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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
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 …
Harvard Medical School Dean Flier to Step Down
… Jeffrey S. Flier , dean of Harvard Medical School (HMS) since 2007 , today announced … on July 31. Flier, an endocrinologist who specialized in the causes of obesity and diabetes, wrote a brief note to his …
Making Green a Primary Color
… Typically, cities face the challenge of squeezing more green space into their … spaces, and add roads and buildings later? That’s just one of the driving ideas behind the urbanism, landscape, and …
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 …
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
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
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, …
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
A Bloodbath, Averted
… she worked in a school, and, after more studies and a few other stops, where she ran a social-service foundation’s office for more than a decade, as the country became a … violence swept South Africa: A chance remark by a police officer—“Zulus are attacking all the foreigners”—overheard …
Issue: September-October 2013
Some Classical Profanity
… A glance at the 50 most popular volumes in the Loeb Classical Library--the venerable series of facing-page English translations of Greek and Latin classics now published by Harvard …
Brotherly Love
… In The Big House , George Howe Colt ’76 mined family memory in a bestselling portrait of a beloved summer home. Now, in Brothers: On His Brothers … believed Harry could do anything, I wouldn’t have been surprised if the car had somehow started, the garage door had …
Issue: January-February 2013
Dancing School
… The children in The Dancing Lesson, Pt. 2 are learning the … to point at a wide angle, in genteel fashion, as do those of the dancers and the master himself. The hand-colored … London’s social-dancing scene in 1824. The etching is part of the vast collections in opera, ballet, operetta, musical …
Issue: March-April 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
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 …