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How To Harvard—Advice From 14 College Alumni
… H arvard Magazine asked recent reunioners to reflect on their undergraduate experience: what they wish they had … they have for current undergraduates on making the most of their time at Harvard. “I wish I’d taken even more CS classes.” Susan D. Wojcicki ’90 is the CEO of YouTube. She concentrated in history and literature. I …
Stanford, Yale Endowments Outperform Harvard
… endowment investment portfolios are similar to that of Harvard Management Company's (HMC), reported fiscal year 2012 investment returns somewhat above the nearly-flat University results reported earlier this … that raised $6.2 billion), and endowment distributions of $872 million (about half of Harvard's estimated endowment …
Rebel Lawyer
… With the sun finally fading on a blazing spring afternoon in Los … the UCLA campus, where he teaches law. He has spent most of his life in this city, first as the child of Mexican immigrants, and later as a “wild-ass radical …
Issue: September-October 2018
Seven Harvardians Win MacArthur "Genius" Awards in 2018
… Seven Harvard alumni have been named fellows by the MacArthur Foundation this year. The fellowship, commonly … communities and society.” The Harvard-affiliated recipients of the $625,000 “no strings attached” grant are as follows: … communicate the nuances, ambiguities, and multiple meanings of texts in musical form.” Among his early works is Second …
Dutch Discipline, American Grit
… But last October, in Tjerk van Herwaarden’s fifth season as the Crimson field-hockey coach, his team had a chance to … co-captains Kyla Cordrey and Sarah Finnemore, veterans of van Herwaarden’s system, rallied the team. “You know that … from the Netherlands. “That was new, and also might’ve surprised them a bit,” he says. The Crimson started strong, …
Issue: September-October 2017
New Light on Ancient Mars Climate
… on Mars? Scientists have long thought that billions of years ago, the climate of Mars was similar to that of early Earth: warm and wet. …
Issue: September-October 2015
Harvard Discloses Leaders’ Compensation
… The University today released its tax return for nonprofit … the compensation paid to the president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company (HMC, which is …
Brevia
… Changing of the Guard Dan Shore, vice president for finance and chief financial officer since 2008—who played a central role in Harvard’s response to the financial crisis and recession, and to adjustments in …
Issue: November-December 2014
Spring Sports
… Crew The men’s heavyweight crew won all its races until finishing … less than a second behind Yale at the Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Colleges sprints, placing third in the … with Princeton—their first win since 2006, the last year of a four-title run. Senior Beier Ko was the unanimous …
Issue: July-August 2009
Archon Fung Appointed Harvard Kennedy School Acting Dean
… an announcement that Archon Fung, Ford Foundation professor of democracy and citizenship and academic dean of the Harvard Kennedy School , would serve as acting dean … early in the academic year, perhaps comes as a bit of a surprise—but decanal searches proceed on their own schedule. …
Headwinds
… occasionally began practices by telling his players that the quest for the league title was like climbing a … 63-50 loss to Dartmouth in Hanover exposed a number of weaknesses remaining in the Harvard squad (9-9 overall, … percent). This year, Harvard has the worst (58.9 percent) of all 351 teams in Division I college basketball. That …
Images from Korea
… 1966 was unlike anything he’d ever seen. “I kept looking at these beautiful hills and mountains and there were literally no trees at all,” says McCann, Korea Foundation professor of Korean literature , remembering his Peace Corps … for fuel during the war.” The country's other great surprise, for a foreigner such as McCann? “The people,” he said. …
One Nation, under Allah
… his doctor for an annual check-up. While filling out the chart, the doctor asked the man if he worked, and if so, what was his profession. "I'm a bus driver," the man replied. When the … by law and custom. Such anecdotes not only reveal the norms of one Muslim country, but may also help explain why there …
Issue: September-October 2003
Aiding Financial Aid
… from lower-income families who pursue higher education at the College; and ease the completion of doctoral studies. Meanwhile, the University's program of enhanced aid for lower-income families, launched in …
Issue: July-August 2004
FAS Narrows Its Budget Chasm
… Addressing the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) on February 2, Dean … that effort in an encouraging context: FAS is near a goal of reducing its unrestricted deficit for this fiscal year …
Issue: March-April 2010