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Dow Chemical has spent billions of dollars defending lawsuits derived from its production of dioxin, Agent Orange and other toxic substances. Now CEO Andrew Liveris is determined to turn the $46 billion conglomerate into a pre-eminent eco-friendly operation. TIME's WENDY COLE spoke with Liveris, 52, about going...
For most of Harvard’s history, the answer has been a resounding yes. The early seventeenth century College required tutors—for all practical purposes the equivalent of today’s professors—“to be with their pupils almost every hour of...
Barenboim—one of the world’s most eminent and prolific conductors and pianists—spent the last two weeks at Harvard lecturing, conversing with students, performing, and teaching. But most Harvard students wouldn’t be able to tell you that.
Getting into Harvard is hard, very hard. Yearly the gatekeepers in Byerly Hall vet thousands of applicants on their merits, rejecting many times the number of students that they accept. But getting a scientific paper published in Science or Nature, today’s pre-eminent scientific journals, is oftentimes...
When you think “Harvard,” a toga-wearing John Belushi-esque dude is probably the last image that pops into your head. But while a beer-can speckled street of letter-adorned houses doesn’t exist round these parts, fraternities do lurk among...