is Porpita mediterranea rendered in … These jellies, moved by wind and wave across the surface of the open sea, are composed of colonies of specialized organisms. They trap and subdue …
Issue: May-June 2008
Harvard Calendar
… MUSIC. Memorial Church hosts the annual Christmas Carol Services on December 15 at 5 p.m. … Theatre, the Harvard Callbacks , an a cappella group, lead off the winter season with a November 2 performance. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra plays a program of Berlioz, Rachmaninoff, and Dvorák on December 6, …
Issue: November-December 2002
Growing through OCD
… writes Charles M. Barber ’85 in his memoir, Songs from the Black Chair . Barber, who spent a decade as a counselor in two of New York City’s largest homeless shelters, is now a writer and researcher at the Yale University School of Medicine’s Program for Recovery and Community Health. He …
Issue: March-April 2006
Polo Renaissance
… Yes, there was one gleaming black Bentley (but only one) parked … a relaxed and decidedly casual bunch. “Polo has the image of being a ‘Great Gatsby’ sport, and it markets that image,” … dungaree sport. It involves the care, feeding, and training of horses, and practicing on them. You do it all in …
Issue: November-December 2007
FAS Budget: Better, Bit by Bit
… At the last regular faculty meeting of the year, on May 11, Dean Michael D. Smith told the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) that its unrestricted deficit for …
Harvard and Havana
… took power , direct travel and communications between the United States and Cuba have been proscribed. But … are now widening, with the result that the presence of Harvard scholars and students in Cuba, and of Cubans at Harvard, is no longer rare. Some of this …
Harvard Basketball's Zena Edosomwan and His Harvard Legacy
… It is hard to miss Zena Edosomwan ’17, the six-foot-nine, 245-pound power forward on the Harvard … saw him leap over not one, not two, but three teammates—all of whom were at least six-foot-nine—during the slam dunk … just 12.1 minutes per game, and many observers were surprised that the highly touted recruit was not having a bigger …
Cambridge Scholars
… scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2008-2009 academic year. Math concentrator Gerardo Con Diaz, of San José, Costa Rica, and Pforzheimer House, will be the … Trinity College; history concentrator Milo “Mishy” Harman, of Jerusalem and Pforzheimer House, was named the Governor …
Issue: July-August 2008
Solving Dehydration
… In the 1960s , East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) faced a grave … in 1967. A self-described pacifist living in an age of mandatory physician conscription, he joined the National Institutes of Health rather than serve in Vietnam. The NIH sent …
Issue: January-February 2024
A CD Guide to Women's Health
… electronic publishing, Harvard University Press has issued The Harvard Guide to Women's Health on CD-ROM. The original … two doctors and a medical historian, draws on the expertise of many of the physicians affiliated with Harvard Medical School, …
Arts Administration in Challenging Times
… M. Kaiser doesn't believe in deficits. Kaiser—who spoke at the New College Theatre yesterday, in an event sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard and moderated by Harvard … City Ballet not because he was enticed by the prospect of bailing out the ballet company, which was on the verge of …