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A Life's Study
… is a lifelong process. Whatever our past experience of formal schooling, many of us have learned how useful--and how revitalizing--further education can be. In the form of mid-career programs, …
Sunil Amrith, Kate Orff, and Damon Rich Awarded MacArthur Grants
… Sunil Amrith , Mehra Family professor of South Asian studies and professor of history, has been … awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship (better known as the “genius grant”), a no-strings-attached award of $625,000 …
Faust and Khurana Condemn DACA Elimination
… In a message to the University community today, President Drew Faust condemned the announced elimination of Deferral for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the Obama-era … least a few dozen Harvard students. “Today’s announcement of the elimination, in six months, of [DACA] represents a …
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
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 …
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, …
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
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 …
“Service Starts with Summer”
… history, he said, “Since Harvard’s founding in 1636, the people educated here have responded patriotically to the call to service.” In light of current, challenging circumstances—for society, and for the perception of universities’ role within it—he continued: We need to …
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
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, …
Humor, Too
… Commencement oratory and the conferring of degrees are not all spinach. Phoebe Lakin … ’18, the Latin Salutatorian, had the wit to draw upon one of the great Harvard graduation moments: J.K. Rowling’s …
Issue: July-August 2018
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 …
A Blood Test for PTSD?
… W hen soldiers returned from the Vietnam War with symptoms such as flashbacks, … in the head.” That test reflects nearly a decade’s study of PTSD by more than 75 researchers, including Frank Doyle, Armstrong professor of engineering and applied sciences and dean of the …
Issue: January-February 2020
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