Wacker, former Cabot House co-master, dies
Ann MacMillan Wacker, co-master of Cabot House from 1978 to 1984, died May 18. Wacker was married to Warren E.C. Wacker, Henry K. Oliver Professor of Hygiene Emeritus and, from 1971 to 1989, the...
View ArticleMemorial services set for Carroll, Westheimer, Ketelhohn
Carroll memorial set for today Charles “Chuck” Carroll, longtime Harvard Division of Continuing Education (DCE) employee and a Harvard graduate, died on May 21, after succumbing to a rare blood...
View ArticleWacker, former Cabot House co-master, dies
Ann MacMillan Wacker, co-master of Cabot House from 1978 to 1984, died May 18. Wacker was married to Warren E.C. Wacker, Henry K. Oliver Professor of Hygiene Emeritus and, from 1971 to 1989, the...
View ArticlePortrait of a master
Rulan C. Pian (right) watches at Cabot House as S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation, and foundation intern Marisol Pineda-Conde unveil Pian’s portrait. Pian was professor of East Asian...
View ArticleHouse masters appointed
Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds, the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African-American Studies, today (March 26) announced the appointment of...
View Article48 seniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Forty-eight seniors were recently elected to the Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), Alpha Iota of Massachusetts. The Alpha Iota of Massachusetts chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was first...
View ArticleA sort of homecoming
Not even cold weather or the threat of rain could keep Harvard students down. Nay, actual precipitation might galvanize them further, making them stronger. After all, today (March 10) is Housing Day,...
View ArticleA moving experience
As Hurricane Irene moved up the East Coast Saturday and Harvard undergraduates moved back to campus just ahead of the storm, Cabot House Resident Dean Jill Constantino saw some parallels. “I thought,...
View ArticleA look inside: Cabot House
As 8 p.m. approaches, three baristas scurry about Cabot Café in the Radcliffe Quadrangle. They arrange fresh pastries on glass shelves, slice a gooey Mississippi mud pie, and unlock the doors. When...
View ArticleA look inside: Radcliffe Quad
When the straws are drawn on Housing Day each spring, the phrase “You got quadded?” is sometimes heard. It’s meant to suggest that someone drew the short straw. But the residents say that’s not so. In...
View ArticleOrder out of chaos
Formal-looking gentlemen — resplendent in ensembles of top hats, bow ties, and Bermuda shorts — shouted barbs at impervious runners, who sported nothing but green Speedos as they took an anticipatory...
View ArticleNurturing the seeds of innovation
In business, one well-prepared conversation can change everything. Rebecca Kantar ’14 knows how that works. During a trip to Silicon Valley with other Harvard students, she sat down with a mentor to...
View ArticleA look inside: Cabot House
When longtime administrator Susan Livingston died last year, she left a legacy of theatrics at Harvard’s Cabot House. For nearly 30 years, Livingston produced an annual spring production that featured...
View ArticleArchitecture of experience
Krystal Tung ’13 wanted to follow the yellow brick road. When the Cabot House resident heard that this spring’s House musical would be “The Wizard of Oz,” she headed straight for the stage. “I’ve...
View ArticleHouses become homes
Bundled up against the morning chill, tourists in Harvard Yard blinked in befuddlement as Currier House upperclassmen in green bathing suits cheered wildly as they raced a brisk victory lap past...
View ArticleParting words
Three centuries ago, Harvard’s Commencement guests could expect to hear quite a bit from graduating students: namely, lengthy thesis defenses given in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. Today’s versions of...
View ArticleChasing the caffeine high
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. Jesse Kaplan may be the only entrepreneur on campus who’s more likely to be hunched over a sink doing dishes than...
View ArticleComing Home to Cabot House: Krystal Tung ’13
Harvard College’s unusual House system brings faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates together under one roof in smaller communities that encourage residents to develop as people as well as...
View ArticleNew Harvard College dean
Rakesh Khurana, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School (HBS), professor of sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and co-master of Cabot House,...
View ArticleQ&A with Rakesh Khurana
Rakesh Khurana, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School (HBS) and co-master of Cabot House, will become dean of Harvard College on July 1. Khurana has been a...
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