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Three New Trustees; New Media Arts and Design Major | Newsletter for March 10 By New York Times columnist David Brooks (A.B. ’83) has resigned from his paid position as the chair of the Weave Project at the Aspen Institute, a D.C.–based think tank and nonprofit, according to The Times’s announcement on Saturday. Brooks has been receiving a secondary salary from the Weave Project, which has been funded by Facebook and other donors, since 2018. The Times cited it as a conflict of interest that Brooks did not disclose this position to his readers in his columns, s...

Features Staff Writer Anna Salvatore sat down with Jay Katsir ’04, a head writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, to talk about writing amidst chaos and trying to elicit laughs on a muted Zoom, and to discuss his hopes for a return to in-person ‘explosion[s] of joy.’

Who was Henry Adams? Print this article At age 20, Henry Adams (1838-1918) aspired to become president of the United States. His hopes were not realized. He planned to study law, but that didn’t work out either. He was a middling student at Harvard University, often bored with his courses. Yet because of his writing ability, he was asked to give the prestigious Class Day Oration. It was a sunny, blisteringly hot day in June of 1858 when Adams, robed in a black gown, stepped up to the podium to give his oration. Instead of delivering bromides, he denounced Boston’s commercial and materia...

Commencement 5.29.14 Photograph by Steve Lipofsky/Courtesy of Harvard Medical School Vivek Murthy ’98, this year’s student choice as the Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) Class Day speaker, urged the 160 HMS students and 36 HSDM students who graduated today to find and stand up for their unique vision and values. “[Finding your vision] requires never ever settling for someone else’s path,” he said, encouraging the new doctors explore new ideas and to seek fulfillment in their professional choices. Murthy invited the class of 2014 to let pat...