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… Photograph by Eliza Grinnell Harry Lewis Photograph courtesy of Pete Ryan Pete Ryan Photograph courtesy of Peter Pereira Peter Periera We warmly thank three … College, is a devoted and innovative teacher. “Reinventing the Classroom” (September-October 2012), his first-person …
Issue: January-February 2013
Sunday Indulgences
… but you’ll get over it. If what you want instead is a sense of gaiety, festivity, and well-being, go to an establishment whose stated mission is to provide these things, and which does so amply: go to brunch at … help. Formerly UpStairs at the Pudding, this cheerful enterprise now occupies what was once the Pi Eta, an all-male …
Issue: May-June 2008
University Professors
… Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Stephanie Mitchell/ Harvard News Office President Lawrence H. Summers appointed two utterly different historians, both members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, to University …
Issue: March-April 2006
Ghosts
… last class on a Thursday, a Core course that met early in the morning in the Science Center. After the lecture, two fellow undergraduates and I had coffee with our professor, who had invited the class to join him. We sat at a …
Issue: July-August 2009
Personals Articles
… The Harvard Magazine Personals section is the PERFECT place … business alongside truly engaging content. Arguably one of the most popular sections in the magazine, our Personals … Spring Is In The Air Valentine's Day Dating in the Age of COVID Creating Holiday Joy, It's Up To You … Personals …
Destructive Beetles Discovered Near Arnold Arboretum—Updated
… July 7 Asian longhorned beetles —a destructive predator of maples and other tree species—have been detected on the grounds of Faulkner Hospital in Boston, across Centre Street from …
Frequently Asked Questions
… | Policies Contact Q: How do I submit a letter to the editor? A: Harvard Magazine welcomes letters on its … Magazine publishes news sent in by alumni and alumnae of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges and their class secretaries, and news from alumni and alumnae of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. We also publish …
Plans for Barry’s Corner Released
… Samuels & Associates —the architecture firm selected as a partner by the University for the development of a mixed-use, residential-and-retail complex on a 2.67-acre parcel of land located at the intersection of North Harvard Street …
Cambridge Scholars
… have won Harvard Cambridge Scholarships to study at the University of Cambridge during the 2011-2012 academic year. Eva Gillis-Buck, of Leverett House and Pittsburgh, a joint concentrator in …
Issue: July-August 2012
Evolution by Fire
… How did we develop large brains, for example? Moore professor of biological anthropology Richard Wrangham offers a fresh … more calories available from existing foods and reduced the caloric cost of digestion—was the breakthrough …
Issue: November-December 2009
Living Large in Tiny Apartments
… In the 1960s, Volkswagen became famous for ads featuring tiny pictures of their cars with the slogan, “Think small.” Now architects … have put their own spin on that memorable line: instead of cars, they’re shrinking apartments. In January, the trio …
Issue: May-June 2013
Community Puppeteer
… and environmental studies, Alex Kahn '88 presented a senior thesis that showed off his talent, but also left room for the spectator's … that his feelings about art harmonized with the ideology of the Tibetan Buddhist painters there. "They believe that …
Issue: January-February 2003
Football: Harvard 29, Cornell 13
… The final score of this past Saturday’s football game … unbeatens at Harvard Stadium may be best expressed in terms of consequential takeaways of the pigskin: Harvard 3, Cornell 0. Employing an …
Facebook Profile Before First Steps?
… about websites that let infants and toddlers set up profiles. OK, so it is actually mom and dad setting up the profiles on sites such as Totspot, Odadeo, Lil'Grams, and …
Flagstaff Lake near Rangeley, Maine
… Imagine paddling a canoe 740 miles across the top of New England, from the Adirondacks to the Canadian … Canoe Trail (NFCT), is surprisingly close to home, yet offers labyrinthine waterways and true North Woods beauty, …
Issue: July-August 2009