A Facelift for Mass Hall
Mass Hall FaceliftBrandon J. Dixon Mass Hall FaceliftThe construction scaffolding that has grown like aggressive ivy around campus buildings in recent years now enshrouds Massachusetts Hall, Harvard’s...
View ArticleUnderground: The Story of Harvard’s Class of 1968
Underground: The Story of Harvard’s Class of 1968Lydialyle Gibson underground 1968 film“I didn’t want to say no—I mean, who gets to have a movie made about their undergraduate senior thesis?”Ariel...
View ArticleA New Head Curator for the Harvard Art Museums
Soyoung Lee named chief curator at the Harvard Art MuseumsMarina N. Bolotnikova Soyoung Lee named chief curator at the Harvard Art MuseumsThe Harvard Art Museums has named Soyoung Lee, an expert in...
View ArticleHarvard Will Adjust Female Coaches’ Pay, Per State Law
Harvard Will Adjust Female Coaches’ Pay, Per State LawLydialyle Gibson Harvard Will Adjust Female Coaches’ Pay, Per State LawIn an email sent to coaches this morning, Harvard Athletics acknowledged an...
View ArticleCourt Filings Allege Discrimination Against Asian-Americans in Admissions
Court Filings Allege Discrimination Against Asian-Americans in AdmissionsBrandon J. Dixon admissions lawsuit sffa filing Hundreds of pages of analysis of Harvard’s admissions practices became public...
View ArticleFocus on Faust
Harvard president Drew Faust in perspectiveA presidency in perspectiveJohn S. RosenbergJuly-August 2018 drew-faust-reflectionThe memories may be fading, but Harvard roared into the new millennium. In...
View ArticleFrom Flowers to Race Cars
Heritage Museums & Gardens, in Sandwich, MassachusettsAmid botanical splendor, a Cape Cod destination for AmericanaNell Porter BrownJuly-August 2018 visit-cape-codRiddle of the day: Where can you...
View ArticlePicture-Perfect
Harvard’s 2018 Commencement ritesHarvard Magazine StaffJuly-August 2018 harvard-commencementAbsolutely stunning conditions—brilliant blue sky, low humidity, comfortably breezy in the mid 60s,...
View Article“The Foundation of Learning”
President Drew Faust’s Harvard valedictoryDrew FaustJuly-August 2018 drew-faust-commencement-2018Before delivering her valedictory Thursday afternoon, Drew Faust thanked everyone present for their...
View Article“Crimmigration”
Crimmigration: Harvard Law students address immigrants’ legal challengesMarina N. BolotnikovaJuly-August 2018 immigration-challenges-at-harvard“It often happens,” says Phil Torrey, managing attorney of...
View ArticleChanges at the Top
Harvard governing-board appointmentsJohn S. RosenbergJuly-August 2018 harvard-corporation-changesIt’s the changing of the University guard, as President Drew Faust steps down and Lawrence S. Bacow...
View ArticleUniversity People
University PeopleJuly-August 2018 university-peoplePortraiture ProjectHarvard’s Portraiture Project, meant to include important members of the community, has now produced its likeness of the late S....
View ArticleNews Briefs
New deans, graduate student union, faculty diversity, and a final-club updateMarina N. BolotnikovaJuly-August 2018 news-briefsDean DuoAs the Harvard presidency transitions from Drew Faust to Lawrence...
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BreviaJuly-August 2018 breviaSummer TouchupsIn addition to the previously reported sprucing-up of Massachusetts Hall’s systems (“Building Unabated,” May-June, page 24), the Stadium’s concrete walls and...
View ArticleNew Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors 2018July-August 2018 overseers-HAA-election-resultsThe names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni...
View ArticleMartha Minow Appointed University Professor
Martha Minow Appointed University ProfessorJohn S. Rosenberg Martha Minow Appointed University ProfessorCarter professor of general jurisprudence Martha Minow, who served as dean of Harvard Law School...
View ArticleRaj Chetty Will Return to Harvard
Raj Chetty Will Return to HarvardMarina N. Bolotnikova Raj Chetty Will Return to HarvardRaj Chetty, professor of economics at Stanford and one of the world’s foremost researchers on economic mobility...
View ArticleA New Front in the Battle Over Affirmative Action
A New Front in the Battle Over Affirmative ActionBrandon J. Dixon A New Front in the Battle Over Affirmative ActionAll eyes are on Harvard after the plaintiff’s filings in a lawsuit last Friday argued...
View Article“This Entire Campus Belongs to You”
“This Entire Campus Belongs to You”Brandon J. Dixon fyreSade Abraham’s timing could not have been better. When she arrived at the Graduate School of Education for a one-year master’s program in 2017,...
View ArticleBreathing New Life into “The Eyesore on Church Street”
Breathing New Life into “The Eyesore on Church Street”Oset Babür church-street-harvard-square-constructionYesterday evening in a meeting open to the public, Cambridge business owners and residents...
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