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The year was 1641. Harvard College, a cash-poor five-year-old institution of higher learning, sent three Cambridge, Mass., preachers to England on a “begging mission.”When the pioneering preachers arrived, they realized what is now a precept of fundraising: they needed some...
In his annual letter to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby wrote, “Through curricular review and renewal, we have recommitted ourselves to our students—for whom, after all, our College and University exist.” Yet...
It is not a question we ask ourselves often. To be sure, once in a while we suspect that we are doing something right. We do have a stunning number of superlative applicants to the College, each year more qualified than the last. We do recruit to the Faculty so...
While the Harvard track and field team had anything but a spectacular season record, there’s a story that the numbers don’t tell. The Crimson men lost all three of the team scoring meets and twice finished third of three against Ivy competition. The women...
University President Lawrence H. Summers last week blasted a British boycott of Israeli academics—drawing flack from a familiar foe and applause from his allies. Summers’ statement on the British boycott evokes echoes of his September 2002 Memorial Church address, in which he excoriated a group...