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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
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 …
Environmental Action
… The University will cut its greenhouse-gas emissions by 30 … pledge. In making it, Faust endorsed the recommendations of a task force (chaired by Brooks professor of international science, public policy, and human …
Issue: September-October 2008
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 …
Finish and Fit
… After a burst of construction activity that transformed the Cambridge campus, Harvard has slowed the pace of expansion significantly, and begun to focus instead on …
Issue: May-June 2009
Cambridge 02138
… The Outlook for Libraries I read with great interest … (May-June, page 36) about the paradigmatic transformation of Harvard’s library system. However, I don’t think the … I will graduate from medical school this May, so I was surprised when I read that medical students chose text and …
Issue: July-August 2010
True North
… Vermont and Maine. Hiking? Glamping? Gorgeous foliage? Whether you prefer rugged outings or would rather unwind with … city, turn over a new leaf, and head north for a weekend of exploration or relaxation. There’s nowhere quite like … Trails ( www.gmtrails.org ) are just across the street, offering a labyrinthine 20 miles of hiking and biking …
Issue: September-October 2021
Bouncing Back
… As the crow flies , it is just under 270 miles from Lavietes … a long and arduous path from their home gym to the site of the inaugural Ivy League basketball tournaments—Penn’s … suggested that her team caught the Owls by surprise: “I think they were shocked by us, to be honest.” As …
Issue: March-April 2017
Donald Pfister Named Harvard College Interim Dean
… Donald Pfister , dean of Harvard Summer School and Gray professor of systematic … dean of Harvard College, effective July 10. In making the announcement, Michael D. Smith, dean of the Faculty of … also talented, and committed to meeting any challenge that arises. I look forward to working with all of them to …
Talk, Part I: On Service to Country
… is fighting two wars. Related issues arose twice during the formal Commencement-week activities. President Drew Faust, addressing her first Reserve Officers’ Training Corps commissioning ceremony on June 4, delivered a nuanced, historical analysis of the values guiding the University and the military—and …
Issue: July-August 2008
Harvard Happenings
… Dance http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/dance www.boxoffice.harvard.edu (for tickets) 617-495-8683; Harvard Dance … Wayne McGregor and Jiri Kylian, followed by a discussion. Theater American Repertory Theater …
Issue: January-February 2013
Robert M. Gogan Jr.
… and waste-management impresario. "It's a dream job," says the associate manager of Facilities Maintenance Operations. Why? "Harvard is the … world, and affluence produces effluence. It's a rich vein of ore for a recycler." In the lot behind his office, at 175 …
Issue: July-August 2003
Privacy Policy
… This page discloses the information-gathering and -dissemination practices for … identifiable information about our Web visitors outside of Harvard—including those visitors who make donations … personalize our communications, to communicate with subsets of our target audience, or to allow visitors to identify …
Faculty Honored for Teaching and Advising
… At the May 5 Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting, dean Michael D. Smith announced the following annual recognitions for teaching, advising, and mentoring. Harvard College Professors Recipients of FAS’s highest honor for faculty …