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Continuity and Change
… Lawrence S. Bacow , J.D.-M.P.P. ’76, Ph.D. ’78, will become the twenty-ninth president of Harvard on July 1. He was elected on Sunday, February 11, … And as intellecctual challenges and opportunities have arisen across departmental, disciplinary, and even school …
Issue: May-June 2018
Candidates for Election
… new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board will be chosen by … All Harvard degree holders, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and governance, are entitled to vote for …
Issue: May-June 2007
Wet and Wonderful
… Yes, the rains came, on and off, throughout the party. Numerous high-tech displays, like the rows of LEDs colorfully illuminating Widener Library's steps and …
Early Autumn Sports
… Soccer After a 1-0 loss to Vermont, the men’s side (4-3-1) ran off three wins over Coastal Carolina, Maine, and Fairfield … early scoring with six goals. The women booters (5-3-1) got off to a 4-2 start, including a win over Miami of Ohio in …
Issue: November-December 2005
Cambridge 02138
… Harvard Law I read with keen interest “ The Education of a Harvard Lawyer ” (January-February, page … crisis provides an opportunity to do this. Existential crises often force fundamental changes in history’s course. …
Issue: March-April 2021
Yesterday’s News
… 1929 The Student Council criticizes the administration’s plan to erect one of the newly endowed Houses east of DeWolfe Street, arguing that the future Dunster House …
Issue: January-February 2024
Aloian Memorial Scholars
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has named seniors Grace … for thoughtful leadership and enriching the quality of life in their Houses. House Committee co-chair Uche, of Dallas, organized Quad formals and watch parties, created …
Issue: November-December 2023
Civil Discourse and Institutional Neutrality Task Forces
… interim provost since March 14 , today announced a pair of University-wide working groups. The “Institutional Voice Working Group” will consider when … chaos, the University began to consider adopting a position of institutional neutrality ( first reported by the Harvard …
Susan Meiselas Named Harvard Arts Medalist
… Photographer Susan Meiselas, Ed.M. ’71, will be honored with the Harvard Arts Medal during the annual Arts First celebration, scheduled this year from April 28 to May 1. President Drew Faust will present the medal during an event hosted by the Learning from …
Harvard@Home: Commencement and Cloning
… Harvard's 353rd Commencement in June—or if you were there and want to relive the experience—be sure to visit Harvard@Home. A new Harvard@Home program offers nearly two hours of Commencement coverage, including the keynote address by …
Issue: September-October 2004
Student Financial Assistance: FY 2005
… amounts to a half-billion-dollar-plus commitment by the University. These data, from fiscal year 2005, show that … particularly important in the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). Loans, the principal funding source in the professional schools, totaled $210 million. And employment, …
Issue: March-April 2007
Tiktaalik Resurfaces
… reports on new findings (to be published tomorrow in the journal Nature ) about Tiktaalik roseae, a fossil fish that is providing “striking evidence of the intermediate steps by which some marine vertebrates … walked on land.” Paleontologist Neil Shubin, Ph.D. ’87, of the University of Chicago, led the expedition that found …
The GOP’s Return to Ideas?
… At the 2020 Republican National Convention, the GOP did not … Democratic policies. The Republican Party’s abandonment of ideas under Trump concerned Stephen Goldsmith, a former Republican mayor of Indianapolis. The Bok professor of the practice of urban …
Fall Sports
… Field Hockey The stickwomen (5-1, 3-0 Ivy) got off to a fast start, knocking off Penn, Brown, and Yale in their first three Ivy contests. …
Issue: November-December 2002
Behind the Scenes: Chance reunion between old chums
… reunite after 39 years. Writing my March-April feature profile “ Diagnosis by Fiction ,” on novelist Stephen Bergman … about 40 years but hadn’t seen or spoken with him for 39 of them. As fellow writers, Steve and I met in the early 1980s … profile narrates how literary celebrity took Steve by surprise and changed his life forever. At those PEN New England …