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New Rules for Campus Use
… Harvard administrators have continued to grapple with the past academic year’s campus chaos . On August 1, … vice president Meredith Weenick shared an updated slate of rules governing shared campus spaces. Prepared by the Harvard Office of the General Counsel and the Campus Space Working …
Monastic Time/Harvard Time
… Monastic Time/Harvard Time Each June for the past six years, Robert Kiely, Ph.D. '62, has been a guest at an Italian monastery for a time of prayer, meditation, instruction, and silence. Loker professor of English and American literature, master emeritus …
Harvard Entertains
… in Hollywood," an Alumni College featuring graduates in the entertainment industry, is to take place on March 12 in Los Angeles. Keynote speaker Andy Borowitz '80 will lead off the day-long event, which includes panel discussions on … in Hollywood: Can the Creative Small Fish Succeed in a Sea of Sharks?"; "Big Media: Balancing Responsibility to …
Issue: March-April 2005
Kay Ryan’s “Graduation Garland,” Derek Bok on Fixing American Democracy
… kay ryan and orator Derek Bok addressed members—new and old—of Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) chapter and their guests on Tuesday morning. The ceremony— the 222nd PBK … 375th anniversary year. Ryan is a two-term poet laureate of the United States; Bok is the only two-term president in …
Harvard’s Development Chief Departs
… for alumni affairs and development since 2018—in effect, the University’s chief fundraising officer—will retire at the end of 2024, the University announced today. He had previously …
John Manning Appointed Interim Provost
… January 2 , today announced that John F. Manning, dean of Harvard Law School (HLS) since 2017 , will serve as interim provost beginning March 14. Carter professor of general jurisprudence John C.P. Goldberg will serve as interim HLS dean. According to the University announcement, Manning will oversee …
Harvard's Financial Aid Failings
… and discount stores." So applicants to Harvard's School of Public Health (SPH) are prominently advised, in the financial-aid section of the admissions website. … from a financial-services company or biotechnology enterprise seem alluring. The schools' scholarship resources vary …
Issue: July-August 2002
Cambridge 02138
… COLORFUL CHAMELEON The exotic panther chameleon whose picture graced the cover of the November-December 2008 Harvard Magazine proved a … to note how people can react differently—I was quite surprised to read of President Faust’s selection of “All things …
Issue: January-February 2009
Chow-crowd Pleaser
… In 2001, just before the Boston Red Sox franchise sold for $700 million, an … group headed by Joe O'Donnell '67, M.B.A. '71, pulled out of the bidding when the previous ownership renewed the … Still, BCG feeds quite a few other fans, including those of the World Series champion Florida Marlins. O'Donnell …
Issue: September-October 2004
Breaking Ground in Allston
… On November 1, the Harvard Allston Land Company (HALC) and development … in Boston’s Allston neighborhood to mark the beginning of construction on the enterprise research campus (ERC). The event, attended by Harvard …
Your Vote Counts
… new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) in annual elections … Harvard degree holders, except for Corporation members and officers of instruction and government, are entitled to vote for …
Issue: May-June 2005
How to Report from Overseas
… prepares very thoroughly beforehand by learning about the local history, politics, and geography; this allows him … might come next. "In Haiti, for example, Gonaives is a city of revolution," he says. "Typically, an uprising will start … your innocent eye like a great treasure. See what surprises you about the place, and try not to filter what you …
Issue: January-February 2005
Cambridge 02138
… The Death Penalty I am not familiar with the Steikers’ work, … to the death penalty, and I simply do not believe that much of the scholarship is useful or relevant. People either … Drake Thies, J.D. ’59 New York City I WAS NOT SURPRISED, given the contemporary Harvard ethos, that none of …
Issue: January-February 2017
Yesterday’s News
… 1924 The Harvard Athletic Committee confers an H on Robert Tyre … athletic facilities and finances, and distribution of fellowship funds. 1979 Jim O’Leary of Luther Witham Inc., caterers, reports that for the 25th …
Issue: May-June 2024
Kevin Young Named 2024 Harvard Arts Medalist
… The Office for the Arts at Harvard today announced that Kevin Young ’92 … participants are scheduled to include Jack Megan, director of the Office for the Arts; Tracy K. Smith, professor of …