Amy Wagers
Harvard PortraitHarvard Portrait: Amy WagersOset BabürMarch-April 2019 amy-wagersAs a 10-year-old, Amy Wagers knew she wanted to be a scientist, but it wasn’t until she registered as a bone-marrow...
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Accelerating Innovation
Harvard’s Office for Technology Development boosts translational researchRobust licensing revenue and corporate alliances boost translational research.Jonathan ShawMarch-April 2019...
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Undergraduate Education Agendas
Launching Gen Ed, rethinking shopping weekJohn S. RosenbergMarch-April 2019 undergraduate-education-agendasI. Gen Ed in the OffingWhen she became dean of undergraduate education last July 1, Amanda...
View ArticleAdjacent but Unequal
Disadvantaged students in elite collegesJohn S. RosenbergMarch-April 2019 first-gen-elite-studentsEarlier this decade, Anthony Abraham Jack posed a stern challenge to selective colleges that had begun...
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Brevia
Merkel to speak at Commencement, and other newsMarch-April 2019 breviaMerkel in MayHarvard’s guest speaker following the Commencement exercises on May 30 will be Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany...
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Harvard Adams House RenewalJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard Adams House RenewalDuring a forum with Adams House residents on February 19, Nathaniel Rogers ’05, a project architect from Beyer Blinder Belle...
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Allston ArtLab Prepares to Open
Allston ArtLab Prepares to OpenJonathan ShawMarina N. Bolotnikova Allston ArtLab Prepares to OpenHarvard’s new, $12.5-million ArtLab, envisioned as an interdisciplinary center for creativity and...
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American Repertory Theater Moving to Harvard’s Allston Properties
Harvard American Repertory Theater Moving to AllstonJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard American Repertory Theater Moving to AllstonThe Harvard-affiliated American Repertory Theater (ART), now based in the Loeb...
View ArticleOne Shoe, No Problems
One Shoe, No ProblemsJacob Sweet One Shoe, No ProblemsBy the time Kieran Tuntivate ’20 gets on the line for a race, he’s already run it countless times in his head. During warm-ups, throughout...
View ArticleThe Lost History of Iberia
Replacement of Iberian Men 4,000 Years Ago Raises Fresh QuestionsBennett McIntosh Iberia replacementWhat secrets do the ear bones of long-dead skeletons hold? Not ancient stories or sounds, but DNA....
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In Beijing, President Bacow Affirms Academic Freedom
Harvard President Bacow academic freedom ChinaJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard President Bacow academic freedom ChinaPresident Lawrence S. Bacow—on an Asian itinerary including stops in Hong Kong, Beijing,...
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Lowell, Not Coming to Dinner
Harvard Lowell House changes portraits displayJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard Lowell House changes portraits displayAbbott Lawrence Lowell, the University’s president from 1909 to 1933, looms large in...
View ArticleCollege Admits 4.5 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2023
College Admits 4.5 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2023 Marina N. Bolotnikova College Admits 4.5 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2023 The College has admitted 1,950 of 43,330 applicants to the...
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Harvard College course shopping periodJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard shopping week changes pendingHarvard College students’ cherished “shopping week”—for sampling classes at the start of each term before...
View ArticleNumbers Game
Harvard course requirements quantitative reasoningJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard course requirements quantitative reasoningAlthough the College has developed the roster of courses for the reenvisioned...
View ArticleHarvard Investigates Fencing Coach Over Transactions Involving Parent of a...
Harvard Fencing Coach Peter Brand's Real Estate Transactions ScrutinizedJonathan Shaw fencing coach investigationThe front page of Friday morning’s Boston Globe reported—under the headline, “A Very...
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Protesters Disrupt the President
Protesters Disrupt the PresidentLydialyle Gibson President Bacow and Bridget Terry Long speak at Harvard Institute of PoliticsKennedy School dean Douglas Elmendorf seemed to anticipate what was coming...
View ArticleMasha Gessen on the Stories We Tell About Migration
Masha Gessen on the Stories We Tell About Migration Marina N. Bolotnikova Masha Gessen on the Stories We Tell About Migration tanner lecturesMasha Gessen seemed to become famous in the United States...
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Education for the Public Good
Harvard summit on higher education and public goodJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard summit on higher education and public goodMuch of the American public has become skeptical of higher education or even...
View ArticleThe Faculty’s New Faces
The gradual diversification of Harvard’s facultiesJohn S. Rosenberg faculty-diversity-raceHarvard’s faculty ranks have, gradually, become increasingly diverse. The intersection of lifetime tenured...
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