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Senior Alumni
… The oldest graduates of Harvard and Radcliffe present on Commencement day were Lillian (Sher) Sugarman ’37, 98, of Swampscott, Massachusetts, who was accompanied by her … wife, Margaret Rothschild ’65. Both were recognized during the afternoon ceremony by HAA president Catherine Gellert …
Issue: July-August 2014
John Briscoe
… South Africa, where a green, well-watered coastline rings the arid but economically important mining regions of the interior, he understood early the links between water … at Harvard in January with a joint appointment—McKay professor of environmental engineering in the School of …
Issue: March-April 2009
Treating RSI
… (RSI) is not a malady that can be treated instantly. "These are soft-tissue injuries, probably best characterized as … neuromuscular problems," says Emil F. Pascarelli, M.D., a professor of clinical medicine at the Columbia University …
100 Things to Do Before Leaving Harvard
… To better understand the collective "Harvard college experience," we asked a cross section of undergraduates and alumni to list things one should … with friends at your House. The commonalities may surprise you. It seems that however paths diverge upon …
Harvard Happenings
… Seasonal The Game, #129 www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/index November 17 at Harvard Stadium. Harvard Glee Club http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/boxoffice 617-496-2222 November 16 at 8 p.m. Harvard-Yale …
Issue: November-December 2012
Purgatory—and Beyond
… Misery,” a cleft in towering granite bedrock, is among the pure, kid-like joys of scrambling in Purgatory Chasm State Reservation. The entire site is a geological funhouse—of uncertain origins. “It’s a fault,” posits Nichols College …
Issue: September-October 2019
Football: Harvard 41, Holy Cross 35
… Waking up on the morning after, players and fans on both sides might have … Holy Cross missed a field goal try, and Harvard finished off an astonishing comeback with a 17-yard touchdown run by … the game goes into the books as the longest in 140 years of Harvard football. Led by freshman quarterback Pete …
Chapter & Verse
… Thomas Gutheil seeks the full text of a poem with a final couplet … “Childhood is a lost, enchanted land, and we spend the rest of our lives trying to find it again.” The words to “My …
Issue: January-February 2016
Chapter & Verse
… Germaine Odenheimer hopes to learn the author and title of a poem that begins, "I am a magical … mouse. I don't eat cheese. I eat houses and the tops of trees." Susanne Byron asks for th author and title of a …
Chapter & Verse
… More queries from the archives: “Nothing is more likely to propel us headlong … barbarism than a single-minded obsession with the concept of spiritual purity” and “Feigning deafness may be … action gets heavy, keep the rhetoric cool.” “the boredom of living versus the suffering of being” “When you see the …
Issue: July-August 2017
Harvard 45, Princeton 28
… They razzled. They dazzled. It was football à la Harlem … touchdowns in each quarter and gained 365 yards in total offense. But Harvard countered with its best offensive showing of the season, keeping its Ivy League …
Stanford Raises $6.2 Billion
… will no doubt figure in Harvard fundraisers' planning as they continue to refine the goals for a University capital … drive expected to be announced publicly in the next couple of years. The Stanford Challenge, concluded December 31, … 366 graduate fellowships; and construction or renovation of 38 campus buildings—all things Harvard will want to gain …
Football: Harvard 35, Columbia 21
… gave Harvard’s league leaders a spirited tussle, matching the Crimson touchdown-for-touchdown for the first 30 minutes of play. Tied 14-14 at halftime, Harvard picked up its game … Heights with a 35-21 victory, the seventh straight win of the season. The victory was the 118th for head coach Tim …
Penn 34, Harvard 14
… at Franklin Field on Saturday. Unbeaten in Ivy League play, the Quakers (6-0, 8-1 overall) clinched a share of the Ivy League title. They can win it outright by … tie. Harvard took the field in Philadelphia with hopes of forcing a co-championship with Penn, but the Crimson was …
Sweatshop Challenge
… in factories that make Harvard-licensed apparel, but offered few easy solutions for improvement. The report (available via … ) came at the end of a yearlong investigation, conducted by several consulting …