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Safra Foundation Center for Ethics to host Eliot Spitzer talk

Harvard Magazine — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:07:32 -0400

Eliot Spitzer, J.D. ’84, is scheduled to speak next week as part of a lecture series on institutional corruption.

Articles about Elizabeth Warren, economic-development failures, and more

Harvard Magazine — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:41:34 -0400

Our news roundup also includes items on the dying trees of Martha’s Vineyard; financial incentives for innovation; and more on ROTC.

Articles about ROTC, Ayn Rand, Orhan Pamuk, AIDS art, and more

Harvard Magazine — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:03:15 -0400

Our news roundup also includes a Faust interview, a Mankiw column, and a novel satirizing the world of bestselling novels.

Photo history of Harvard Square

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:42:00 -0400

A new book of photographs tells Harvard Square’s history since the 1950s. Test your own Square knowledge for a chance to win a copy of the book.

Bees Extend Legs for Stability

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:50:00 -0400

Video clips reveal the strategy orchid bees use to maintain stability when flying in turbulent conditions.

Sassetta's Borgo San Sepolcro altarpiece, reconstructed

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:43:11 -0400

Sixty paintings once adorned the altarpiece of a Franciscan church in the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro. View illustrations from the modern-day reconstruction.

Former financier Norb Vonnegut’s investment-world thriller

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:54:00 -0400

Top Producer, by Norb Vonnegut ’80, is a thriller set on Wall Street. Listen to excerpts from an interview with its stockbroker author.

From AIDS Activism to Art

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:30:00 -0400

View video from an exhibition at the Harvard Art Museum that explores the visual legacy of ACT UP’s campaign to galvanize action against a new epidemic.

David Wax’s band plays Mexican folk music.

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:12:00 -0400

David Wax’s trio La Tuza performs Mexican son music.

Professors and students create video and multimedia

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:11:00 -0400

Faculty members are adapting the traditional lecture format with visual and multimedia elements—a new form of teaching. View examples of twenty-first-century pedagogy now in use in Harvard classrooms.

October 31, 2009: Harvard 42, Dartmouth 21

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:30:36 -0400

Two running backs combine for 239 yards and five touchdowns.

Students in Africa

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0400

Students and service at a new frontier: read 10 student profiles, view photos, and more.

Elizabeth Nowak brings vertical agriculture to Nairobi's Kibera slum

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:05:00 -0400

Working with local residents, Elizabeth Nowak ’10 brings vertical agriculture to Nairobi’s Kibera slum.

David Sengeh combats malaria by distributing bed nets in rural Sierra Leone

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:11:00 -0400

David Sengeh ’10 combats malaria by distributing bed nets in and around Sahn Malen, Sierra Leone.

Oluwadara Johnson runs a performing-arts-themed camp for girls in Nigeria

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:21:00 -0400

In her home city of Ibadan, Nigeria, Oluwadara Johnson ’10 runs a performing-arts-themed camp for disadvantaged girls.

Christopher Higgins works at an orphanage in Busia, Uganda

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:10:00 -0400

For Christopher Higgins ’10, a short-term stint volunteering at an orphanage in Busia, Uganda, turns into much more.

At the University of Ghana, Audrey White studies the history of the slave trade

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:11:00 -0400

At “slave castles” and the University of Ghana, Audrey White ’10 researches the slave trade.

Megan Shutzer interviews those who fled election violence in Kenya

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:40:00 -0400

In a refugee camp near Nakuru, Kenya, Megan Shutzer ’10 learns that fallout from the 2007 election violence persists.

Elisa Nabel makes a film about childhood and innocence in Rwanda

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0400

In Rwinkwavu, Rwanda, Elisa Nabel ’11 makes a film about childhood and innocence.

Grace Ryan films a documentary on mental-health care in Ghana

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:51:00 -0400

Grace Ryan ’10 films a documentary on mental-health care, and the debate over reform, in Accra, Ghana.

Rashmi Jasrasaria focuses on HIV prevention and women's empowerment in Tanzania

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:20:00 -0400

Rashmi Jasrasaria ’10 focuses on HIV prevention, sexual health, and women’s empowerment in Arusha, Tanzania.

Sangu Delle brings clean water to the village of Agyementi, Ghana

Harvard Magazine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:41:00 -0400

In Agyementi, Ghana, Sangu Delle ’10 brings clean water to a village.

Harvard 37, Princeton 3

Harvard Magazine — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:11:57 -0400

All-but-toothless Tigers succumb for the 12th time in 14 meetings.

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences academic progress, financial problems

Harvard Magazine — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:08:00 -0400

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith outlines academic progress and details financial problems in his 2009 annual report.

An undergraduate ponders Orhan Pamuk's Norton Lectures

Harvard Magazine — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:20:38 -0400

Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow Spencer Lenfield listens to Orhan Pamuk’s Norton Lectures.

Harvard Suffers Billions More in Losses

Harvard Magazine — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:25:00 -0400

The endowment, the University’s cash accounts, large swap losses, and more.

Fred Ho Harvard Arts Medal

Harvard Magazine — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:09:59 -0400

Recognizing a saxophonist and self-described “revolutionary artist”

October 17, 2009: Lafayette 35, Harvard 18

Harvard Magazine — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:09:08 -0400

An error-prone Harvard team takes a nonleague loss.

Cryptic Puzzle: Who's In Charge

Harvard Magazine — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:02:36 -0400

Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52

The Radcliffe Institute at 10

Harvard Magazine — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:53:42 -0400

The advanced-study institute, formed when Radcliffe College was fully absorbed into Harvard a decade ago, prides itself on creative cross-disciplinary work.

HSPH Professor Stephen Lagakos Killed in Car Accident

Harvard Magazine — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:41:16 -0400

Professor of biostatistics Stephen Lagakos joined the faculty more than 30 years ago.

October 10, 2009: Harvard 28, Cornell 10

Harvard Magazine — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Coverage of Saturday’s game at Ithaca.

Articles about John Adams, Larry Summers, and The Elms at DePauw University

Harvard Magazine — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:01:35 -0400

Recent articles from the New Yorker and the New York Times feature people with Harvard connections.

Nobel Peace Prize Obama

Harvard Magazine — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:01:24 -0400

President Barack Obama, a Law School alumnus, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, particularly for his work on nuclear weapons.

Nobel Prize Chemistry Steitz

Harvard Magazine — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:07:53 -0400

Three scientists, including a 1966 Harvard Ph.D., are recognized for fundamental work on the ribosome.

Szostak Nobel prize in medicine

Harvard Magazine — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:33:24 -0400

Jack W. Szostak, a geneticist at Harvard Medical School, is one of three co-winners of the 2009 prize.

October 3, 2009: Harvard 28, Lehigh 14

Harvard Magazine — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:39:14 -0400

The Crimson posts a convincing win in the team’s second road game.

Radcliffe Institute 10th anniversary

Harvard Magazine — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:51:09 -0400

A decade of change, from Radcliffe College to an institute for advanced study

At HSPH, a panel of experts discusses the healthcare reform bills in Congress

Harvard Magazine — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:12:14 -0400

A panel of experts, from Harvard and elsewhere, attempts to cut through the confusion about the healthcare reform bills in Congress.

Harvard Ph.D. appointed Williams College president

Harvard Magazine — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:52:43 -0400

Adam F. Falk brings a young new presence to the President’s House in Williamstown.

How Harvard uses its endowment

Harvard Magazine — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400

A columnist challenges the use of the endowment, and argues for placing much higher priority on educating more College students.

Time to reform the M.B.A.?

Harvard Magazine — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:13:17 -0400

An economics columnist thinks M.B.A. students need more context in their curriculum.

FAS financial dean

Harvard Magazine — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:31:06 -0400

Leslie Kirwan fills a critical position as the faculty works to close a $110-million budget gap.

September 25, 2009: Harvard 24, Brown 21

Harvard Magazine — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:52:31 -0400

Friday-night football against Brown at Harvard Stadium.

President Faust on the state of Harvard

Harvard Magazine — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:02:00 -0400

An “opening-of-year” address points toward Harvard’s “new normal” in light of financial constraints.

Harvard Alum Named to Kennedy's Seat on Interim Basis

Harvard Magazine — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:25:01 -0400

Kirk fills the seat left by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54, LL.D. ’08.

Yale endowment declines too

Harvard Magazine — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:15:47 -0400

Yale reported sharp losses, but narrowly bested Harvard’s results—preserving a large margin of long-term superior investment performance.

"Justice" course now on television, online, and in book form

Harvard Magazine — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:19:24 -0400

Harvard’s first televised course debuts in three media.

Teaching new leaders to transform America's schools

Harvard Magazine — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:57:48 -0400

Updated Harvard Graduate School of Education’s new doctoral program aims to transform K-12 schooling.

alumnus returns Iwo Jima mementos to Japanese soldier’s daughters

Harvard Magazine — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:50:16 -0400

After 64 years, World War II veteran Franklin Hobbs ’46 was able to return chance-found battlefield keepsakes to a Japanese family.

Faculty members and alumnae honored

Harvard Magazine — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:47:41 -0400

Two faculty members and two alumnae were awarded the highly publicized fellowships.

September 19, 2009: Holy Cross 27, Harvard 20

Harvard Magazine — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:01:17 -0400

Holy Cross bests Harvard as the football season begins.

H1N1 Flu a Matter of Security, Frenk Says

Harvard Magazine — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:46:10 -0400

The dean of the Harvard School of Public Health connects pandemics and policy in a lunchtime talk.

FAS budget savings realized and yet to come

Harvard Magazine — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:55:59 -0400

Dean Michael D. Smith details hard-won budget improvements—and the challenges remaining.

English and the humanities in decline?

Harvard Magazine — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:18:52 -0400

A new lament about the status of English critiques the Harvard department’s new curriculum.

Harvard alumnus R.J. Cutler's new movie explores Anna Wintour's Vogue

Harvard Magazine — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:56:15 -0400

A new documentary by R. J. Cutler ’83 takes viewers behind the glamour of a fashion powerhouse.

Yale endowment losses and spending cuts deepen

Harvard Magazine — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:30:04 -0400

Eli President Richard C. Levin signals deeper endowment losses and spending cuts. What are the implications for Harvard’s finances?

Hollis professor Harvey Cox brings a cow to Harvard Yard

Harvard Magazine — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:59:32 -0400

A Jersey called “Faith” helps the Hollis professor of divinity celebrate God’s green earth, plus an old chair, a new book, and his retirement.

Harvard endowment falls from $36.9 billion to $26 billion

Harvard Magazine — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:50:57 -0400

Harvard Management Company’s annual report quantifies the punishing decline in the value of the University’s endowment.

James Watson and Edward O. Wilson: An Intellectual Entente

Harvard Magazine — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:59:52 -0400

James D. Watson and Edward O. Wilson, two major exponents of modern biology, reflect on the convergence of the evolutionary and molecular approaches in their field.