Sonia F. Epstein
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Inheriting the Ivy League: The Market for Educated Egg and Sperm Donors
The high price tags of egg and sperm donations generate myths and taboos on campus, yet behind each is a human interaction wrought with the emotional complexity of any family-building story. Parents and donors must grapple with their place in a society that prizes — and prices — certain traits above others. And while some see trait-selection as a means of respecting individuality, for others it is a site of modern-day eugenics.
Jessica Ding
Ding is one of three Harvard harpists currently enrolled in the dual-degree program between Harvard and the New England Conservatory.
Martin Kilson, First Tenured African American Professor at Harvard, Dies at 88
Government Professor Emeritus Martin L. Kilson, Jr., the first African American to receive full tenure at Harvard, died in hospice on April 24 of congestive heart failure at the age of 88.
Congressional Disorientation
The story of fresh-faced idealism, jockeyed against the cynicism of established old-timers, is not new, or even surprising. But last December, social media amplified the protests of a small group of new members who criticized the corporate, establishment nature of the IOP’s orientation.
The Literature Class Bigger Than CS50
Harvard has experienced a recent decline in English and humanities concentrators, a trend mirrored nationwide. So what made this particular literature class such a staple of the course catalog, some thirty years ago? And what might its absence suggest about the changing nature of literature classes on campus?
Roderick MacFarquhar, Prolific Author and Professor of Chinese History, Dies at 88
He was renowned for his close study of Chinese communism, died of heart failure on Feb. 10 at the age of 88. He was one of the leading scholars on the Chinese Cultural Revolution and served in multiple leadership positions at the University.
Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Hank Reiling Dies at 80
Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Henry “Hank” B. Reiling, a specialist in finance, taxation, and law and an influential educator, died on Jan. 21 in Belmont, Mass., at the age of 80. Reiling served as a professor of business administration at the Business School from 1978 until he retired in 2005.
Roy Glauber, Harvard Physics Professor and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 93
Harvard Physics Professor Emeritus Roy J. Glauber ’46, whose pioneering work in the field of quantum optics earned him a Nobel Prize in 2005, died on Dec. 26. He was 93.
Amid Decline in Popularity, Harvard Government Department Turns to New Data and Tech Programs
Harvard's Government department hopes that two new tracks — in Tech Science and Data Science — will not only widen the scope of what affiliated students study, but offer an antidote to the field's diminished popularity.
UC Berkeley Sociologist Talks History of Harvard Admissions
Jerome B. Karabel ’72 has written widely about the history of race-conscious admissions at elite universities.