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Elisa New
… Elisa New is writing two books. One, The Mystery of the Puritans, analyzes Puritan poetry; having … ago at Harvard, she declares, "This is ground zero!" The professor of English and American literature and language …
Letters & Letterman
… There was a time when Bill Scheft ’79 wrote fiction from 10 … Manhattan apartment. Then he’d walk a few blocks to the offices of the Late Show with David Letterman , where, since 1991, …
Issue: July-August 2009
Harvard College’s Honor Code
… Updated May 23, 3:00 P.M. where noted below. As expected, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) on May 6 voted overwhelmingly to … there be places in our society where the collective enterprise of building and sustaining knowledge and …
Natural Baker
… As the mother of two young children, Nora Staebler Schultz ’91 … to make it for class parties. “I didn’t feel good about all of the hydrogenated oils and artificial ingredients and …
Issue: January-February 2009
Atwood’s Tavern
… show goes live at Atwood’s Tavern in East Cambridge, one of the only bars in Greater Boston devoted to American roots … and singer Sean Staples, are frequent performers, but fans of the art form will also find a rotating cast of bluegrass …
Issue: March-April 2020
Perspectives on Saving Capitalism
… The cover story of the new issue of Harper's magazine, a series of essays on …
Harvard at Dusk
… been my favorite time to walk around Harvard’s campus. The windows of our brick buildings reflect the hazy pink sky with the clarity of still water. The campus has usually quieted down from the …
Teaching Tech
… The evolution and adoption of online learning technologies , and other efforts to enhance teaching, continued briskly as the … highlights: • President emeritus Derek Bok , a champion of improved pedagogy, publicly embraced the potential for …
Issue: November-December 2013
Gregorian Chants, "Fat Chance," Global Health, American Food
… The undergraduate General Education curriculum , formally … education--that is, an education conducted in a spirit of free inquiry, rewarding in its own right--to life beyond … predecessor, which sought to expose students to a number of different “ways of knowing.” Students will be required to …
Reactivating Activism
… In early June , as the class of 1996 exchanged farewells, members of the class of 1971 reassembled in Cambridge to celebrate …
Harvard Seeks Partner for Enterprise Research Campus
… On Friday, The Harvard Allston Land Company (HALC ), the entity responsible for developing the University’s “Enterprise Research Campus” (ERC) commercial zone, plans to send … Boston’s development authority include: 400,000 square feet of office/lab space; 250,000 square feet of hotel/conference …
Football 2019: Harvard 35, Cornell 22
… No matter what happens during the remainder of this season, the 2019 Harvard football team has accomplished something neither of its two immediate predecessors did: beating Cornell. On …
Alone on Harvard’s Campus
… warm day, I turned in my history and literature thesis and celebrated with friends. Now, I sit alone in a … America followed suit, sending millions of students scrambling to pack their belongings, finish … many schools have extended exceptions to a tiny subset of students who cannot go home. Students remaining on campus …
Passionate Concierge
… I'm so disappointed,” began the e-mail to Head Butler, a website that recommends books, … ’68, answers every e-mail. He advised the woman to “think of [the film] as a bad date,” adding, “Let me have another … to serve your head,” Kornbluth explains) acts as a kind of cultural concierge. “Most of what passes for culture is …
Issue: September-October 2006
Toward a Global Strategy for Harvard
… was intended to enshrine knowledge as a critical dimension of European outreach and exploration. Today the University is building on nearly four centuries of tradition and strength as it embraces a world in which …
Issue: September-October 2012