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An “Enchanted Palace”
… in 1924, in a letter by Archibald Cary Coolidge, director of the Harvard University Library, who imagined an “enchanted … “a beautiful building…in which we store all our works of great rarity and value…[and] works dear to the …
Issue: March-April 2017
Treasurer Transition
… The University announced on May 28 that Paul J. Finnegan … ’75, M.B.A. ’82 (above left), will succeed James F. Rothenberg ’68, M.B.A. ’70 (above right), as treasurer on July 1. The treasurer has wide responsibilities for overseeing …
Issue: July-August 2014
Principled and Pragmatic Counterterrorism
… not abandon our democratic values, says Louise Richardson, the departing executive dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (she becomes principal of the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, in January). …
Issue: January-February 2009
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 …
Biddle: Everyday Family Life
… Geoffrey Biddle writes: These pictures were taken during my family’s everyday life in 2013—on the way to school; a visit to the doctor’s office; experiencing the subway in New York City (we live in …
Honoring Alumni Interviewers
… This year’s Miller-Hunn Awards recognize eight alumni for their volunteer efforts to recruit and interview prospective … S. Hunn, A.B. 1921, now also honors retired admissions officer Dwight D. Miller, Ed.M. ’71.) David Thomas ’68, A.M. ’73, J.D. ’79, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, has served on the schools …
Issue: September-October 2023
Forging a New Bond
… to build an adult relationship with your parents. Leave the past behind. Many people cling to old complaints about … adulthood, says Susan Newman, a psychologist and author of Nobody's Baby Now. The twenties are the perfect time to … calmly but firmly, as one adult to another — to lay off. Be specific, Newman advises: "Say, 'Stop telling me …
Issue: March-April 2004
From the Field to the Front Office
… you doing here?” That question ate at her during her year there—should she try to play internationally and earn a WNBA … she find a new career? Tuesday evening, Gelman—now CEO of Kraft Analytics Group—joined four other Harvard stars … in Israel. At HBS, Patriots owner Robert Kraft watched one of her presentations and hired her. Now, Gelman says she is …
Harvard Alumni Day Speaker Announced
… The second annual Harvard Alumni Day, which takes place on … will feature guest speaker Mary Louise Kelly ’93, co-host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Kelly’s … Association, the midday fete will also feature recognition of the 2023 Harvard Medalists, remarks by President Larry …
Report on Harvard University Police Department Released
… Drew Faust last year to review "how best to assure the strongest possible relations and mutual understanding" between the Harvard University Police Department and the University's "highly diverse community" has issued its …
No Sleepy Coastal Town
… Settled in 1623, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is among the oldest cities in the United States. Historic buildings … reason to visit this coastal city, especially in the dead of winter, is its thriving contemporary arts and cultural … the winter.” Home to more than 22,000 residents, the city offers a disproportionately high number of arts venues and …
Issue: January-February 2024
Kenneth C. Frazier and Joseph Y. Bae to Join Harvard Corporation
… Frazier J.D. ’78 and Joseph Y. Bae ’94 will become fellows of the Harvard Corporation, the senior governing board, the … is former chairman and CEO of biopharmaceutical enterprise Merck & Co., where he was initially hired as general …
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Irene Soto Marín
… Irene Soto Marín once asked her Sunday school teachers the modern-day value of Judas’s bounty for betraying Jesus. Her question—and her … about the past—launched her career as an economic historian of Roman Egypt. When she was 16, her family moved to New …
Issue: September-October 2023
Picking Team Players
… In professional settings, teamwork is crucial. Whether in healthcare or higher education, in startups, science … franchises, organizations that maximize the effectiveness of collaborative efforts enjoy greater success. But what …
Issue: September-October 2023
Radcliffe Parole Reform Panel Features Rapper
… Five years after his high-profile release from prison, Grammy-nominated rapper Meek Mill spoke at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute about reforming the American parole system. Mill joined three other formerly incarcerated individuals who spoke to a crowd of Harvard students, community organizers, former prisoners, …