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Harvard police and students, Title IX and moreJohn S. RosenbergJanuary-February 2019 news-briefsPolice—and Student—ConductThe committee appointed by President Drew Faust last spring to review the April...
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Brevia
Harvard design dean departs and other newsJanuary-February 2019 breviaMohsen MostafaviMohsen Mostafavi, dean of the Graduate School of Design since January 2008, will conclude his service on June 30....
View ArticleCrimson on Capitol Hill: 116th
Harvard degree-program affiliates in the 116th CongressJanuary-February 2019 harvard-in-congressThe Senate tilts red, the House blue for Harvard degree-program alumni or matriculants in the 116th...
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With Our Thanks
Thanks to “Harvard Magazine” artistsWith appreciation to two <em>Harvard Magazine</em> artistsJanuary-February 2019 with-our-thanksWe are honored to recognize two artists for their...
View ArticleAngela Merkel Named Harvard Commencement Speaker
Harvard CommencementJonathan Shaw angela-merkel-commencementIn a surprise early announcement, Harvard has named Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany since 2005, its speaker for the 368th Commencement...
View ArticleSexual Harassment and Assault Reports Increase in 2018
Sexual Harassment and Assault Reports Increase in 2018Marina N. Bolotnikova Sexual Harassment and Assault Reports Increase in 2018Disclosures of potential sexual and gender-based harassment increased...
View ArticleCollege Admits 13.4 Percent of Early-Action Applicants
College Admits 13.4 Percent of Early-Action ApplicantsMarina N. Bolotnikova College Admits 13.4 Percent of Early-Action ApplicantsThe College has admitted 13.4 percent of early-action applicants to the...
View ArticleCan MOOCs Predict the Future of Online Education?
Will future online education become limited to professional degrees?Jonathan Shaw moocThe best use of massive open online courses (MOOCs) may be in providing instruction that leads to online...
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What’s Up Comes Down, and Vice Versa
Massachusetts Turnpike Will be Rebuilt at GradeJonathan Shaw Allston turnpike at grade in throatOn January 10, state transportation secretary Stephanie Pollack, J.D. ’85, announced that the state will...
View ArticleTracy K. Smith Named Harvard Arts Medalist
Tracy K. Smith Named Harvard Arts Medalist Marina N. Bolotnikova tracy smith arts medalTracy K. Smith ’94, poet laureate of the United States, will receive the Harvard Arts Medal at the opening event...
View ArticleHasty Pudding Announces 2019’s Man and Woman of the Year
Hasty Pudding Announces 2019’s Man and Woman of the Year Hasty Pudding Announces 2019’s Man and Woman of the YearThe Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT) has named actors Bryce Dallas Howard and Milo...
View ArticleThis Year’s Overseer and HAA Director Candidates
This Year’s Overseer and HAA Director Candidates This Year’s Overseer and HAA Director CandidatesThis spring, alumni can vote for new Harvard Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) elected...
View ArticleVES’s Valedictory
Harvard renames art film departmentJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard renames art film departmentHarvard’s department of visual and environmental studies (VES) will emerge, like a butterfly from a chrysalis,...
View ArticleDolores Huerta to Receive Radcliffe Medal
Dolores Huerta to Receive Radcliffe Medal Dolores Huerta to Receive Radcliffe MedalDolores Huerta, the labor and civil-rights activist who co-founded the National Farmworkers Association (now the...
View ArticleA Crossroads in Biomedicine?
A Crossroads in Biomedicine?Bennett McIntosh reproducibility crisisScientific knowledge is supposed to be built piecewise—study by study, experiment by experiment—so that each new piece of knowledge...
View ArticleHarvard Corporation Elects Barakett and Cuéllar
Harvard Corporation Barakett and Cuéllar John S. Rosenberg Harvard Corporation elects Barakett and Cuellar Timothy R. Barakett’87, M.B.A. ’93, and Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar ’93 have been...
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What a Human Should Be
“The Bauhaus and Harvard” exhibit at the Harvard Art MuseumsExploring the Bauhaus and HarvardLily Scherlis bauhaus-harvard“We are gathering experience,” Bauhaus workshop master Josef Albers told his...
View ArticleMartha Whitehead Appointed Harvard Librarian
Harvard appoints Martha Whitehead librarianJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard appoints Martha Whitehead librarianMartha Whitehead, librarian of Queen’s University in Ontario since 2011 and vice provost there...
View ArticleMin Jin Lee on Her New Novel and Writing about the Korean Diaspora
Min Jin Lee on Her New Novel and Writing about the Korean DiasporaMarina N. Bolotnikova Min Jin Lee on Her New Novel and Writing about the Korean DiasporaAuthor Min Jin Lee, a fellow this year at the...
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Of Dumplings, Bok Choy, and the Politics of Emoji
Of Dumplings, Bok Choy, and the Politics of EmojiJacob Sweet emoji activism jennifer leeIn 2015, inspiration struck Jennifer 8. Lee ’99 like an apple from Newton’s tree. In her case, though, it was a...
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