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Task Force Seeks to Enhance Cambridge Campus
… to explore improvements in Harvard’s Cambridge campus, with the aim of making better use of existing spaces to foster faculty-student interaction, …
TurboVote: “Netflix” for Voter Registration
… life 3,000 miles away from home, registering to vote was the last thing on freshman Bonnie Lei’s mind after arriving … Harvard. But when Lei walked into University Hall to drop off her study card last week, all she had to do to register … founder Seth Flaxman, M.P.P. ’11, describes as the “Netflix of voting” —Lei registered within minutes, and will soon …
Yoga for Lacrosse
… a banner year for Harvard men’s lacrosse (10-7, 5-1 Ivy). The squad earned its first berth in the NCAA tournament in … tiebreaker went to the Crimson, due to its 14-9 thumping of the Big Red in Ithaca this April (Then, Cornell was 9-0 … contribution to the laxmen’s success came from athletics professional Dan Boyne, who for 28 years has directed the …
Issue: July-August 2014
Embodying Access
… After spending more than two decades in the financial-services industry, Cynthia A. Torres ’80, … improving access to college through educating a clientele of mostly middle-class families about admissions and … and grew up in urban Los Angeles,” says the new president of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). “My Harvard …
Issue: September-October 2014
Humanities Medals to Higginbotham, Fly
… Thomas professor of history and of African and African American studies … and preservationist Everett L. Fly , who in 1977 became the first African American to earn a master of landscape architecture degree from the Graduate School of Design (GSD), are among the 10 …
President Bacow’s Harvard Baccalaureate Remarks
… Good afternoon, members of the Class of 2021, soon-to-be alumni of Harvard College. The role of …
Mosaic for Now
… U nspoken , 10.22.10 - 07.07.11 forgoes the traditional mosaic materials of stone and glass. Instead, “It’s a very personal piece speaking of my [verbal] isolation” following a move from New York …
Issue: January-February 2013
Harvard Treasurer Succession
… The University announced today that Paul J. Finnegan ’75, M.B.A. ’82 , a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2012, will succeed James F. Rothenberg ’68, M.B.A. ’70 , a member of the Corporation since 2004, as treasurer on July 1. …
All Are Welcome
… Commencement and reunions week—the highlight of Harvard’s social calendar—draw crowds of alumni and guests each year To best accommodate older …
Issue: May-June 2014
An Obligation to Dignity
… fluttering.” That’s how Reginald Dwayne Betts, speaking at the Graduate School of Design on Tuesday evening, described the underground … the concrete floor. A poet, lawyer, and educator—and, as of last week, a 2021 MacArthur Fellow—Betts delivered this …
A New Plant to Enhance Memory
… A plant that grows in higher-altitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere has memory-enhancing effects across … to findings published today in Science Advances. A group of 23 researchers report that root material from Rhodiola …
Chapter & Verse
… Marty Mazzone writes: “My mother used to say, as fast as she could, ‘The high uffum … it for us on the spot. Can anyone identify the origin of this very strange, unGoogle-able phrase?” John Sundquist requests the origin of the assertion, “Love is the determined caring for the …
Issue: January-February 2010
Hiram S. Hunn Awards
… Hiram S. Hunn Memorial Schools and Scholarships Awards from the College’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid for their volunteer work: …
Issue: November-December 2016
Should Convicted Felons Serve on Juries?
… be allowed to serve on juries, sitting in judgment on their fellow citizens? On June 2, Premal Dharia, inaugural director of Harvard Law School’s Institute to End Mass Incarceration, … goes back to slavery, it goes back to when juries were comprised of all white men in order to convict black men.” …
Fellows’ Travels
… The Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) fellows’ courses of action range widely: from raising awareness of sex trafficking in Boston to deploying a mobile app for …
Issue: March-April 2014