Tag: Harvard Hall

  • Nation & World

    Three lies and lots of truths on campus

    We take a tour of Harvard University with Rachel “Rae” Gilchrist ’20, a student who works as tour guide through the College’s Visitor Center.

    12 minutes
    Rachel Gilchrist faces tour group in Harvard Yard.
  • Nation & World

    Reviving the Philosophy Chamber

    A new exhibit at Harvard Art Museums re-creates the Philosophy Chamber, located in Harvard Hall in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Taking the stairs

    Stairways inhabit the spaces where we live and work. Whether they’re tucked into cavities in the wall or suspended in grand ceremonial style for all to see, we travel along their treads.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Objects of instruction

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and some of Harvard’s leading faculty convened at Harvard Hall on Friday (April 1) to participate in “Teaching with Collections,” a discussion of the University’s treasures and their use in the classroom.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Taking finance up the Red Line

    Stephen Blyth, managing director of the Harvard Management Company, doubles as a faculty member in the Statistics Department, bringing real-world financial acumen to studying numbers.

    5 minutes