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Al Fresco Dining
… Smack in the center of Watertown Square is an established Italian … Stellina ( www.stellinarestaurant.com ; 617-924-9475). The interior boasts an appealing, wood-paneled, Arts and … brick patio with lovely plantings. A wooden fence, softened by a fragrant grape arbor to one side, and the …
Nell Porter-Brown , Elizabeth Gudrais
Issue: July-August 2009
You, Scientist
… PLATFORMS Zooniverse https://www.zooniverse.org/ The citizen-science platform began with a single project, … hosts projects from all disciplines, from classification of whale calls to the transcription of old ship logs. Scientific American …
Richard G. Heck Jr.
… Philosopher Richard Heck earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Duke, studied philosophy at Oxford, and got … in 1991. When he came to Harvard that year as assistant professor, his reddish hair fell almost to the small of his back and he had an enormous beard. A senior …
Chapter & Verse
… and a patient is called a consumer, an angel dies.” The Internet offers vague allusions to a novel and a columnist, but I couldn’t find a source that includes both parts of the quotation. I have vague memories of the late Uwe …
Issue: March-April 2018
Schooner Skipper
… boating enthusiast Roger Taylor ’53 is now captain of the Lois McClure, a full-scale replica of an 1862-class sailing canal schooner. The vessel, created …
Issue: July-August 2005
Video: Water as a Platform for Development
… In Jonathan Shaw’s “The Water Tamer,” from the January-February 2012 issue, Professor John Briscoe , who worked on water projects for … part politics, part civilization.” Last summer, as part of the Harvard Water Security Initiative , Briscoe decided …
Bedding Down in Early America
… supports tightened with a wooden peg (from which the phrase “sleep tight” derives) held mattresses stuffed … An Intimate Look” —at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, in Hartford, Connecticut, further reveals: “Before … was transported to America, features an enclosure made of fustian valances and curtains embroidered with crewel …
Issue: January-February 2019
A Better Bed-Net Strategy
… David Sengeh ’10 has decided that the most important asset in development work is not … households, nearly 9,000 people in all. During the course of the summer, Sengeh estimates that each of them walked 120 miles. Their results thus far are …
Issue: November-December 2009
Harvard Forms Army ROTC Relationship
… Harvard today announced that it had agreed with the United States Army to establish a limited on-campus presence for an Army Senior Reserve Officers Training Corps (SROTC), with the University assuming the costs of student participation in the program. The Army's …
Shore Appointed Vice President for Finance
… appointed vice president for finance and chief financial officer. The text of the University's news release appears here . A news story …
Chapter and Verse
… a poached egg, as long as you don’t make me sit on pieces of hot buttered toast.” He notes that “the first few words may be in error, but the rest is … “Always act in such a way as to not reduce the self-respect of the opponent.” “…this is supernuts” (May-June). Daniel …
Issue: September-October 2015
We’re Hiring: Digital Content Strategist
… Duties & Responsibilities Description: The Digital Content Strategist (DCS) for Harvard Magazine … changes; and provide measurable feedback on the reach of Harvard Magazine’s digital initiatives. All of these duties will be geared toward raising awareness of …
EEA Privacy Disclosures - Alumni and Donors
… Demographic Information: for example, gender, age, and other information you may volunteer; Personal Information and … and relevant medical information (if provided in advance of events); Financial Information: for example, your … a donation or request a service, depending on your means of payment, your payment card number or your bank and bank …
Chapter & Verse
… Thomas Engelsing would like to learn the source of the following lines: “And now hear this, my ruder truth, thou art composed of lust unchained and most vile flux.” Royall Moore hopes …
Issue: September-October 2008
Fall Preview—and Blog
… The football team, which last year shared the Ivy League … Chris Pizzotti ’08 (’09), the Ivy League’s Player of the Year last fall. There are several candidates for that … from running backs Cheng Ho ’10 and Gino Gordon ’11. The offensive line graduated three all-Ivy players, but an able …
Issue: September-October 2009