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Raw Wood Sings
… Bob Childs, Dv ’92, Ed.M. ’93, holds a flat piece of spruce in his hands and taps it with his finger. He … It will take him some 200 hours to create a violin worthy of some of the greatest musicians in the world. But the wood must sound …
Issue: May-June 2014
On Babies' Behavior
… T. Berry Brazelton, clinical professor of pediatrics emeritus, has been the guide for recent generations who find themselves in …
Issue: September-October 2010
Take a Break
… Anyone taking a late-day stroll in search of coffee or tea and something sweet would notice that Harvard Square has moved happily beyond the multiple Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts outlets—but almost …
Issue: May-June 2017
An Education Agenda
… Universities have plenty of challenges this fall: accommodating some students safely, … faculty and staff members, and finding ways to stanch the red ink. In his new book, Higher Expectations: Can … presidencies, recalls readers’ attention to the task of educating undergraduates effectively. Despite some …
Issue: September-October 2020
Bon Appétit
… warm, generous space, Gaslight seems sure to please anyone. The first of two rooms holds a curvy, zinc-topped bar with assiduous … tuna tossed in a delicate basil vinaigrette, held no surprises beyond the option of having the tuna seared for an …
Issue: September-October 2009
Van Valkenburgh Named GSD Class Day Speaker
… Michael R. Van Valkenburgh, Eliot professor in practice of landscape architecture, will be the Harvard Graduate School of Design Class Day speaker on …
Throw Your Fastball
… As I look back on the path that’s taken me from adolescence to middle age, my overwhelming sense is that the processes of maturation and personal growth have largely been gradual, … back over the decades do I see just how different the “me” of today is from his 18-year-old counterpart. Only once in …
Issue: September-October 2019
Plans for Winthrop House Renewal Include Expansion
… Harvard has released broad sketches of plans for the renovation of Winthrop House ; the work is scheduled to begin in 2016 …
Note to Readers
… Lydialyle Gibson joined the masthead last autumn as a writer and editor. One of the features she wrote for the University of Chicago’s magazine, her prior perch, has justly been …
Issue: September-October 2016
Panel Recommends Changes at Harvard Primate Center
… The Independent Review Panel convened last March by Harvard … safe and productive research," according to the summary of its report, dated August 13. In a statement issued the … "timely implementation." The review panel itself was one of several responses to a series of lapses in care that …
Harvard’s New Acreage
… From her office on the ninth floor of Holyoke Center, Kathy Spiegelman has a sweeping view … say, the intensity of the initial reaction didn't surprise them. Kevin McCluskey, Harvard's director of community …
Rarely Seen Rothkos Highlight Harvard Art Museums’ Reopening
… Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals , a five-panel series that the University commissioned from the expressionist painter … today. The paintings, installed in 1964 on the tenth floor of Holyoke Center (renamed the Smith Campus Center last … Since 2008, Harvard’s Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art (CTSMA) and Straus Center for Conservation and …
For Mental Health at Harvard
… Kay Redfield Jamison --author, professor, and respected scientist--came to Harvard in October and told a Sanders Theatre audience that in college she thought obsessively … through the other side." Jamison is the best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind and Night Falls Fast. She was introduced …
College Yield Drops 3 Percent During COVID-19
… The College’s yield for the class of 2024 , or the share of admitted students who indicated that they will attend …
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Directors
… The names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and elected …
Issue: July-August 2019