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Islamic Harmony
… In the catalog of the exhibition of Islamic art from the Calderwood collection, at the … collection to Harvard in 2002; some 150 objects from it comprise the current exhibition, In Harmony. The works include …
Issue: May-June 2013
Ice Water and Rockets
… Last fall , the Ivy League women’s soccer championship was decided in the final seconds of the season’s last game. Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia … overtime periods unfolded, although Harvard was dominating offensively, outshooting Columbia, 9-2. Then, with a mere …
Issue: September-October 2009
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2012-2013 Fellows
… The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study announced the 51 fellows who will be in residence during part or all of the next academic year. Among them are these Harvard … work during their fellowships: I. Glenn Cohen, assistant professor of law : medical tourism Caroline Elkins, professor …
Urban Surprises
… Tucked away in a small stretch of grass near MIT’s campus, the art in University Park Common reveals itself slowly to … new construction reshaped the neighborhood. These small surprises make up Historical Traces (1998), by Boston-based …
Issue: November-December 2014
Stealthy Attitudes
… ourselves about our prejudices, stereotypes, racial profiles, and ingrained biases. Mahzarin Banaji, Cabot professor of social ethics in the department of psychology and Pforzheimer professor at …
Issue: July-August 2002
A "Hillary" from Harvard
… looks like Hillary Clinton," remarked several spouses at the class of 1985's fifteenth reunion in June. The '85ers themselves … startling indeed, enabling Dallin, an actress, to begin a professional sideline as a lookalike for the First Lady. Even …
Lives in Art
… They were called to meals by a Grand Banks schooner’s … this,” said Warren “Renny” Little ’55 during a recent tour of his family’s summer retreat, an eighteenth-century … the stuff,” he said—his parents’ pioneering collection of American folk art and antiques that still crowd the …
Issue: July-August 2014
How Acupuncture Relieves Inflammation
… Inflammation can both heal and harm. A core component of the immune system, it’s essential for recovering from an … illnesses. “You need to fine-tune inflammation,” says professor of neurobiology Qiufu Ma, of Harvard Medical School …
Issue: January-February 2021
Harvard Postpones Commencement
… President Lawrence S. Bacow informed the community this afternoon of his decision to postpone the University’s Commencement, scheduled for May 28, in light of the coronavirus pandemic . Importantly: A virtual …
“Once Upon a Time” in Translation
… Most American kids have probably never heard of Tonke Dragt’s The Letter for the King —a fantasy tale of good and evil, … English are. “On the children’s side,” he adds, “I’d be surprised if it was 1 percent.” Freudenheim’s road to this …
Issue: November-December 2015
Stubborn Theorems
… find a bustling television crew chatting with a prominent mathematics scholar. The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI), a … novelty, though board members say it's the only institute of its kind. Rather, the attention stems from an intriguing contest: CMI has offered $1 million rewards for the solutions to seven …
Commencement Confetti
… Techno-Human Interface The Commencement exercises were broadcast this year on five … and the Old Yard. Subtitles scroll across the bottom of each as speakers talk, but the captioning—keyed in by a … Drew Faust was in line to get one—from the University of Oxford, on June 20. And as Harvard recognized one Yale …
Issue: July-August 2012
Hoopes Hoopla
… Just what is on undergraduates' minds-- other than that? Four shelves in the entry hall of Lamont Library, just beyond the circulation desk, give some idea. There reside bound copies of theses awarded the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for "excellence …
Business School Dean Transition Extended during Coronavirus Crisis
… S. Bacow announced this afternoon that Nitin Nohria, dean of Harvard Business School (HBS), who had announced his retirement effective at the end of this academic year , in June, will now remain the … Company , the University unit planning the commercial Enterprise Research Campus, also on Western Avenue, development of …
Harvard Art Museums Appoint Ethan Lasser Curator
… Ethan Lasser will join the Harvard Art Museums’ division of European and American art as Winthrop associate curator of American art, effective September 18, the University has …