Victoria A. Baena

City Politics

Harvard Square then and now

When Joseph S. Calautti, owner of Rizzo Tailors, gazes out of his second-floor window overlooking Church Street, he sees not ...

Summer Postcards 2011

A City Contrived

In Brasília, everything is perfect—and right from the start, I hate it.

Summer

New Course to Bridge Cultures

The Harvard Summer School is going global this June—even for students who will remain on this side of the Charles.

Summer Housing
Summer

Where To Find Summer Housing Around Harvard

Still scrambling to find summer housing in Cambridge? Not to fear—Craigslist isn't the only path to housing still available.

In The Meantime

Rediscovering Elocution

Excerpts from Keats, Tennyson, and Woolf lingered in the air of Boylston Hall’s Fong Auditorium last Tuesday, as a dozen ...

Sciences Division

Researchers Apply Plate Tectonic Theory To Tibet

Plate tectonic theory can be used to explain movement of the Earth’s crust in Tibet—a key discovery in advancing the understanding of long-term seismic action—according to a study published last month by two Harvard researchers.

In The Meantime

The Harvard Indian College

Affixed to Matthews Hall hangs an often unnoticed slate plaque, inscribed: “Here American Indian and English students lived and worked ...

Urban Iditerod Pub Crawl
For The Moment

Bar Hopping for the Boston Medical Center

Teams of four bedecked in tutus, pink onesies, and lab goggles hurtled down Mass. Ave. last Saturday afternoon, dragging shopping ...

On Campus

HSMBB CommuniTea Success, Despite Lack of Speaker

Approximately 15 students gathered in Emerson Hall earlier this afternoon for peppermint tea, vegan snickerdoodles, and discussion at the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior's inaugural CommuniTea event of the semester.

For The Moment

Try These Classes on for Size

Most lecture classes come with certain assumptions: a sea of students, a sea of laptops, the ability to get behind in the readings without dire consequences. But if only 12 people sign up for the class, these expectations won’t match up to reality.

Film

"Gatsby" Not So Great

University Finances

Faust's Earnings in 2011 Much Lower Than Those of Other University Presidents and Top Harvard Employees

Features

Female HLS Graduates Enter a Job Market Dominated by Men

Harvard Law School

In HLS Classes, Women Fall Behind