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Mormonism and Mortality
… James Allworth and Karen Dillon), focuses on values and offers its readers guidance in aligning their choices, professional and otherwise, with the things that genuinely …
Issue: July-August 2014
Cambridge 02138
… The Arboretum What a wonderful piece! (“ Rooted ,” by Nancy … to say, I’m particularly grateful you included the picture of the katsura tree. What a lovely story. It embodies the … member of the “Class of 1967,” in the years since there’s arisen some vague but still meaningful sense of being part of …
Issue: May-June 2022
Ode to a Beloved Maestro
… a family reunion . Or, perhaps, even better, said conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), Federico Cortese : … HRO alumni—now doctors, lawyers, teachers, and some, professional musicians—reunited in Cambridge to play a reunion …
Yesterday's News
… 1911 The College Library expects to be without money to buy new … the Charles), and the Business School complex, a gift of George F. Baker. *** The first movie theater in Cambridge … is about to open across from the Yard. 1931 The masters of Adams, Kirkland, Leverett, Eliot, and Winthrop, the five …
Issue: January-February 2011
Primal Kitchens
… The most dramatic moment in human evolution took place about 1.9 million years ago, with the emergence of homo erectus. "Something radical happened," says professor of anthropology Richard Wrangham. "The change …
Far from Clueless
… Like many Harvard seniors, Sofia Lidskog '01 interviewed for jobs with investment banks … and management consulting firms in New York City. "I was on the treadmill with everybody else," she says. "But my heart … television, before 32 million viewers. Lidskog is one of four members of the newly-created "Clue Crew" for …
Issue: January-February 2002
Claudine Gay Announces Racial-Justice Initiatives
… As protests about racial equity continue across the country, Claudine Gay, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), announced a series of …
Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D. ’89, and Emmanuelle Charpentier Share Chemistry Nobel
… The 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded jointly this morning to Emmanuelle Charpentier, of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, and Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D. ’89, of …
“This Entire Campus Belongs to You”
… timing could not have been better. When she arrived at the Graduate School of Education for a one-year master’s program in 2017, she … be a culture shock, exacerbated by the unique challenges of attending an elite institution like Harvard. She wanted …
Bon Anniversaire
… Watchers of Julia Child’s TV show The French Chef marveled at how she disposed of dirty pans and kitchen debris by simply handing stuff …
Issue: January-February 2013
Social Media Use and Adult Depression
… Parenting teenagers in 2022 generally entails worrying about their use of platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok; … their parents and grandparents too. The findings come out of the COVID States Project, a series of surveys of adults …
Issue: March-April 2022
Brevia
… Pudding Pluralism On the occasion of honoring (and roasting) Woman of the Year Mila Kunis—a star of That 70s Show, Family Guy, …
Issue: March-April 2018
“If You Believe That It Is Possible to Break, Believe That It Is Possible to Repair”
… Class Day had many firsts: Roberta “Robbie” Kaplan ’88 was the first openly gay person to speak at the occasion, … whose members had performed a record-breaking 390,095 hours of pro bono work. One of the most influential lawyers of her generation, Kaplan …
Face-to-Face with Faculty
… Harvard College students often lament their lack of contact with senior professors. A discussion … reobservation and interpretation. The students were "surprised that they could look at one thing for two hours," he …
Brevia
… Racial Justice in FAS Following the appointment of the University’s chief diversity and inclusion officer ( Brevia, September-October , page 21), Faculty of …
Issue: November-December 2020