John Harvard's Journal
Padimut at Harvard
A rare Egyptian mummy case is on display at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.
University People
Richard E. Oldenburg '54 was elected president of the Board of Overseers for 2001-2002, his last year of service on the board. He succeeded...
The B.A. Diploma from A to Z
The first Harvard diploma in English instead of Latin appeared in 1961. When word of the abandonment of Latin came through in April, it touched...
Dorm of Bread and Honey
Several years ago, the Jordan residential cooperatives, adjacent to Radcliffe Quad at the intersection of Shepard and Walker Streets, became...
Woodruff Named ART Artistic Director
Robert Woodruff will succeed Robert Brustein as artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre (ART), President Neil L. Rudenstine...
Brevia
Bettering Government Gail Christopher Kris Snibbe/ Harvard News Office With a $50-million endowment grant--its largest ever--the Ford...
Profiting from the Human Genome
Consider this little known fact: academic institutions hold more gene patents than the top 25 pharmaceutical companies and all biotech companies...
Jumping English-style
They make an odd sight on the sidewalk. Rising at 4 a.m. on Saturday morning, the riders don their high black leather boots, jodhpurs, hunt...
Spring into Sports
Track and Field Senior Brenda Taylor (see "Sprinter, Taylor, Hurdler (High)," May-June, page 83), ran a personal best 55.88 seconds to...
The 350th Leadership
It was a sollemnia semisaecularia septima occasion,* but little was made of that, and all the traditional revelries and ceremonial benedictions...