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Nation & World
The right game plan
Harvard’s new director of athletics, Erin McDermott, talks about her commitment to the student-athlete’s success in the classroom and on the court, what lies ahead for the Crimson.
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Nation & World
Paul Mead Doty
At the Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 7, 2015, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Paul Mead Doty, Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus, was spread upon the records. Professor Doty played a leading role in establishing the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Harvard. He…
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Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr.
At the Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 7, 2015, the Minute honoring the life and service of the Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., Higgins Professor of Physics, Emeritus, was spread upon the records. Professor Ramsey received the Nobel Prize in 1989 for inventing the separated oscillatory field method and the hydrogen…
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Harvard tops Columbia, 80-47
For the fourth consecutive season, the Harvard men’s basketball team has clinched at least a share of the Ivy League title, as the Crimson topped Columbia, 80-47, before a sold-out crowd at Lavietes Pavilion this evening.
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In OT thriller, Harvard upends Columbia, 77-70
Keith Wright scored 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting and had eight rebounds, while Kyle Casey had 19 points, as the Harvard men’s basketball team earned a 77-70 win in overtime on the road at Columbia Friday.
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Superstar teachers
As leaders in government and business search for ways to strengthen the U.S. recovery, new research from faculty at Harvard and Columbia indicates that elementary school teachers have an impact on how much their students earn as adults and, by extension, on the nation’s economy.
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Harvard Library joins Borrow Direct
The Harvard Library has joined the Borrow Direct Partnership, which will enable faculty, staff, and students to search a combined catalog of more than 50 million volumes at nine institutions and request circulating items.
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Winning and losing
Harvard men’s basketball falls to first-place Cornell, but triumphs against Columbia.
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Nation & World
Women’s soccer claim Ivy title
The Harvard women’s soccer team clinched a share of its second consecutive Ivy League Championship on Oct. 31, and with it an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. But after punching a ticket to the postseason, the Crimson took care of some unfinished business on Nov. 7, claiming the title outright with a 2-1 overtime…
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Crimson shut out Cornell twice; Will play in ECAC semifinal
In their two ECAC quarterfinal matchups against Cornell at Bright Hockey Center, the Crimson women’s hockey team shut down the Cornell Big Red 3-0 on Friday (Feb. 27) and 4-0 on Saturday (Feb. 28) to advance to the semifinal round where Harvard will play Rensselaer at home Saturday (March 7) at 1 p.m.
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Women’s hoops down Columbia, Cornell to keep Ivy title in reach
The Crimson continue to inch closer to their third consecutive Ivy championship after the women’s basketball team traveled to New York this past weekend and defeated Columbia on Friday (Feb. 27), 71-58, and Cornell on Saturday (Feb. 28), 63-56.
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Start spreading the news
As time expired on Cornell, just as it did on Columbia the night before, the age-old sports cliché proved ever so true: On any given day, any team can win.
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Nation & World
Markley named Ivy Player of the Week
For the third time this season, Crimson basketball forward Emma Markley ’11 has been named Ivy League Player of the Week. Markley had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and two blocks in the Crimson’s 18-point win against Cornell on Friday (Feb. 13). Then, in a 71-74 loss to Columbia on Saturday (Feb. 14), Markley tied her…
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Crimson embarrass Columbia in blowout
The rain held off over a cloudy Ohiri Field on Saturday (Nov. 8), but Columbia still felt the storm. The Crimson’s 6-1 rout of the Lions undoubtedly sent the message to the University of Pennsylvania Quakers that if they want this year’s title, Harvard will make them earn it when the two meet on Saturday…
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Sweet taste of victory
Nine seconds. Only nine seconds were left on the clock when Crimson defender Lizzy Nichols ’10 kicked the game-winning penalty shot to the back of the net in double overtime. The 109-minute-51-second thriller against Columbia on Saturday (Nov. 8) clinched the Ivy League title for Harvard, who started the day in a three-way-tie for first…
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In brief
HARVARD-AFFILIATED MEEI NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST HOSPITALS; HUDS AND CRIMSON CATERING RECOGNIZED WITH AWARDS; DOCENTS SOUGHT FOR SEMITIC MUSEUM; AGREEMENT TO DOUBLE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COLOMBIAN STUDENTS; HU PRESS PUBLISHING MODERN GREEK STUDIES SERIES; HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SALE SET FOR AUGUST; HARVARD POPS BAND TO HOLD SUMMER CONCERTS; EXTENSION SCHOOL PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF…
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Sports in brief
SOPHOMORE O’CONNOR PINS DOWN WRESTLER OF THE YEAR AWARD; FREE LAX TIX; CRIMSON SAILING COASTS, LAGS, TO OPEN SPRING SEASON; COOL HEADS KEEP HOOPS ON TOP OF IVY HEAP
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Fencers split at North Champs
On a weekend where every touch was fought with intensity and passion, great respect was manifest but no love was lost between Ivy League fencing rivals Harvard and Columbia. The two schools, after all, were battling for supremacy at the Ivy League North Championship (Feb. 25) at Harvard’s Gordon Track and Field Center.