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Photo Recap: The 70th Annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year Awards
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT) presented their 2020 Woman and Man of the Year Awards to Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt: the former a three-time Emmy nominee, writer, director, and producer; the latter, the youngest recipient of the Man of the Year Award and one Oscar away from being the youngest EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) winner ever. Banks arrived at Harvard on January 31 for a parade along Massachusetts Avenue from Bow Street to Holyoke Street.
Former Overseer Diana Nelson ’84 Named to the Harvard Corporation
Diana L. Nelson ’84 will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced on Monday. She will officially join on July 1. Nelson has previously co-chaired the College Fund, served on the Radcliffe Institute’s dean’s advisory council, and co-chaired a Faculty of Arts and Sciences task force on the undergraduate experience, among other positions. She served as an Overseer from 2010 to 2016, including as vice chair of the executive committee.
Demographic distortions will require eldercare solutions
T wenty years from now, Japan will become the first society in the world in which more than 40 percent of the population will be older than 65. China, after 36 years of a “one-child policy,” will soon follow. There the absolute numbers are staggering: the count of those over 65 is already larger than the combined elderly populations of Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia. By 2040, a quarter of China’s population—more than a third of a billion people—will be over 60.
Sexual-misconduct survey results, athletics director to retire
Sexual Assault Rates Unchanged On October 15, Harvard released the results of a survey estimating the prevalence of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct among its undergraduate, graduate, and professional-school students.
Finding beauty in the complexities of applied science
O ne of the more frustrating things about learning math is that professors insist it is beautiful. Imagine not just asking toddlers to eat their vegetables, but demanding they appreciate the subtle interplay between asparagus and a balsamic glaze, and you will have some sense of how I felt when I enrolled in my first college math course. After a long night of writing proofs, fueled by off-brand cereal and stale coffee, beauty was too high a concept for me.
In Beijing, President Bacow Affirms Academic Freedom
President Lawrence S. Bacow—on an Asian itinerary including stops in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo—delivered an address last night at Peking University titled “The Pursuit of Truth and the Mission of the University.” His visit comes at a time of sharp strategic and trade differences between the United States and China, and of increased control of discourse and dissent within the People’s Republic.
“Old” Food Reduces Lifespan
What causes aging? “Scientists have been thinking about this question for centuries,” says Harvard professor of medicine Vadim Gladyshev. It sounds almost simple, but in fact it’s thorny and complicated, and although several theories have emerged—that organisms are “programmed” by nature to die, or that aging is the result of “hyperfunction” of biological activities, or that it’s controlled by genetics—there are as yet no settled answers.
Giverny: A Great Day Trip from the City of Light
If you will be venturing to Paris this winter or spring, Allison Kern, Harvard Magazine's Donor Relations & Stewardship Manager, has some ideas you may wish to add to your itinerary. 1. Visit the legendary bookstore Shakespeare and Company and have your book purchases inked with the shop’s iconic “Kilometer Zero Paris” stamp. (5th arrondissement), 37 Rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris, France https://shakespeareandcompany.com/ (Image from Shakespeare & Co. website) 2.
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