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Newell and Weld Boat Houses Scheduled for Major Renovation
The historic Newell and Weld boat houses, homes to the storied Harvard and Radcliffe rowing teams, are about to undergo the most comprehensive renovation and updating since they were constructed in 1900 and 1907, respectively.
Civil Rights Attorney Sherrilyn Ifill to Receive 2022 Radcliffe Medal
Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education fund, will receive the Radcliffe Medal on May 27, 2022, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study announced on Friday. The lawyer and scholar will join Madeleine Albright, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and other world leaders as recipients of the Institute’s highest honor since the award’s inception in 1987.
“That Human Element”
A year and a half ago, in the early months of the pandemic, Houghton archivist Dorothy Berry began a project to digitize materials from the library’s collection related to African American history and culture.
Predicting the Future of China's Rise
Former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers lived up to his billing as a voice of opposition Wednesday evening at a Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) discussion on China’s rise as an economic power and its rivalry with the United States. Timed to the Beijing Olympics, the event was led by political scientist Graham Allison, Dillon professor of government and a former HKS dean, whose 2017 book was titled: Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
Lawsuit Alleges Harvard Mishandled Harassment Complaints
Hundreds of students joined a campus demonstration Monday afternoon in support of three graduate students who recently filed suit against the University, claiming Harvard downplayed or ignored their sexual-harassment complaints against John Comaroff, professor of anthropology and of African and African American studies. At 12:15 p.m., students and some faculty members walked out of class and assembled in front of the Science Center. As chants of “Shut it down!” and “Time’s up!” and “Whose Harvard?
March-April 2022
(Click on arrow to view full image) A sparse Bussey Hill in 1890 Photograph courtesy of the Arnold Arboretum Archives/ ©President and Fellows of Harvard College A look back at the Arboretum's history—and the millennia to come Jarvis Givens Photograph by Stu Rosner Jarvis Givens rediscovers the underground history of black schooling. Right: Earl Brown from his Harvard transcript, c.1920. Left: Team photo, captioned “Harvard Baseball Squad,” 1924, with Brown seated on ground far left.
Penny Pritzker Elected Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow
Penny Pritzker ’81, a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2018, has been elected senior fellow, succeeding William F. Lee ’72, effective this July 1. She will be the first woman to serve in the role, leading the University’s fiduciary governing board. Pritzker, a member of the Board of Overseers from 2002 to 2008, has long been involved with her alma mater.
Philip Lovejoy to Step Down as Harvard Alumni Leader
Philip W. Lovejoy, executive director of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) since July 2014, today announced his retirement from the post at the end of this year, concluding a quarter-century of Harvard service.
Off the Shelf
Architects of an American Landscape, by Hugh Howard (Atlantic Monthly Press, $30). As Fredrick Law Olmsted, A.M. 1864, LL.D. ’93, was creating New York’s Central Park in the late 1850s, Henry Hobson Richardson, A.B. 1859, from New Orleans, was making his way through the College with far more attention to the Hasty Pudding, the Porcellian, and playing whist than to academics.
Harvard Polo Up Close
Watching a Harvard club polo match is a bit like finding out what you thought was mayonnaise was actually Miracle Whip all along—it’s similar, but just different enough to feel unrecognizable. As head coach Crocker Snow ’61, a lifelong polo player and retired journalist, puts it, “Polo is marketed by Ralph Lauren and The Great Gatsby and Prince Charles. And that is one part of polo.
Cultural Commitments
As Harvard emerges from a global pandemic that has upset work norms everywhere, it faces its own questions about the kind of workplace it will become. The University took a productive step when, despite initial inclinations, it largely maintained service workers’ pay and benefits as the coronavirus caused its campus to be depopulated, and dining halls and dormitories to close, in the spring of 2020 and into the next academic year.
Letters from our readers
Civil Rights, Reinterpreted Lincoln Caplan’s cover story about Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s re-assessment of the civil rights movement (“Both Sides Now,” January-February, page 29) gives us a wide-screen picture of the struggle over a far longer period, beginning in the 1930s, than many of us thought.
Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci’s Weather Obsession
Matthew Cappucci ’19 has never exactly fit in, and at a bingo hall 40 minutes east of Washington, D.C., it is no different. He is so much younger than his adversaries that a nearby grandmother feels compelled before each game to tell him which bingo sheet to use and how a “bingo” can be achieved. Cappucci thanks her for her generosity amid the competition. Players speak only in the moments between rounds and surround themselves with special bags for their ink daubers and auto-filling tablets.
Experimental Magic
It’s not the sabbath, but something is going on inside St. Anne & the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Brooklyn Heights. Among those in the pews are a young man in a bright yellow beanie, an elderly woman with a butterfly tattoo on her shoulder, a girl with maraschino-cherry-red hair, and another in black pants that appear to have been made from a tarp.
Fancy Footwork
The (biomechanical) mind at work. The late Thomas A. McMahon, McKay professor of applied mechanics and professor of biology, was described in colleagues’ Memorial Minute as animated by “an unusually eclectic array of research activities.” Indeed. Drawing on mathematical techniques and historical rowing data, he established “the connection between the speed and the class of rowing shell”—a problem in biomechanics if ever there were one.
A Bold Business Agenda
Srikant Datar had to overcome two disadvantages upon assuming his responsibilities as dean of Harvard Business School (HBS)on January 1, 2021: taking office in the middle of an academic year, and amid the pandemic. He did so by drawing on all his resources. A member of the faculty since 1996, he had ample perspective on his fellow professors’ teaching and research. His prior experience in five senior associate deanships yielded broad exposure to HBS.
A Verdant Cultural Retreat
Before stepping through the Gothic Revival gates of Forest Hills Cemetery, tour guide Dee Morris tells visitors, “Take your troubles, anything that’s bothering you, and leave them out here.” The 275 acres of towering trees, winding paths, sculptures, and scenic overlooks are meant to be a source of contemplation, tranquility, and even joy. “It’s an uplifting place,” she adds. “I start breathing better as soon as I come in, looking around, getting a fresh view on life.
Earl Brown
On December 22, 2020, Earl Brown ’24 became Harvard’s latest major-league baseball player. That would be Earl Brown, class of 1924, a star pitcher who went on to pitch for the New York Lincoln Giants of the Eastern Colored League. In December 2020, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred corrected an historical mistake by designating the Negro Leagues as major leagues, making their players major leaguers.
Steeped
Americans sipping foamy sweet chai lattes from Starbucks or Dunkin’ probably don’t think of the tea tree originally discovered in Southeast Asia. They don’t picture the earliest spring leaves of the Camellia sinensis var. sinensis, hand-picked in the Himalayan foothills of Darjeeling, India, or realize that an ounce of this “first flush” can be as fiercely fought over as any coveted French wine—and taste just as complex.
How to Create Your Springtime Oasis
Designers are seeing a trend: After two years at home during the pandemic, people want to transform living spaces into sanctuaries. Whether you’re in the mood for a complete overhaul or just impactful adjustments, local experts have ideas.
The View from Mass Hall
I am more of a runner than a rambler—measuring my time outdoors in miles rather than moments—but life in pandemic mode has forced me to slow down and look for opportunities to exit my COVID cocoon and engage with the world. The best walk I have taken since March 2020 was a long stroll with Adele, through the Arnold Arboretum.
History-Making Harvard Skier Pushes His Limits
Everyone has jitters in the moments before a mass-start cross-country ski race, and for good reason. When the gun goes off, dozens of competitors, with just a few feet of space between them, simultaneously accelerate—kicking and gliding forcefully as they convene into a narrowing track. With skis nearly touching, athletes fight to secure a spot as close to the front as possible. Collisions are common, as are NASCAR-style pileups that can take out a throng of competitors in an instant.
Headlines from Harvard’s history
1912 The Harvard Dental School announces plans to open an evening clinic, staffed by graduates, with nominal fees of 25 cents or less.
Meet the Candidates
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2022 candidate slates for the Board of Overseers (one of the University’s two governing boards) and the HAA’s own elected directors. Balloting is open from April 1 through May 17. Degree holders other than officers of instruction and government may vote for Overseer candidates; all degree holders can vote on the HAA elected-director candidates. There are nine Overseer nominees.
Brevia
ARTS FIRST, finally The annual campus celebration of performance and creativity is scheduled to return in person April 28-May 1. The Harvard Arts Medalist will be Rubén Blades, L.M. ’85, the polymathic Panamanian salsa and jazz musician, singer, composer, actor, etc. Add patience to his attributes: Blades was the intended honorand in 2020, before the pandemic.
Milton Avery, Wadsworth Atheneum
Before painter Milton Avery’s works were featured in the world’s most prestigious museums—and long before they fetched bids in the millions—the artist now known for his playful use of color and diverse stylistic repertoire lived an under-the-radar life in Hartford, Connecticut. Laboring and clerking at various factories and offices, Avery, born in 1885, supported his family while painting and taking art classes in the hours before and after work.
History turns toward the global, the scientific, and the quantitative
In May 1968, the university’s students wanted to change the world. Left-thinking ideologies like Maoism and socialism were in their minds, and “Vietnam” was on their lips. They went on strike, skipping classes and exams. They rioted and clashed with police. One student was killed, 900 arrested.
Another Competitive Overseers’ Election Takes Shape
With the announcement today of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee’s candidates for the Board of Overseers, a second consecutive, competitive campaign for election to the governing board appears to be shaping up. Harvard Forward (HF) last year succeeded in qualifying five candidates for the ballot by securing signatures on nominating petitions, and three were elected.
Allston Work Team recommendations endorsed by Harvard Corporation
News more News From left to right: Marc Lipsitch, William Hanage, Barry Bloom Photograph credits from left: Kent Dayton and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2) Despite vaccines, Harvard scientists warn, more-transmissible variants make COVID-19 harder to control. 1.7.21 From left: Dick Friedman, Harry R.
Thirty-two Students Removed from Harvard Housing during Fall Semester
The Harvard Community Council announced today that during the fall semester, 219 students were reported for violating community-health protocols. Among those students, 32 were removed from on-campus housing. The council, a non-disciplinary body of College students, staff, and faculty members, received reports of 251 potential violations, with some students cited for multiple issues.
Manufacturing: Willy C. Shih
An interview with Willy C. Shih, professor of management practice, HBS’s technology and operations management unit. Read the complete article, “Can America Compete?” (September-October 2012) Harvard Magazine: You’ve had a lot of manufacturing experience. Willy Shih: I spent 28 years in industry. I confronted a lot of puzzles there, and I’ve been looking at them since coming here. The interesting question relating to competitiveness had to do with my time at Kodak.
Harvard Magazine Writer Artist Prizes
Somewhat belatedly in this unusual academic year, we honor four outstanding contributors to Harvard Magazine for their work on readers’ behalf during 2020, and confer a $1,000 honorarium on each. Dick Friedman Photograph courtesy of Dick Friedman Our awards for distinguished writing happily recognize two people with deep Harvard ties.
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, explored by Adam Kirsch
In 2011, Harvard University Press celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the Loeb Classical Library, the renowned series that presents accessible editions of ancient texts with English translations on the facing page. The covers of the Loebs—red for Latin literature, green for Greek—have become iconic, and generations of students and readers have found them the ideal way to access our classical heritage.
Harvard Jun Chinese ceramics
Even the Qing emperors, nearly four centuries ago, recognized Song dynasty (960-1279) Jun ware—a distinctive opalescent blue, sometimes splashed with organic-seeming, almost foliate lobes of plum—as one of the five great achievements of China’s astonishing ceramic legacy. In contemporary perspective, Jun techniques in fact persisted much longer, at least into the Ming era (1368-1644): the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Harvard Kennedy School professor explores the emotional toll of losing elections
Partisan loyalty is an important part of personal identity for many Americans, who hold on to their fidelity to true-blue Democrats or deep-red Republicans. A new Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) faculty working paper has found that, as a result, casting a ballot for a losing candidate can have effects that go far beyond intellectual disappointment with resulting policies. Voting, in fact, can be an emotional affair, significantly affecting short-term happiness and sadness.
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Articles News more News Philip W. Lovejoy, executive director, Harvard Alumni Association Photograph by Will Halsey/Courtesy of the Harvard Alumni Association The alumni association announces the inevitable. 12.15.20 Research more Research Dendritic cells (like the one shown in yellow, within a pink polymer support structure) can be activated to recognize cancer cells. After migrating to the lymph nodes and spleen, they then train immune-system T cells to attack and destroy tumors.
At Home With Harvard: Editors' Favorite Stories of 2020
Our editors take great care in choosing story topics for every issue. While some events from this year accounted for much of our web traffic (need one say “COVID”?), other articles brought our readers joy or provoked good, critical thought. Below, the editors share their pick(s) for their favorite(s) from the year. We hope you enjoy them just as much as we did.
Bacow on Biden’s Agenda, Harvard Policing
In a flurry of activity just before Harvard begins its extended winter recess December 21, President Lawrence S. Bacow wrote a letter to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. urging U.S. policies more welcoming to international students and scholars after the Trump administration’s sweeping restrictions. Separately, he also introduced the external review of the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) commissioned last summer.
January-February 2021
Articles News more News Philip W. Lovejoy, executive director, Harvard Alumni Association Photograph by Will Halsey/Courtesy of the Harvard Alumni Association The alumni association announces the inevitable. 12.15.20 Research more Research Students more Students Though WHRB had to initiate its newest members over Zoom, each student picked a traditional five-character radio name. Extracurriculars cope despite COVID-19. January-February 2021 Alumni more Alumni Philip W.
Harvard reunions, alumni meeting to be virtual
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) today notified members of reunion classes that their spring functions would be conducted virtually. In an email, Philip W. Lovejoy, HAA executive director, wrote: In consultation with University leadership and Harvard University Health Services, this year we will host 2021 Reunions and the Annual Meeting of the HAA only virtually and will not plan any in-person gatherings.
Headlines from Harvard’s history
1921 In a story that catches national attention, two freshmen propose inserting a huge crossbar between the two chimneys of the Boston Elevated Railway’s powerhouse, near the freshman dorms, forming a giant H—thus transforming an unattractive spot into a beautiful yet effective advertisement for Harvard. “Sweet are the uses of advertisement,” quips the Bulletin.
Winter staycation options in and around Harvard Square
Wintertime offers the perfect excuse to cozy up close to home—and, this year, it’s a safe choice, too. Happily, there’s plenty to do in and around Cambridge to keep you warm, comfortable, and content. Prefer to curl up at home with a good book and a fire? Order from MEM Teas in Davis Square, served at Boston’s best restaurants, for the perfect warming tipple: Pick up globally sourced teas on Tuesdays through Saturdays beginning at 11 a.m. from their dispensary in Davis Square. Regular drinker?
Harvard’s naturalist, acronym guide, distracted professor at work
Rob Gogan, Harvard’s recycling and waste manager, retired in October, having long done more than anyone else to instill a culture of waste-reduction, reuse (of furniture, for example), recycling, and composting throughout the University. Helped by friends and correspondents, he also compiled and published a monthly “Nature Watch,” starting in 2001. With Harvard now barely peopled, it seems fitting to share some of his collected observations of the other kinds of life that teem on campus.
Letters from our readers
A Note to Readers The “7 Ware Street” column does not appear in this issue, which is somewhat shorter than usual, given continuing constraints on our advertising partners. We decided it was important to make space available for more of your letters to the editor, of which there were many—quite a few of them longer than we can usually accommodate. The column will reappear in the future.
Robert Frank at the Addison Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts
Your independent source for Harvard news since 1898 | SUBSCRIBE Log-In | Register Search form Search Articles News more News Philip W. Lovejoy, executive director, Harvard Alumni Association Photograph by Will Halsey/Courtesy of the Harvard Alumni Association The alumni association announces the inevitable. 12.15.20 Research more Research Dendritic cells (like the one shown in yellow, within a pink polymer support structure) can be activated to recognize cancer cells.
Harvard’s new Science and Engineering Complex
When Matt Noblett, a partner in the architecture firm Behnisch Architekten, started working on designs for a biomedically focused research facility in Allston in 2007, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences—many of whose faculty members are now moving into an entirely reimagined, spectacular new science and engineering complex on the site—did not even exist.
Berkshire East Mountain Resort
Jon Schaefer grew up in Charlemont, a community of nearly 1,300 that lies between Williamstown and Interstate 91. His family owns the local Berkshire East Mountain Resort, where he and his siblings, and most everyone in the hill-towns region, learned to ski. Some Schaefer family members became racers, traveling to compete on some of the world’s most daunting and magnificent alpine heights.
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