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An Argument for Music
… The first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto ended, … Bell, whose dazzling solos and severe good looks had fired the crowd, pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped … the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Already, Ross heard hints of Nagano’s signature sound: a cool, elegant balance. But …
Issue: July-August 2008
College to Impose Sanctions on Final Club Members
… Citing their history of gender discrimination and negative … announced in an e-mail today that Harvard will ban members of historically male final clubs and other unrecognized, single-gender social groups from holding …
Crimson Idol?
… Molly DeWolf Swenson ’10, formerly of Winthrop House and the Opportunes, recently appeared on American Idol , on the January 26 broadcast of Milwaukee auditions for the Fox TV show. Her mellifluous …
Maria A. Ressa, LL.D. ’24, Harvard Commencement Address 2024
… President Gay, who called me last year to extend this offer. It’s an incredible honor to address the distinguished Harvard faculty, the mysterious Harvard … far and close to be here with you today. But wait. Most of all, despite everything, because you worked really hard, …
University People
… first executive vice president, effective September 1. As the “principal ranking operating officer” at the University, he will oversee financial, … Sachs partner since 1998, was most recently global head of investment management (and now becomes a board member at …
Issue: September-October 2008
First Nights
… Cat-calls and hisses succeeded the playing of the first few bars, and then ensued a battery of screams, countered by a foil of applause. We warred over …
MASS MoCA
… MASS MoCA has been a welcome and invigorating force within the Western Massachusetts arts-and-culture scene. This summer, the museum offers more than a dozen contemporary art shows, along with … in downtown North Adams, and curators make the most of courtyards, passageways, and lawns. The annual Bang on a …
Issue: July-August 2018
Football: Harvard 14, Dartmouth 13
… end last Friday night at Harvard Stadium, a reporter from The Harvard Crimson turned to her colleagues in the press … in Harvard’s 142-season football history. In a showdown of Ivy unbeatens, the Crimson shrugged off an epic goal-line stand, scored two touchdowns in the …
Three Faculty Members, Two Alumnae Win MacArthurs
… The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation conferred … physicist); and Matthew Nock (a psychologist whose studies of suicide and self-injury were featured in this recent Harvard Magazine profile) . Alumnae who were recognized include Jeanne Gang, …
Studying Schooling
… In 2006, Thomas Kane went to Joel Klein, chancellor of New York City’s public schools, with some unsettling news: teachers from the New York City Teaching Fellows program (which supplied … and kept in those students who changed schools. “To our surprise,” Peterson says, “the nonprofits did much worse than …
Issue: January-February 2009
Thrills, Baseball & Other
… With this talk of thrills we are not of course referring to the 2015 Red Sox. We are harking back …
Issue: September-October 2015
Sehr Gut
… The classic jägerschnitzel ($24) is typically served with a … the dish is a salty, glutinous meal anchored by a strip of boot leather. At Bronwyn in Union Square , however, the … with apples and lots of bacon. Such refinements are no surprise coming from the owners, chef Tim Wiechmann and his …
Issue: January-February 2014
What Ails Modern Liberalism?
… A central tenet of modern liberal political philosophy is that individuals can be governed only by consent. But both the nature of this consent and the conditions under which it may be …
Issue: November-December 2019
Questions about Recruiting
… (NCAA) rules governing recruiting, appeared March 2 on the front page of the New York Times Sunday sports section. “Harvard has … “tarnish the University’s sterling reputation.” University officials vigorously disputed the allegation that Harvard …
Issue: May-June 2008
Strokes in Glass
… This new sculpture , Endurance , which hangs near the roof of Weld Boathouse, depicts part of the trail behind a single …
Issue: January-February 2010