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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
Harvard Medalists
… The Harvard Alumni Association has announced the recipients … for more than 30 years. His roles include president of the Harvard Board of Overseers (and board member from …
Yesterday’s News
… When an alumnus threatens to cut a $10-million bequest out of his will unless outspokenly pro-German Professor Hugo Münsterberg is fired, the University replies that it “cannot tolerate any …
Issue: September-October 2024
Harvard Magazine Scavenger Hunt Prize Rules
… NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A purchase will not improve chances of winning. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO ARE AT …
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
Harvard Alumnus Wins Chemistry Nobel
… David Baker ’84, a biochemistry professor at the University of Washington, has been named a winner of the Nobel Prize in …
Harvard Corporation Rules Thirteen Students Cannot Graduate
… On Monday, during the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ meeting on students’ … encampment in Harvard Yard should be included on the list of those eligible [ Corrected 4:58 p.m. : a previous version …
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
Increasing Access
… Harvard Magazine has long published commentaries from the president on matters that are timely and relevant to the life of the University. In an era of rapid news cycles, it can be challenging to craft copy …
Slow and Steady
… Scott Kline , J.D. ’88, thought he might run fast in the Hartford Marathon. Not fast fast, but fast for a … a good one. What he had done was complete a marathon in 49 of 50 states. The Hartford one would get him to 50. If … movie.” The connections he made with other runners surprised him. On the news, he’d gotten used to hearing how …
Play Ball
… Baseball Harvard (21-20-1 overall) finished the Ivy season with the league’s best record, 14-6, winning … Princeton, with the Tigers now leading that skein, 6-5. Softball The softballers had a 20-24 overall record and a 6-8 mark in Ivy …
Issue: July-August 2006
2002 Senior Marshals
… Photographs by Gerard Hammond (inset) and Stu Rosner The senior marshals, looking ahead to Commencement 2002, are: (inset) first marshal Gerard Hammond, of Cabot House and Brooklyn; (back row, from left) Dan Droller, of Eliot House and Pelham, New York; Adam Kline, of Leverett …
Issue: May-June 2002
Gathering Together
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has events lined up in … Collections and the Modern Museum."Tours of the Harvard Museum of Natural History, notably its … leaders from the region; topics include "Social Enterprise in Latin America" and "Education and Democracy in …
Issue: January-February 2005
Picturing Jazz
… MASS MoCA ’s exhibition Black Stars: Writing in the Dark invites visitors to reflect on the experience of making—and listening to—music. The installation offers works by the pianist, composer, and visual artist …
Issue: July-August 2024