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On Crimson Careerism
… January , a mere 43 years after I packed up and moved out of Mather House, I moved back in. I regularly eat in the dining … I explain to my fellow Matherites that, despite my title of “visiting scholar,” I am neither visiting (after all, I …
Brevia
… Tamara Elliot Rogers, who is stepping down after leading The Harvard Campaign . Lee, who has been at Caltech since … . Design Redesign Harvard’s Graduate School of Design has announced that its landlocked 1972 facilities … And Arthur C. Brooks , president of the American Enterprise Institute, becomes professor of the practice of public …
Issue: November-December 2018
Science and Harvard: Collaborations and Transformations
… In May , I had the pleasure of announcing that Hansjörg Wyss had followed … for Biologically Inspired Engineering with a second gift of $125 million to launch the next phase of its growth. In …
Issue: July-August 2013
Drat Those Vandals!
… As the keeper for the meantime of “The College Pump” column, Primus V naturally cares about the well-being of the genuine article, which sits massively in the Old Yard …
Issue: March-April 2009
News Briefs
… Faculty-Dean Denouement During the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting on May 7, … where student protesters had loudly sought the ouster of their faculty deans, Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. (who had …
John S. Rosenberg , Marina N. Bolotnikova
Issue: July-August 2019
Faust Issues Statement on Occupy Harvard
… , as access to Harvard Yard remained restricted due to the presence of the Occupy Harvard protest's tent city, President Drew … a Harvard ID from entering the Yard based on the behavior of demonstrators on November 9, when the protest began …
Who Cares About Chinese Culture?
… Panelists : Peter K. Bol , Carswell professor of East Asian languages and civilizations; director, Center … Project Tian Xiaofei , professor of Chinese literature Is there a distinctive Chinese culture? Do “cultures” stand up …
Issue: May-June 2010
Zzzzzzz...
… being up early: "To be up after midnight and to go to bed then, is early: so that to go to bed after midnight is to go … one o'clock study breaks, and David Letterman are staples of a Harvard student's schedule. The typical student has … not unconstructive love-hate relationship with the concept of sleep and all things associated. On the one hand, …
University People
… Prize Professors Seven members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences were recognized as … , Loeb professor of Germanic languages and literature. The five-year appointments include a semester of paid leave, …
New Curator Named for Nieman Foundation
… announced today that Ann Marie Lipinski will become curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism , succeeding Bob Giles, … plans to retire last fall . Lipinski, who served as editor of the Chicago Tribune for more than seven years, shared a …
Brevia
… Nobel Duo Harvard scholars received the highest accolades this October, when Farber professor of medicine William Kaelin was announced as … seeking to create the first, 14-acre phase of the Enterprise Research Campus on Western Avenue from nine to three, …
Issue: January-February 2020
Harvard College Investigates Student Academic Misconduct
… it is formally investigating allegations that “nearly half the students” in a spring 2012 course “may have … freshmen settle in on campus and just before the beginning of fall classes on September 4—is being treated as a very serious violation, on an unprecedented scale, of the institution’s norms of academic integrity: …
FAS Dean Michael D. Smith to Step Down
… Michael D. Smith will step down from his post as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) after 11 years in the role, he …
Mystery Solved
… The architectural views above are displayed in the fourth-floor bedroom corridor at the Harvard Club of New York City. They have been there since 1915, and for … might be. Its architect was Louis Christian Mullgardt, officially a member of the class of 1893, although he took …
Issue: July-August 2015
Wood into Art
… A music stand of East Indian rosewood, with maple laminated veneers curved … clef, stands rooted in a solid base so that it leans toward the musician with assurance. It expresses the remarkable integration of art and utility in the one-of-a-kind pieces by furniture …
Issue: January-February 2015