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That’s No Excuse! Countering Reunion Objections
… are more logistical than psychological, here's how the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) can help: Particularly … be prohibitive. Michele Blanc, senior associate director of major reunions for the HAA, says: "Our goal is to get as … end up donating more regularly, but this should be no surprise: those who come back and rediscover the vitality of the …
Issue: May-June 2009
Harvardian Plays in Oxbridge Rugby Showdown
… Will Johnson ’06, a six-foot-three-inch, 270-pound offensive lineman for the Harvard football team, played for Oxford in the annual … Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge, the culmination of the rugby season for Oxford’s Dark Blues and the Light …
John, Boxed
… touch his gleaming toe. It must be summer. This season saw the bronzed demigod enshrined in plywood and lit by a … University Hall," May-June 1999, page 71). Its litany of deficiencies will soon be corrected. Inside, the doors to the first-floor deans' offices were unbarred, unhinged, and stacked like lumber …
Job Notices
… internships. To find out more about how alumni can provide these learning and working opportunities, contact the offices listed below. The Office of Career Services connects students with employers …
Issue: November-December 2009
Faust Launches Search for Radcliffe Institute Dean
… disseminated a community message soliciting comment about the future of the Radcliffe Institute , and nominations of candidates to be dean, to succeed computer scientist …
Nachos with Your Bach?
… Alex Ross ’90, the acclaimed music critic of the New Yorker , is an advocate of experimenting with forms and venues for presenting …
App Discontinued
… The Harvard Magazine web app has been discontinued. While we are proud of the product and received positive feedback about the … (customized content, the ability to save articles, and read offline) that could not be easily provided by other means …
Run Barefoot, Says Daniel Lieberman
… Daniel Lieberman didn’t know what to make of the audience member who stood up to ask him a question … The man’s feet were covered in socks and duct tape, instead of shoes. “He came up to me and said, ‘I don’t like to wear …
Fred Ho ’79 to Receive Harvard Arts Medal
… a Harvard Arts Medal on November 13, an unusual conferral of such an honor, which is typically made in the spring at Arts First. Harvard Magazine's profile of Ho, "Chords of Revolution," began, vividly: Fred Ho …
Kit Reed
… retired as executive editor in 2007, concluding 39 years of service to this magazine’s readers, we observed, “Had he … such humor and grace, and with such wry appreciation for the University’s traditions and foibles, his colleagues … The College Pump through this past May-June. Outside the office, Kit was an extraordinary plantsman (colleagues …
Issue: September-October 2016
Summer Undergraduate Fellowship
… The summer Undergraduate Fellowship provides summer support … also receiving an introduction to the business aspects of magazine operations. Current Harvard College freshmen, … for publication online and in print. Stories are a mix of assigned subjects and ideas proposed by the fellow and …
James P. Sullivan
… Police Department (HUPD) radio dispatchers refer to officers by their badge numbers. Patrolman James P. Sullivan's badge is … The badge traditionally belongs to the longest-serving HUPD officer--now Sullivan, who joined in 1966. A life-long …
Issue: November-December 2001
Onstage, for Once—Set Designer Derek McLane
… Theatrical set designer Derek McLane ’80, subject of a 2008 profile in Harvard Magazine, comes to the Harvard campus on …
Ivy League Insider
… Harvard graduate ('43, Ph.D. '50, LL.D. '80) found professional happiness at Yale without renouncing his affection for his alma mater. The Second World War opened doors for members of his generation. When he returned to Cambridge after three …
Issue: November-December 2004
Harvard 14, Yale 10
… on two long passes to pull out an exciting 14-10 victory in the final minutes of The Game. Mounting an unexpectedly strong rushing attack, Yale’s offense had built a 10-0 lead with a field goal and a …