Election Slates and Divestment Developments
Harvard Overseer election and divestmentJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard Overseer election and divestmentThe Harvard Alumni Association-nominated 2020 slate of candidates for the Board of Overseers and HAA’s...
View ArticleClimate-Change Advocacy Intensifies
Harvard faculty vote, governing board divestmentJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard faculty vote, governing board divestmentAt its first meeting of 2020, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) concluded an...
View ArticleAnd the Academy Award Goes to…Math
And the Academy Award Goes to…MathJacob Sweet Ben Zauzmer OscarmetricsViola Davis or Meryl Streep? In 2012, only one could win the Academy Award for best actress, but which one? Ben Zauzmer ’15 picked...
View Article“Write Your Own Songs”
“Write Your Own Songs”Olivia Munk“Write Your Own Songs”This Sunday, two recent graduates will be going for the gold at the ninety-second Academy Awards ceremony. Gabe Fox-Peck ’19 and Joshuah Campbell...
View ArticleFormer Overseer Diana Nelson ’84 Named to the Harvard Corporation
Diana Nelson named to Harvard CorporationJacob Sweet diana-nelson-to-corporationDiana L. Nelson’84 will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced on Monday. Her term...
View ArticleHonoring Alumni Leaders
Harvard Alumni Association club and SIG awardeesMarch-April 2020 alumni-honoring-alumni-leadersAt its winter meeting, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) celebrated both those who have made...
View ArticleOverseer and HAA Director Elections
Harvard Overseer and HAA director electionsMarch-April 2020 alumni-overseer-HAA-director-electionsThis spring, alumni can vote for new Harvard Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) elected...
View ArticleRallying Cries
New York immigration activist Steven ChoiSteven Choi, J.D. ’04, works—and fights—at the vitriolic epicenter of immigration politics.Nell Porter BrownMarch-April 2020 alumni-steven-choiAs the United...
View ArticleHot Pursuit
Jazz and blues bassist Matthew BerlinJazz and blues bassist Matthew BerlinLydialyle GibsonMarch-April 2020 montage-hot-pursuitMatthew Berlin ’89, a jazz and blues bassist who also knocks around in...
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“Wild Dreams”
Profile of novelist Yangsze ChooMalaysian-born Yangsze Choo writes novels infused with the tropical mysteries of her childhood.Stuart MillerMarch-April 2020 montage-wild-dreamsFor a three-year-old...
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Deep Roots
Playwright Antoinette Nwandu, profiledPlaywright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.Olivia SchwobMarch-April 2020 montage-deep-rootsAntoinette Nwandu ’02 has a lot to...
View ArticleAlan Jenkins
Harvard PortraitHarvard Law School professor Alan JenkinsJacob SweetMarch-April 2020 Harvard Portrait Alan JenkinsHarvard Law School professor of practice Alan Jenkins ’85, J.D. ’89, first mentions his...
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Giants
Morison, Handlin, and a new view of the Mem Hall firePrimus VIMarch-April 2020 college-pump-giantsBoston brahmin. The towering Adams University Professor emeritus Bernard Bailyn, Ph.D. ’53, LL.D. ’99,...
View ArticleDocumentarian Sought
Paul Dudley White documentary possibilityMarch-April 2020 documentarian_soughtAndrew Faden seeks a filmmaker interested in doing a documentary on his great-uncle, the late cardiologist and Harvard...
View ArticleSeeking a Flag-Bearer!
Who next will carry the (replica) Little Red Flag?March-April 2020 flag-bearerFor more than 100 years, the Harvard College graduate who had attended the most Harvard-Yale football games carried to The...
View ArticleDivestment Slate Achieves Place on Overseer Ballot
Harvard Divestment Overseer SlateJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard Divestment Overseer SlateThe Harvard Forward (HF)-backed slate of petition candidates for Overseer has been certified for the ballot,...
View ArticleGhost Stories for the Apocalypse
Ghost Stories for the ApocalypseBennett McIntosh Speculative Fiction author Ken Liu On the balmy waves above a coral reef we once called Harvard Yard, a twenty-seventh-century Thoreau seeks Waldenesque...
View ArticleWhere Do Overseers Come From?
Harvard Overseers Nominations ElectionJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard Overseers Nominations ElectionHow are members of Harvard’s Board of Overseers chosen—and what do they do, once they are elected to the...
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Cooperating to Combat Coronavirus
Harvard and the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health Team to Fight SARS-CoVJonathan Shaw Fighting SARS-2Ever since the earliest reports of a pneumonia-like illness spreading within Hubei province...
View ArticleAfrican and African-American Studies Celebrates 50 Years
African and African-American Studies Celebrates 50 yearsLydialyle Gibson African and African-American Studies Celebrates 50 YearsLast Saturday evening, toward the end of a two-day symposium...
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