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A Classicist’s Dylan
… It took six months for Richard Thomas to draft the manuscript for his newest book, Why Bob Dylan Matters, a study, among other things, of the songwriter’s deep and abiding connection to the poets of ancient Greece and Rome. Thomas sat down at his keyboard …
Issue: November-December 2017
Yesterday's News
… 1920 The editors express hope that an “overalls movement”—“the cultivation of a spirit of moderation in this period of lavish expenditure”—that …
Issue: March-April 2010
Likenesses
… Peach state dispatch. W. Todd Groce, president and CEO of the Georgia Historical Society , writes: I recently made an … But it is what I discovered about Cabot that totally surprised me. Photograph courtesy of W. Todd Groce Charles …
Issue: November-December 2020
Weekend Rock Stars
… In August 2012, Jocelyn Arndt ’17 and her brother, Chris ’18, played a rock concert in front of approximately six people—including their parents and a couple of hot-dog vendors. The performance was set to be one of the …
Issue: May-June 2019
“A Melodic Being”
… “The drums are calling out your name,” Ali Sethi ’06 exhorted … Theatre, as he and his bandmates wound toward the climax of the night’s final number, a song with roots stretching … Some listeners were already on their feet, and a handful of students were dancing on stage. Behind Sethi, the tabla …
Issue: November-December 2019
Erin O'Shea
… She and her husband, Douglas Jeffery, play a lot of bridge, as partners, with only a little bickering.) O’Shea has done much well. The professor of molecular and cellular biology, director of the …
Issue: January-February 2007
Harvard COOP’s Major Makeover
… Taking advantage of the pandemic-induced reduction of activity in Harvard Square, the Harvard Coop has closed its main store to accomplish a …
Chapter & Verse
… Jaquay recalls her parents joking about a quip made during the lengthy negotiations in Paris to end the Vietnam War. The delegates quibbled about everything from the shape of the table to the refreshments, and a humorist suggested … and specify what was said. Ken Agran seeks the source of “She burned too bright [or “brightly”] for this world.” …
Issue: July-August 2018
Harvard Portrait: Meg Rithmire
… Assistant professor of business administration Meg Rithmire, Ph.D. ’11, spent the morning of October 5 shepherding Chinese scholars around …
Issue: November-December 2012
Industrial Origins
… On May 13 , the Watch City Steampunk Festival takes over downtown … edge, like Frenchy and the Punk. There will also be loads of artists with an industrial bent, like Waltham’s Todd Cahill, along with vendors offering “steampunk” clothing, accessories, and …
Issue: May-June 2017
Underpinning Public Service
… The University today announced a $15-million gift, from Eric … in Engaged Scholarship, which will underwrite development of the public-service components of more than a dozen new College courses, and the Mindich …
Passover Story
… ’46, J.D. ’48. One day in 1996, as he was sorting his father’s papers in the attic of the family summer home, a pamphlet fell to the floor at … a text for the Passover Seder, but it bore the insignia of the U.S. Third Army and had an unusual place and date on …
A Durable Bubble
… The fifth floor of McKay Laboratory houses an unlikely … at department stores for a few hundred dollars. In the hands of mechanical-engineering doctoral student Emilie Dressaire, …
Issue: November-December 2008
A "Sick" Democracy
… "Freedom. America. The two words go together like a drum and its drumbeat," … times become separated from one another. The Cowles professor of sociology delivered the annual David Riesman Lecture to …
Harvard Football Great Performances: Charlie Brickley ’15
… This Saturday the Harvard football team was supposed to be visiting Easton, Pennsylvania, to play Lafayette of the Patriot League. Instead, we will have to fill the … without games, football correspondent Dick Friedman reprises past Crimson glories: epic plays, players, and …