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Relax, It’s Just 32,000 People
… In one week , the three Commencement student orators will deliver their … empty Fong Auditorium. As they perform, Erika Bailey, one of the two coaches for this year’s speakers, takes notes on … which Bailey—a lecturer on Theater, Dance, and Media and professional voice coach for the American Repertory Theater—is …
Science and (Bad) Cooking
… I’m the Rachel Ray of microwaving, able to estimate cooking … songs blasting in the background. I was pleasantly surprised to find my chicken came out somewhat moist. Those moments of pleasant surprise were rare over the two months I spent in the course. …
Brevia
… Her Honor, Honored The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, L ’59, LL.D. ’11, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, returns to campus to receive the … Samuel Tak Lee, of the Hong Kong-based Prudential Enterprise, an international developer. The funds will support a …
Issue: March-April 2015
Jill Abramson to Teach at Harvard
… ’76 will come to Harvard as a visiting lecturer for the 2014-2015 academic year, teaching undergraduate courses on narrative nonfiction in the Department of English. “I'm honored and excited to be teaching at … academic year,” said Abramson, in Harvard’s announcement of her appointment. “Narrative nonfiction journalism is more …
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
Harvard Portrait: Catherine Brekus
… “Let your women keep silence in the churches,” declares Paul in Corinthians 14:34. Catherine Brekus ’85 specializes in hearing the voices of America’s early female religious leaders, nearly lost to history—a casualty of neglect, or sometimes a more deliberate excision from the …
Issue: September-October 2015
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 …
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. …
Contending with Long Covid
… At the forefront of efforts to demystify the opaque condition known as “long-COVID,” which saddles some survivors of the SARS CoV-2 virus with a slew of unpleasant and …
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
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