Overseers Election Update: Voting Postponed
Harvard Overseer Election PostponedJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard Overseer Elected Director Voting PostponedUpdated March 31, 2020. This news announcement updates yesterday’s post about the election and...
View ArticleConferring Degrees, 2020
Harvard’s Virtual CommencementMay-June 2020 h2-conferring-degrees-2020As the coronavirus pandemic spread, Harvard announced on March 20 that it would postpone (but not permanently cancel) the in-person...
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The Fiction of Limbo
Novelist Paul Yoon and “Run Me to Earth”Novelist Paul Yoon explores Laos’s forgotten war.Bailey TrelaMay-June 2020 montage-fiction-of-limboMy fiction is constantly in transit,” says novelist and...
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Setting the Stage
Artistic director Joshua McTaggart and the redesigned Chelsea TheatreJoshua McTaggart leads London’s Chelsea Theatre into a new era.Olivia MunkMay-June 2020 montage-setting-the-stageLondon’s Chelsea...
View ArticleThe Early Bird
David Barrett reports on New York City’s birdsA quest to chronicle New York City’s avian communityNell Porter BrownMay-June 2020 alumni-early-birdOn a fresh spring morning, David Barrett ’86, armed...
View ArticleOverseer and HAA Director Elections
Harvard Overseer and HAA director electionsMay-June 2020 alumni-overseer-haa-director-electionsOn March 31, the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers announced that the annual voting for new...
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The “Messy Experiment”
“The Equivalents,” by Maggie Doherty, reviewed by Susan WareFrom “female confinement” to “female liberation” at the Radcliffe InstituteSusan WareMay-June 2020 montage-messy-experimentOn November 20,...
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The Hollowing Out
“Tightrope,” by Kristof and WuDunn, reviewed by Allison PughAmericans diminished by “social poverty”Allison PughMay-June 2020 montage-hollowing-outThe “deplorables”—they are not the Other, they are...
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A Love Letter
John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.John Alexander films the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.Alex HulsMay-June 2020 montage-a-love-letterFilmmaker John...
View Article"We Can Endure"
Poet and physician Rafael Campo on connection and empathy in caregiving during tLydialyle Gibson Poet and physician Rafael Campo on connection and empathy in caregiving during the pandemic’s...
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At Home with Harvard: The Real History of Women at Harvard
At Home with Harvard: The Real History of Women at Harvard The Real History of Women at HarvardThis round-up is part of Harvard Magazine’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch,...
View ArticleA Second Pulitzer for Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead '91 wins 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction colson whitehead 2020 pulitzerIn 2017, Colson Whitehead ’91 won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his harrowing novel The Underground...
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At Home with Harvard: Harvard on the Small Screen
At Home with Harvard: Harvard on the Small Screen At Home with Harvard: Harvard on the Small ScreenThis round-up is part of Harvard Magazine’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read,...
View ArticleThe 2020 Harvard Medalists
The 2020 Harvard MedalistsNell Porter Brown The 2020 Harvard MedalistsThe Harvard Alumni Association today recognized three individuals as the 2020 Harvard Medalists, honoring their extraordinary...
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At Home with Harvard: Great Legal Minds
At Home with Harvard: Great Legal Minds At Home with Harvard: Great Legal MindsThis round-up is part of Harvard Magazine’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and...
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Transforming Portraiture and the World
Transforming Portraiture and the WorldJulia Ostmann Transforming Portraiture and the WorldIntimidating, stoic, yet somehow accessible, Nobel laureate and novelist Toni Morrison, Litt.D. ’89, emerges...
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Life After Harvard: The Pains and Pleasures of Alumni Reunions
Ceridwen Dovey’s “Life After Truth”Nell Porter Brown Life After Harvard: The Pains and Pleasures of Alumni Reunions Reunions are practically invented for storytellers. “There’s this amazing dramatic...
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“Theater Is Church”
Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black lifePlaywright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black lifeStuart MillerJuly-August 2020 montage-theater-is-churchIn one scene of Katori Hall’s...
View ArticleThe Power of Unreason
Paul Moravec’s soulful musicPaul Moravec’s soulful musicLydialyle GibsonJuly-August 2020 montage-power-of-unreasonDeep in the second half of Sanctuary Road, an oratorio by composer Paul Moravec ’80...
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Seriously Goofy
Profile of comedian Karen CheeComedian Karen Chee finds her voice.Jacob SweetJuly-August 2020 montage-karen-cheeWhen Karen Chee ’17 was a child, her parents proved definitively that TV was bad for her....
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