Sarah Sweeney Archives — Page 4 of 5

"... Harvard, sometimes anxious about its role as a leader in American art, truly got it right when it came to poetry. From its early days to the present moment — but most astonishingly throughout the whole 20th century — Harvard has made a truly unequaled contribution to American poetry,” said Jorie Graham, herself a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory. Graham is leading a celebration of Harvard’s lyrical nursery by presenting a communal recitation of poetry titled “Over the Centuries: Poetry at Harvard (A Love Story)” on April 29.

Poetry in motion

Harvard’s practitioners pass craft from generation to generation

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DateApril 18, 2012July 25, 2019

“They keep me honest,” said Nancy Rappaport of the students she works with, who are mostly at-risk, sometimes volatile young people struggling to find their footing in the classroom and dealing with mental illness. Rappaport has co-written a new book to aid teachers with these students called “The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students.”

Filling a gap between teachers, troubled children

Book by Rappaport, co-author provides straight, clear advice

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DateApril 5, 2012

Diver and Olympic qualifier Mike Mosca ’15 oversees burgeoning diver Thomas Choy, 15.

In the swim of things

Teaching lessons to community helps to fund team training trips

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DateApril 5, 2012July 24, 2019

“I came down expecting to come face to face with torture, and what I found was an American suburb — in communist Cuba!” recalled social studies lecturer Jonathan Hansen on his first visit to Guantánamo Bay. He has written a new book on the history of the notorious naval base.

Whither Guantánamo

Book looks at how U.S. occupation of Cuba’s tip began, evolved

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DateMarch 8, 2012June 3, 2019

“Neighborhoods have legacies,” said Robert Sampson, author of "Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect." “Crime and poverty are durable over long periods of time. From the 1960s onwards, cities went through amazing social change — riots, crime — to one of the largest decreases in violence from the late 1990s to the present. Yet communities are persistent in rank ordering. People are moving in and out of neighborhoods, but the perceptions of neighborhoods stay largely the same.”

Chicago as urban microcosm

Professor studies Second City to paint detailed portrait of American cities

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DateFebruary 14, 2012

“The West, in some respects — not all — was a more successful civilization than any other because it was successful economically in making people richer than they ever were before; successful socially in creating greater opportunities, not least for women than any previous society; and successful culturally in opening up whole avenues of scientific and other inquiry that had previously been closed,” said Niall Ferguson, author of "Civilization: The West and the Rest."

The West, plagued by self-doubt

In his new book, historian Niall Ferguson sees a social crisis of confidence

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DateFebruary 1, 2012September 11, 2019

“I’ve read many academic memoirs, and I didn’t want to write another one that pontificated about my accomplishments, but about the process of how you get things done,” said Joseph B. Martin, former dean of Harvard Medical School, who has written a new memoir "Alfalfa to Ivy."

Using the bully pulpit

Former HMS dean’s memoir tracks ups and downs of leadership

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DateDecember 15, 2011April 16, 2019

The men’s and women’s squash teams are as yet undefeated, winning their last nine and seven matches, respectively. “We’ve been training really hard,” said women's co-captain Nirasha Guruge (far right).

Powerhouses in the making

Women’s and men’s squash teams unbeaten, hope for titles

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DateDecember 15, 2011

“I write about three corny words that will never go out of style: I love you,” said Lionel Richie, who was presented with the Harvard Foundation's 2011 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award for his contributions to breast cancer research and beyond.

Easy like Lionel Richie

Singer charms students, receives humanitarian award

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DateDecember 6, 2011May 16, 2019

“I was watching ‘House,’ or one of those medical dramas, and the story involved a young child, and I was just playing around with a deck of cards, practicing some stuff, and I realized that I’d been doing magic since I was 8 years old and had been performing for friends and family, but I wasn’t really using it for anything other than entertainment,” said swimmer Chuck Katis, who started a nonprofit called The Magic of Miracles.

Swimmer comes up aces

A top competitor, he also performs magic for sick children

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DateDecember 1, 2011April 11, 2019

“As a literary critic, I’ve thought a lot about authors reading, and the relationship between reading and writing. I wanted to interview people whose work I liked a lot and people who I thought would be not just interesting writers, but interesting readers,” said Leah Price, editor of "Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books."

Interesting readers, as well as writers

Book focuses on leading authors and the books they love

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DateDecember 1, 2011

“Believe it or not … today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species’ existence,” wrote Steven Pinker in his latest book, “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined."

On the side of the angels

Pinker says the world is becoming more peaceful

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DateNovember 10, 2011

Associate Professor of History Rachel St. John St. John grew up in Southern California, and as a teenager sometimes trekked to Tijuana. “I remember one day thinking, ‘It’s really interesting how the border is one way on this side, and on the other side it’s totally different,’” said St. John, who has written a book on the history of the U.S.-Mexico border.

The line that defines

Professor’s book unearths colorful history of U.S. border with Mexico

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DateOctober 27, 2011May 3, 2019

Harvard's Meg Casscells-Hamby '15 battles with Princeton's Kalie Bartholomew '12. Harvard beat Princeton 2-1 and has two games left in the season.

A chance at an Ivy title

Women’s soccer team rebounds from being down

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DateOctober 27, 2011

A behind-the-scenes look at the Lowell House Opera. Stage manager Chad Andrew Burn (from left) and set designer Mark Buchanan prep the lighting before the dress rehearsal of Puccini's "Tosca."

Harvard, then and now

Commemorating 375th, photo book captures University’s spirit

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DateOctober 13, 2011

Fight fiercely, Harvard

Boxing Club helps students learn to take a punch — in life

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DateOctober 13, 2011May 31, 2019

To celebrate the University’s 375th anniversary, Bill Gates’ address at Commencement — as well excerpts of other famous addresses — will play on loop from trees in Harvard Yard as part of a project called Harvard Voices. The selections reflect Harvard’s collective memory and continuing dialogue of ideas.

Voices from the trees

For 375th, snippets of noted speeches will play in the Yard

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DateOctober 7, 2011

“I’m going on an ‘exposure tour’ with some other girls who also want to play professionally,” said senior libero Christine Wu, who will postpone medical school for a few years to turn pro. “For 10 days we’re going to travel around Italy, Austria, and Slovenia, and coaches will come, recruit, watch, and hopefully it will all work out.”

Dig this

Christine Wu hopes to make the pros, one volleyball save at a time

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DateSeptember 22, 2011

Tayari Jones, a Radcliffe Fellow this year, has recently published the novel "Silver Sparrow" but is at work writing another novel on her pink typewriter.

A tale of two sisters

Radcliffe fellow’s new novel evokes Southern family life

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DateSeptember 20, 2011

Ensemble members Nathaniel Stampley and Alicia Hall Moran from "The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess" sing "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" outside the Science Center as part of the Common Spaces performance series, "The Chairs Revue."

‘Porgy’ in the park

A.R.T. songfest opens Common Spaces season

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DateSeptember 9, 2011March 13, 2019

Defensive tackle Josue Ortiz '12, an economics concentrator from Avon Park, Fla., knows a lot is riding on his final season, but, he said, “I want to be remembered as a spiritual leader, on and off the field. What you do off the field is important, too.”

Calling the ‘summer dogs’

Football players hope warm-weather workouts fuel title run

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DateSeptember 1, 2011

Graduate School of Education student Jeremy Jackson (center), who studied engineering and design prior to enrolling at Harvard, helped the students with their intricate layouts and floor plans. “It was my first time ever teaching,” he said. “So I learned a lot because we were just thrown into the mix.”

The classroom, circa 2050

Summer Academy uses geometry lessons to design an offbeat high school

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DateAugust 10, 2011

The Harvard Farmers’ Market brings the season’s luscious bounty to Harvard every Tuesday outside the Science Center and every Friday in Allston.

Garden party

Harvard Farmers’ Market a summer treat

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DateJuly 20, 2011June 18, 2019

Charles Warren Professor of American History James Kloppenberg likens Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" to "Dreams From My Father," "Obama's own tale of growth and education," he says.

The one, indispensable book

Harvard authors suggest their favorites for graduates heading into the world

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DateMay 26, 2011

Reflecting other worlds

Arts Medal puts focus on fearless photographer Meiselas

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DateMay 2, 2011

“I’ve always felt there was a very common thread in the work that I do. All my books are really about love, in one way or another, and no book more so than this book — a book that I would say I started writing when I started reading," said Marjorie Garber, author of "The Use and Abuse of Literature."

Why and how

Marjorie Garber illuminates ‘the literary’ in new book

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DateApril 21, 2011June 26, 2019

“Here in America we learn about the revolution from the winners’ side,” said Maya Jasanoff, “and little attention gets paid to the loyalists.” Jasanoff has just published "Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World.”

Fleeing America

Historian chronicles exodus of loyalists in ‘Liberty’s Exiles’

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DateApril 7, 2011July 24, 2019

“I was prepared for the sacrifices that come with playing sports on a high level and getting my schoolwork done,” said Mariah Pewarski (left), who, alongside teammate and fellow freshman Morgan Powell, plays both field hockey and lacrosse.

On the go

Two-sport freshmen balance schoolwork, athletics

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DateApril 7, 2011

In college, Sarah Braunstein overheard a story about a family that “perished at a train crossing — only one child survived,” recalled the Harvard Extension School fiction instructor. And the idea for “The Sweet Relief of Missing Children” was born. “To make sense of the tragedy, I began to fashion a story — my story was one of maternal fear, longing, and erotic abandon."

Among the missing

Novelist Sarah Braunstein imagines youth in peril

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DateMarch 22, 2011July 9, 2019

A celebration inside Annenberg Hall marked Harvard’s annual Housing Day, when freshmen receive their housing assignments for the next three years.

A sort of homecoming

Harvard’s Housing Day brings a lot of ecstasy, and a little agony

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DateMarch 10, 2011July 19, 2019