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Dean Murphy Moves On
… Ed.D. ’73, announced June 5 that he will step down as dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in June 2001. After a year’s sabbatical, …
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 …
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… technologies. For more information regarding our use of cookies and similar technologies, see the “Cookies and Similar Technologies” section below; … a map feature; and Mobile Device Sensor Information: Some of our mobile applications may use various sensors and …
Samuel P. Huntington Dies at Age 81
… Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington , Ph.D. ’51, the Weatherhead University Professor emeritus, died December 24, at age 81, on Martha's … Vineyard. He retired from teaching in 2007, after 58 years of service at Harvard, according to the official University …
Red Bull and Swedish Fish
… shortly after watching my poor fan concede defeat and jump off my windowsill that I realized that summer in Cambridge … and stifling, scorching and sizzling. But it’s not just the sun or the overuse of alliteration that heats the place up. No, the main source …
Retreat and Recreate: Peddocks Island
… Skip the clogged commute to the Cape and start your vacation … Island in Boston. At 184 acres, Peddocks is the largest of the Harbor Islands and offers the most diverse terrain—woodlands, fields, and …
Issue: July-August 2014
With Warm Thanks
… The editors proudly recognize three superb contributors to … manager at Harvard University Press, showed that the rigors of employment have not dulled her spirited take on College … American economy in its global context--the subject of managing editor Jonathan Shaw’s feature on Harvard …
Issue: January-February 2011
Two Harvard Students Named Marshall Scholars
… The 2015 class of Marshall Scholars includes Michael George ’14 (’15), of Quincy House and Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, and Anna … comparative social policy at Oxford and economic history at the London School of Economics. Hagen, an English …
Harvard 35, Lafayette 10
… yards and two touchdowns, and Harvard gained 311 yards on the ground as the Crimson rolled over the winless Leopards, … had taken a helmet-to-helmet shot on Harvard’s first play of the Brown game and was later found to have a concussion. In his first varsity start, Chapple ran the offense efficiently and threw a nine-yard scoring pass to …
A New Model
… Given this, perhaps its most remarkable accomplishment is the degree of consensus it reached on a controversial issue. "It was clearly a broad committee, both in terms of breadth of knowledge and different perspectives," says …
Issue: March-April 2002
Michael Brenner
… Michael Brenner designed the popular General Education course “Science and Cooking” … “taught cooking to more than 100,000 people, which is sort of ridiculous.” The Glover professor of applied mathematics and applied physics grew up …
Issue: September-October 2016
"Justice"—On Air, in Books, Online
… One of Harvard's most popular and celebrated courses, "Justice" (Moral Reasoning 22), taught by Bass professor of government Michael J. Sandel, takes its tutelage outside the University’s walls this autumn with a three-pronged …
Celebratory Meals
… establishments near Harvard Square, look to Up Stairs at the Pudding, Harvest, and Rialto. Up Stairs at the Pudding (617-864-1933) would be our first choice because of its unique, warm, and colorful décor. The forest-green walls of the high-ceilinged dining room are plastered with posters …
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
Voting Results
… The names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and new elected …
Issue: July-August 2012