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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
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
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
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
National Humanities Medals for Ashbery, Darnton, Sen, and Others
… President Barack Obama on Friday announced winners of the 2011 National Humanities Medals. Among the … in the July-August 2001 Harvard Magazine , read: The author of more than 20 poetry collections, translated into more …
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 …
Judith Palfrey to Lead Michelle Obama’s Childhood Obesity Initiative
… Adams House master Judith Palfrey, the Brazelton professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School (and also a …
Rethinking Tenure
… Tenure has become the abortion issue of the academy--a controversy marked by … flexibility and accountability. Although the issues have arisen most often at public universities, the debate is on …
WinterFest Weekends
… Fruitlands Museum , well-known as the site of an historic utopian experiment, also has an … open fields. The 210-acre Harvard, Massachusetts, property offers views of full-blown sunsets, the western side of …
Issue: January-February 2016
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 …
Harvard, Extended
… With edX , their new, nonprofit joint venture , Harvard and MIT will … known. Following that proof of concept, a for-profit enterprise, Udacity, Inc., aims to make such courses a regular …
Issue: July-August 2012
Harvard Portrait: Stephan Magro
… Stephan Magro once conjured up 250 red peonies, months out of season, for a dinner in honor of an important donor: with a couple of phone calls, they were flown in from Alaska. While he declines to name …
Issue: May-June 2017
What is Yiddish?
… Yiddish was born in the Rhineland more than 900 years ago. A fusion of about 80 percent German and 20 percent Hebrew, it also … hundred years, from English. Max Weinreich, in his History of the Yiddish Language, constructs a model sentence …
Black and Brown
… For its first "Celebration of Black Alumni," organized by Kirkland and Ellis professor of law David B. Wilkins '77, J.D. '80, the Law School invited more than 1,500 graduates to return …