Telescope will look toward the edge of the universe
A mountaintop in Chile provides one of the best places on Earth to see light that has been traveling toward our world for billions of years. “It’s an inspiring place to be on a clear night with the...
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Shinagel’s legacy honored
As portraits of former deans and presidents looked down from the walls of University Hall, Michael Shinagel, Ph.D. ’64, received confirmation that he had set a record as the longest-serving dean in...
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‘The Temptation of Despair’
It is one thing to survive a war — a consequence of luck, perhaps, or skill. It is another thing to survive the aftermath of a war — an interval marked by death, ruin, guilt, the irony of survival...
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Peter J. Gomes
The late Reverend Peter J. Gomes once reflected that, while walking in Harvard Yard toward Memorial Church, “the afternoon sun had just caught the gold and red and blue of the details of the . . ....
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Paul Mead Doty
During the second half of the twentieth century, Paul Doty had a major impact on science and international affairs at Harvard and in the world through his research, mentoring, and institution...
View ArticleIn praise of Harvard’s Henry Rosovsky at 90
The celebrated wit and humility of Henry Rosovsky, the Geyser University Professor Emeritus at Harvard, was on full display Wednesday evening. After a dinner in his honor at the Charles Hotel,...
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African and African American Studies at five decades
In 1968, a black student group placed an advertisement in the Harvard Crimson calling for the College to give black students, faculty, and scholarship more support and greater representation on campus....
View ArticleHenry Rosovsky, former acting University president, FAS dean, dead at 95
Henry Rosovsky, a leading economist and innovative administrator who twice served as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and acting president of the University, died Nov. 11 at his home in...
View ArticleHenry Rosovsky, 95
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 2, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Henry Rosovsky was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty. Henry...
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