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Chapter & Verse
… just a city boy myself”—in response to a question about whether flowers popping up through the snow are crocuses. “iron … page 96). Their source, Hesketh Pearson’s The Life of Oscar Wilde (1946; page 212), credits Richard Le … The Romantic ’90s (1926; pages 254ff). “thoughts of great men” (March-April). Mary Ann Brewin found no …
Issue: May-June 2013
Job Notices
… internships. To find out more about how alumni can provide these learning and working opportunities, contact the offices listed below. The Radcliffe Extern program offers undergraduates the chance to spend time with alumnae …
Issue: November-December 2005
Job Notices
… internships. To find out more about how alumni can provide these learning and working opportunities, contact: The Office of Career Services, which connects students with employers …
Issue: November-December 2008
Four Tips for a Terrific Traveling Reunion
… payments. Assign youngsters to research and report on the chosen area. 2. Negotiate group rates for lodging, … and Travel Resources 3. Plan flexibly. Where possible, offer options for recreation activities. Build in plenty of down time. 4. Bring family memorabilia. Remember, the …
Issue: November-December 2004
Fall Previews
… Football The footballers hope to better last year's 5-5 (3-4 Ivy) … record, good for fifth place in the league. The experienced offensive line, anchored by all-Ivy captain Mike Clare '01, is a strength. The graduation of two all-time Harvard leaders, back Chris Menick and pass …
COOP Conversion
… Taking advantage of pandemic-reduced customer traffic, the Harvard COOP has accelerated a renovation. It is consolidating books and merchandise (formerly in the Palmer Street annex) in its main store space, and …
Issue: May-June 2021
Wish I Were There
… since. Because Combs had attended every Commencement since the spring of his freshman year (except in 1982, when he was living in … Weld Hall and Eliot House roommate, David Scheinberg ’80, offered to recruit a team of classmates to wheel Combs and …
Chapter & Verse
… Martha Neumann hopes to learn if Freud indeed made a comment often attributed to him: Immortality is being loved by many … for a favorite postprandial family comment: Very good, what there was of it, and plenty of it, such as it was. Google has yielded …
Issue: November-December 2006
Chapter & Verse
… two adjacent climbing vines that fall in love with each other and embrace for eternity. John Pickering would like … to find a source for the phrase "the extravagant luxury of scruple." Beth Doyle hopes someone can provide the full text, date, and author of a fragment stitched on a sampler: "Come lead me to some …
Issue: January-February 2002
Selected Reunion and Travel Resources
… Reunion Sourcebook, by Edith Wagner, founder and editor of Reunions Magazine. Plans for various settings, from … Morgan. Complete guide for planning reunions at home or on the road. Websites * Family Fun magazine ( … includes links, information, and advice on every aspect of reunion planning. * TravelSense ( www.travelsense.org ): …
Issue: November-December 2004
You Put WHAT In Your Harvard Application?
… far will high-school seniors go to get college admissions officers' attention? In an article that quotes Harvard College dean of admissions and financial aid William R. Fitzsimmons, the Boston Globe takes a look at some of students' quirkier …
Arts Arrive in Allston
… Though attention rightly focuses on the engineering and applied sciences complex taking shape on Western Avenue, its smaller cousin, the 9,000-square-foot ArtLab maker space (sited around the … one-hundredth the investment—above. But as a harbinger of other potential arts and related facilities in the …
Issue: January-February 2019
Harvard College
… Doug Powell and orator Natalie Zemon Davis, historian at the University of Toronto. Baccalaureate Service , Tuesday, May 25, at 2 … Tercentenary Theatre. Masters' Receptions for members of the senior class and guests follow at the Undergraduate …
Greg Stone, An Emerging Novelist at 70
… Greg Stone ’75 was in a hospital bed four years ago when the idea came to him for the murder mystery he’d always … a week recovering in a medicated haze, slipping in and out of consciousness. Whenever he was awake, he read. “And for … In his delirium, he half dreamed, half invented the plot of a novel. As soon as he got home, he started putting words …
Issue: January-February 2024
From Law Books to Cookbooks
… five and a half months to develop, test, and photograph all the recipes. After she cultivated a following on the vegan … Random House contacted Vora, asking her to create a book of vegan Instant Pot recipes—fast. “I was like, ‘Me? Do you … on vegan food writing and recipe development. While proud of her first book, Vora says, “It’s not necessarily … a …
Issue: September-October 2024