July 1, 2001

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National Academy of Medicine Elects New Members

More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored.

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A New Landscape Emerges in Allston

The innovative greenery at Harvard’s Science and Engineering Complex

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America’s National Parks Are a $56 Billion Economic Engine

Harvard’s Linda Bilmes on measuring the economic value of public lands

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Letters to the Editor

Readers Respond to Our Grade Inflation Survey

A sampling of answers

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Harvard Celebrates America’s 250th

The Framer Who Refused to Sign the Constitution

Harvard’s Elbridge Gerry helped draft the U.S. Constitution, but worried it might create a new monarch.

Mercy Otis Warren in period attire writes at a desk by candlelight, surrounded by books.

Harvard Celebrates America’s 250th

The Woman Who Penned the Case for War

Mercy Otis Warren’s poetry and plays incited the Patriot movement.