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Arts and Sciences’ Development Dean Departs
… O’Neil A. S. Outar , who joined the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) as senior associate dean and director of development in September 2014, at the end of the first …
Sun, Wind, and Steel
… fall, just one major new building is rising at Harvard, at the northwest corner of the Law School grounds, where the steel superstructure is … the University owns a complex of buildings that once comprised a U.S. Army arsenal, preparations for the installation …
Issue: November-December 2009
Arts and Sciences Annual Report
… D. Smith discussed his draft annual message with Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) colleagues at their first meeting of the year on October 4. Among the notable points: FAS …
Issue: November-December 2011
An Autumn Accent: Gold Leaf
… Nobody quite remembers when the portico ceilings outside Memorial Church were last … tended. They're easy to miss, if you're not in the habit of looking up. Refreshed with new paint and gold leaf this fall, they are now particularly worthy of attention. "The Reverend [Gomes] is very happy," says …
A Dazzling Flat Lens
… Scientists at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have created a revolutionary flat lens made not of glass but of a layer of gold (seen here in a photograph … of a human hair, and just one millimeter in diameter, the lens focuses incoming light by relying on tiny antennae, …
Issue: January-February 2013
Lest We Forget
… “One hundred years after the outbreak of World War I, a group of European Harvard alumni felt the need to recognize the …
Issue: November-December 2014
Gymsuits, Pre-Spandex
… In our age of athleisure, of clothes that contour and compress, of aspiring to a … life—sweatless and chafe-free—it’s a jarring sight: the workout wear of a Radcliffe student from the turn of the …
Issue: July-August 2018
No Longer an “Ugly Step-Child”
… Friday morning in September, a jackhammer bore down on the Mill Street pavement. All through the House, not a … the former deans’ residence to be converted into two floors of student rooms.) Perhaps even more historic: construction … Beren Hall finished early, and it opened six months ahead of schedule. Winthrop had been in dire need of renovation. …
Return to Harvard Day
… On April 16 , all College alumni and their spouses/partners and high-school-age offspring can visit the College, attend classes, and meet … alumni and their spouses/partners and high-school-age offspring can visit the College, attend classes, and meet …
Issue: March-April 2008
Football 2018: Harvard 24, Cornell 28
… Sign up for Harvard Magazine’ s football e-mail and follow the Crimson all season long! Dick Friedman will provide the … Harvard coach Tim Murphy had not revealed the exact nature of the injury and how long the senior star might be out. On … blow not only for Shelton-Mosley but also for the Harvard offense, which had to navigate without its most explosive …
Three Maestros Talk Music
… Conductors are known for their long lives—Toscanini, for example, lived to be … Tom Everett, and Jameson Marvin——have also enjoyed professional longevity, waving arms and batons in Cambridge … nearly a century—working with and shaping the lives of thousands of student performers—and are still going …
Issue: November-December 2002
Chapter and Verse
… Jack Holt seeks the source of “The most difficult part of attaining perfection is finding something to do for an …
Issue: November-December 2012
Dean Knowles on Teaching Fellows
… The undergraduate spoke with Jeremy Knowles, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, about the decision this spring to make …
Aaron, Bailyn, Brustein, Hall, Katz, Rampersad, Wood Receive Arts, Humanities Honors
… The White House yesterday announced the names of 19 … with the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of Arts. The medals—the highest government honors for …
Mapping Gangs, and an App for Artists
… Headquarters last year, three Harvard students were surprised by how rarely law enforcement utilizes technology in gang surveillance. Determined to find a solution, the students—computer science concentrators Scott Crouch … ’13, Florian Mayr ’13, and Matthew Polega ’13—built a software tool called Nucleik that will help police tackle …