Tag: Harry Lewis

  • Nation & World

    When a House is a bountiful home

    Harvard roommates from varied backgrounds say that, in the College’s House system, their differences draw them together.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Undergrads collecting degrees, heading abroad

    Four graduating seniors will begin yearlong fellowships as part of the Fulbright Scholars program administered by the U.S. Department of State. Joy Ming, Tyreke White, and Amanda Reilly will all complete their studies at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences this year.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    She made her mark

    Journalist Walter Isaacson and College students talk about the achievements and challenges for women in the field of computer science, including pioneer Grace Hopper.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A welcome mat for veterans

    In what has become a Harvard tradition, President Drew Faust and guest Gen. Stanley McChrystal led a list of those welcoming new Harvard students who have military backgrounds.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Dawn of a revolution

    When Bill Gates came to Harvard as a student, he was known for his myriad interests and unconventional study habits. And then there was his endless fascination with computers, Walter Isaacson writes.

    17 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A welcome to the military

    In an annual fall tradition, Harvard rolls out the welcome mat for its new students and fellows who are veterans or who are still in the service.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A vision of computing’s future

    In 1978, while a student at Harvard Business School, Dan Bricklin conceived of VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet program for personal computers. The result helped to spark a digital revolution in business and made desktop computers a must-have item in many offices.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The import of civic education

    Civic education, an important element for democracy to flourish, has fallen to public schools, universities, and colleges to provide in recent years. A Harvard panel discussed what’s required for the citizenry to be educated to make informed decisions.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Military greeting

    At Harvard’s first orientation for student veterans, a faculty panel says: Help close the military-civilian gap.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Learning’s online fate

    Panel says higher education is freshened, expanded, and challenged in a networked age.

    6 minutes