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Jonathan Service: “Pivoting Perspectives”
… In addition to giving the graduate English address, Jonathan Service received a … me ha namida This was the poem Basho wrote for the occasion of his departure from his home near Edo, the metropolis that … as he sought "to leave behind the cosmopolitan comforts of the city in order to discover the wilds of the north. The …
Harvard and MIT Form Online-Education Venture
… Drew Faust and Susan Hockfield today announced EdX , a nonprofit joint venture that will offer online courses to the general public while investigating technologies for … (FAS) at Harvard , emphasized that EdX was not an enterprise for automating campus-based courses and disseminating …
Figuring It Out
… The first two years of college were a time of adjustments for John Fish ’21. Like any other student, he … a bit of a persona on camera. People here were kind of surprised when we met because I was a completely different …
Issue: September-October 2019
A Mystical Poet and An American Novelist
… Donald Revell will be the poet, and Andrea Barrett the orator, at the Phi Beta … (PBK) Literary Exercises—the first formal community event of Commencement week and, in many respects, the intellectual core of the festivities for College seniors and their families. …
Many Lasers from One
… laser is supposed to emit a tight monochromatic beam of coherent light. That’s the common view. But Wallace professor of applied physics Federico Capasso and postdoctoral …
Issue: March-April 2010
Football 2022: Holy Cross 30-Harvard 21
… non-league game against a superior team. That, at least, is the theory. But that does not necessarily lessen the sting of Harvard’s 30-21 defeat to Holy Cross of the Patriot League Saturday at the Stadium. The loss, …
Learning by Degrees
… The image is grim : “binge and purge” learning. It’s what … and then spit it back on the exam (purge). This mode of study doesn’t seem to produce durable learning. During the past four years, associate professor of surgery B. Price Kerfoot, M.D. ’96, Ed.M. ’00, …
Issue: November-December 2009
“You Don’t Have to Stop Breathing to Stop Living Life”
… Rain did not dampen the spirits of Harvard’s class of 2019 on the day of their baccalaureate. When Plummer …
Brevia
… Harvard College Professors Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office Virginie Greene Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard News … ; professor of economics David Laibson ; Cabot professor of the natural sciences Douglas Melton ; Johnstone Family …
Issue: July-August 2008
Coaches in Classrooms
… more than two dozen varsity coaches attended classes with their athletes from February 4 to February 15, in the inaugural version of Back to School weeks. The brainchild of Andrew Rueb ’95, M.T.S. ’04, assistant coach of men’s …
Bloodless Brain Surgery
… The scientist behind focused ultrasound (FUS), the most noninvasive treatment of all, is a medical physicist from Finland. Kullervo Hynynen (pronounced HIN - i-nin ), associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School, began …
Durba Mitra
… vintage Bollywood posters brighten Durba Mitra’s basement office in Boylston Hall, each representing an archetype of the Indian woman: Mughal-e-Azam, a classic film about a …
Issue: September-October 2018
Chapter & Verse
… David Azzolina writes: “Psychotherapist Alfred Adler is quoted as having said, ‘The only … perhaps?)” that he paraphrases as “ ‘Steal a loaf of bread (or larger goods) and the weight of the Law comes down mercilessly; steal a fortune and …
Issue: March-April 2015
A Mouse, and Other Surprises
… nation,” as John Lithgow ’67, Ar.D. ’05, characterized them, perhaps just what is wanted in a Commencement speaker … and be generous. (His text is sampled here , and the texts of many Commencement-week speeches may be read on-line at … “Crisis at the Helm” and ran a news story up front that reprised the topic with a twist. The admissions office sends a …
Issue: July-August 2005
Flaunting It
… In the summer of 2016, Primus was ascending Widener Library’s steps, in pursuit of some tome or other, where he met a visiting family disappointed that they …
Issue: November-December 2017