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Three Cheers
… on each. Lincoln Caplan Photograph by Susan L. Carney The McCord Writing Prize (honoring David T.W. McCord ’21, … and senior research scholar at Yale Law School. He profiled Radcliffe Institute dean and civil rights historian … (January-February) and Elena Kagan, associate justice of the Supreme Court (November-December; see reader …
Issue: January-February 2023
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
Chapter & Verse
… Jacob Adler seeks a source for the assertion by Menasseh ben Israel in book 2, chapter 26, of Nishmat Hayyim [The Breath of Life], (Amsterdam, 1651), that if an elephant “kills a …
Issue: November-December 2020
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. …
Cambridge 02138
… Our Towns I was pleasantly surprised to see that one place the Fallowses covered was my hometown and current place of residence, Sioux Falls (“Our Towns,” by Lincoln Caplan, …
Issue: July-August 2018
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, …
Baccalaureate Address
… Kennedy School. Harvard president Derek Bok salutes the graduating seniors and reminds them that pursuing material values will not bring happiness; … one needs ethical content in one’s work. Listen to the live audio recording. …
Brevia
… Journalism’s Decline What befell the print news media during the digital transition? John Huey, former editor in chief of Time Inc.; Martin Nisenholtz, former senior vice president of digital operations at The New York Times Company; and …
Issue: November-December 2013
Statistics, No Lies
… Commander John R. H. Callaway of the United States Navy, M.P.A. ’07, has sent Primus the … conversations when someone questioned the veracity of a particular assertion of his. It always seemed an odd …
Issue: March-April 2013
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 …
Harvard Commencement 2022
… Commencement week this year celebrates the University's 2022 graduates, along with memebers of the classes of 2020 and 2021 who missed out on campus festivities …
Issue: May-June 2022
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 …
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
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 …
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