Excerpted from “Memorial Days” by Geraldine Brooks, Radcliffe Fellow ’06, visiting lecturer ’21, published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. May 27, 2019West Tisbury “Is this the home of Tony Horwitz?” Yes “Who am I speaking to?” This is his wife That is exact. The rest […]
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When asked in 2010 to lead what would become the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, proposed two guiding rules. One: He wanted the organization to be open to all fields of inquiry. And two: He wanted “feet on the street” across South
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U.S. markets this month suffered heavy losses after China, Mexico, and Canada responded to President Donald Trump’s tariff push by imposing levies on American goods. Many investors fear a prolonged trade war could push the nation into a recession. (The president says that Americans should expect a “period of transition.”) Meanwhile, the University of Michigan’s
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When someone asks Damion Searls how he “chooses” words for a translation, he likens it to asking a reader how they “choose” what Mr. Darcy looks like when reading “Pride and Prejudice.” Neither is so much a choice, he says, but a response shaped by the text. “We’re not translating the words that are there.
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A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts. Frank Hu is the Chair of the Department of Nutrition and the Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This is a heavily debated topic. Alcohol, nicotine, and opiates are all classified as addictive substances based on
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When the future feels overwhelming, some of us stock up on canned goods while others turn to books. Science fiction has long challenged how we think about technology and society, often serving as a warning about where we are going or as an inspiration to build new worlds. The Gazette asked Harvard faculty and staff
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Campus & Community New effort ensures that more undergraduates, especially from middle-income families, will receive support March 17, 2025 3 min read File photo by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Harvard University President Alan M. Garber and Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi Hoekstra on Monday announced that Harvard College will
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America is coming apart, warns Robert Putnam. It’s all due to a growing lack of social connection, and it’s visible in our relationships, communities, and deeply riven politics. The bottom line is that we just don’t trust each other anymore, he said. But there are places to start. The Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of
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