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What Legacy?
… District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs will rule on whether Harvard College impermissibly discriminates against … a light on other factors that go into Harvard’s review of applicants, including consideration of legacy status (the … staff members. The existence of such factors came as no surprise to close observers of admissions. But given the …
Issue: January-February 2019
"Harvard" Square
… In search of caffeine for an all-night rendezvous with a term paper, the undergraduate passed Elsie's Famous Sandwiches, where he … * Three hundred and fifty Quad residents were recently surprised to learn that they no longer lived in North House. The …
Cambridge 02138
… Athletics Angles Anent the letter in the March-April issue about football : should … banning this dangerous sport? There is compelling evidence of lasting—and potentially lethal … Bemis Jr., M.B.A. ’54 Santa Fe I was bemused, but not surprised, to see President Faust touting Harvard’s Center for …
Issue: May-June 2015
A Delicate Power
… India and raised in Paris, Shantala Shivalingappa is among the world’s best practitioners of Kuchipudi, a classical narrative dance from South India … rarely performed in Boston. “It is so complete,” she says of the form. “It has force and grace, strength and fluidity, …
Issue: January-February 2015
Memorable Mentors
… Mentor remembered. Francis A. Boyle, J.D. ’76, Ph.D. ’83, professor of law at the University of Illinois, recalling his beloved …
Issue: November-December 2021
Masterpiece Pieces
… Scholars at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies on the outskirts of Florence, Italy, gather for after-lunch coffee in the salone (below). There they are overseen by, …
Issue: November-December 2009
Sports in Brief
… Soccer The women’s team (12-5-1, 6-0-1 Ivy) had a banner campaign, … was able even to tie the Crimson. In the first round of the NCAA tournament, Harvard lost to Boston University, … Melanie Baskind was unanimously named Ivy League Player of the Year; she led Harvard’s attack with eight goals and …
Issue: January-February 2012
University Approves New Law School Shield
… More than five years after the Harvard Corporation acceded to Harvard Law School’s … to HLS,” wrote Dean John F. Manning in an email. “Members of our community shared with the Working Group that, because of HLS’s wide-ranging scope, depth, and diversity, the Law …
Honoris Causa
… Commencement. University provost Alan M. Garber introduced the honorands in the following order, and President Drew … . Wallace S. Broecker. Newbury professor of geology at Columbia, popularly credited with coining the …
Issue: July-August 2015
Chapter & Verse
… Andrew Hamilton writes: “For research into the origins of a poem by Robert Frost, I am searching for any reference to Veritas, the Roman goddess of truth, that would support statements that she was thought …
Issue: November-December 2016
“How Do You Last 35 Years?”
… women’s basketball head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith stood in the front of the lounge of Dillon Field House and raised a toast to … Amy Reinhard. She is leading the effort with Catherine Crisera ’96, who said they were also moved by the death last …
Harvard Divinity School Receives Christian Studies Endowment
… James R. Swartz ’64, have donated $10 million to establish the Susan Shallcross Swartz Endowment for Christian Studies, in support of new professorships, fellowships, and educational programs. The …
Learning by Doing
… covered with blackboard paint and tables on wheels fill one of Harvard’s more unusual new classrooms; hammers and … like a workshop or a garage,” says Logan McCarty , director of physical sciences education and one of the instructors who designed the new space. “If students are …
Issue: May-June 2014
Priscilla Chan Grants $12 Million for Public Service
… and CEO, as he finally got his Harvard degree and delivered the address at the Commencement afternoon exercises last … (CZI) has made a $12.1-million, 15-year grant in support of Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), with which she … Field public-housing projects. (She visited members of the Franklin Hill community yesterday, as shown in the …
Space Matters
… Academic staff members across the University who plan and design teaching spaces gathered for a week of discussion and site visits to exchange ideas on how to … Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT), included tours of innovative learning spaces across campus, including a …