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Setup for a Comeback?
… Tommy Amaker, the Stemberg head coach of men’s basketball, usually … Organizational Performance.” He highlighted the importance of perseverance. According to Errol Toulon Jr., a student in …
Extracurriculars
… NATURE AND SCIENCE The Arnold Arboretum www.arboretum.harvard.edu 617-524-1718; Jamaica Plain, Boston The arboretum offers classes, outings, exhibits, and lectures throughout … listings. • January 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. The Carpenter Poets of Jamaica Plain, who write about their trade, read from …
Issue: January-February 2009
Jim Yong Kim Named Dartmouth President
… Jim Yong Kim, director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), has accepted the presidency …
Remembering Max Hall
… Max Hall died in Cambridge on January 12 at 100 years of age. He was a writer, teacher of writing, journalist, editor of scholarly books, and for … this magazine. Each of his numerous articles was a model of the ABCs of good journalism: accuracy, brevity, and clarity. …
Issue: March-April 2011
Chapter and Verse
… writes, “Years ago, I believe I saw a silent-film scene of a woman, seen from behind, desperately pounding her fists … and finally collapsing to her knees. Can anyone identify the movie?” Jerry Kelley hopes that someone can identify a … ’56, has now answered his own question: “In the coverage of the fiftieth anniversary of Harvard’s triumph over Yale, …
Issue: May-June 2019
“A Fighting Faith”
… The late Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ’38, JF ’43, LL.D. … a lot (President Neil L. Rudenstine said he covered “a cast of characters as capacious as Aida ’s without the elephants”). It is no surprise that he was a prolific correspondent. Sons Andrew ’70 …
Issue: March-April 2014
Centennial Medalists
… The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who …
Issue: July-August 2014
Harvard Calendar
… Karr, and Maxine Kumin, and panel discussions involving other poets and scholars at Poetry at Radcliffe: Celebrating Four Decades of Fellowship, on April 12. Sponsored by the Radcliffe … for the annual ArtsFirst 2003 festival, showcasing dozens of student performances, plays, and concerts in and around …
Issue: March-April 2003
Paul J. Finnegan ’75, M.B.A. ’82, Elected to Harvard Corporation
… The University announced today that Paul J. Finnegan ’75, M.B.A. ’82, a current member of the Board of Overseers , has been elected a member of the Harvard …
Winter Sports
… ’19 has been breaking program records since she joined the Crimson in 2015. This winter, she made history, … run the indoor 200-meter. Her 22.38 mark in the final heat of the NCAA tournament meet—which won her an individual … in the 1992 Games. In March, the younger Donato turned professional, joining the Boston Bruins, recording a goal and …
Issue: May-June 2018
Honeybee House Hunting
… The more scientists study the social insects, they more they are amazed. Thomas D. Seeley, Ph.D. ’78, professor and chair of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell, combines vocation …
Issue: May-June 2011
Comings and Goings
… Harvard clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual events around the country. For information on future programs, contact …
Issue: May-June 2012
Unusual Triptych
… Three art installations now on view at Harvard under the collective title "The Divine Comedy" are attracting … 3 and whose whereabouts are currently unknown. It comprises nine large piles of children's backpacks—5,335 in all—each pack representing …
Saxophonically Speaking
… arrived for jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman ’91 on one of the first nights he ever shared a stage with his … I could create a narrative line in my solos, and bring surprise and playfulness in, too. But playing next to my dad, I …
Issue: September-October 2013
Anti-obesity Drugs within Reach?
… Researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have identified two drugs … brown fat, which burns energy through the release of heat. Such drugs have the potential to become a powerful tool in the fight against obesity. One of the drugs (tofacitinib) is already FDA-approved and on …