Elena Kagan, dean of Harvard Law School since 2003, will be nominated to serve as Solicitor General by President-elect Barack Obama.
Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington died on December 24.
The University moved quickly to sell new bond issues, to refund existing short-term debt, to increase financial flexibility, and as it turns out to extricate itself from expensive interest-rate swap agreements.
With his creative cuisine, Ferran Adrià probes the intersection of science and cooking. On a visit to campus last week, the world-renowned chef taught undergraduates, visited science labs, and signed an agreement for an ongoing collaboration with Harvard.
The most effective ways to fight terrorism do not involve important tradeoffs between security and democratic principles.
John P. Holdren, an expert in energy, global warming, and nuclear weapons, will be nominated as science adviser by President-elect Barack Obama.
Sara Houghteling’s first novel, Pictures at an Exhibition, tells the story of a young man who searches post-war Paris for both his lost love and his father’s stolen art collection.
Harvard Management Company has issued its annual report on the compensation of its highest-earning investment professionals, likely a sensitive subject when their past performance has strongly exceeded the market but attention is now focused on the sharp decline in endowment-asset values.
A glossary, annotated by Harvard Quiz Bowl Team members
See videos of bioengineered systems in action in this online extra that accompanies the feature article, “Life Sciences, Applied.”
Yale disclosed the impact of the financial markets on its endowment, and outlined a series of phased budget-cutting measures.
Roger Angell ’42 resumes writing his light name-dropping, year-end verse, “Greetings, Friends!”
President-elect Obama has selected Chicago school superintendent Arne Duncan ’86 to serve as Secretary of Education.
Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52
Using chocolate as their medium, Harvard scientists illustrate principles of physics and chemistry for children and their parents at a free public lecture—samples included.