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Harvard Basketball's Unlikely MVP
… In the summer of 2017, men’s basketball assistant coach Brian … He looked up to see Justin Bassey ’20 smiling back at him. The encounter was pure coincidence—Eskildsen’s vacation with … coach Tommy Amaker prizes in perimeter defenders. The son of Thai and Nigerian immigrants, Bassey also had straight As …
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
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
Al Fresco
… Imagine this: someone other than yourself laboring to prepare fresh Italian food, and serving it with a real smile? The joys of dining out after months of pandemic isolation have never been so welcome: “How do …
Issue: May-June 2021
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
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 …
At Home with Harvard: Nature Walks
… This is the fifth installment in Harvard Magazine’ s new series, “At … the movies , Harvard’s literary scene , and the resources of Harvard’s many museums . Isolation doesn’t mean we have … and biking, even while social distancing. A woodsy view of the High Service Reservoir Photograph by Mike Ryan I …
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 …
Langdell Remodels, Tomes in Transit
… in Langdell Hall in preparation for a major remodeling of the building. "We had to decide whether to remodel piecemeal … or all at once," says Harry Martin, librarian and professor of law. "Piecemeal would have taken four years and …
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
Hot Pursuit
… Matthew Berlin ’89, a jazz and blues bassist who also knocks … it and played bass; the album is a collaboration with two of his oldest friends and bandmates: singer Samoa Wilson and … album takes its title, and its inspiration, from the music of swing pianist Teddy Wilson (no relation to Samoa), who …
Issue: March-April 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
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 …
Thirty-two Students Removed from Harvard Housing during Fall Semester
… The Harvard Community Council announced today that during … on-campus housing. The council, a non-disciplinary body of College students, staff, and faculty members, received reports of 251 potential violations, with some students cited for …
Talk, Part II: "Life is Not a Check-List"
… In separate ways, in the Baccalaureate and Commencement afternoon speeches, on … J.K. Rowling addressed students’ drive for success and fear of failure—a fear that can divert them from fulfilling lives. (The second half of Rowling’s powerfully personal speech, titled “The Fringe …
Issue: July-August 2008