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November-December 2004
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Voting into Vapor
Fully electronic systems will record about one-third of the votes cast this November. But "Until and unless everyone understands...
Anti-social Societies
In the mid 1800s, Alexis de Tocqueville remarked on and celebrated the multitude of social organizations that dotted the American landscape. By...
The Medicalization of Torture
The revelations of torture and prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib facility in Iraq may not be over; the Army's Fay Report and the independent...
A New Theory on Longevity
Caloric restriction, touted as a possible way to increase human life span, has gotten a lot of press lately. Research on rats and mice has shown...
John Harvard's Journal University news
New Look
The two buildings of the Center for Government and International Studies, flanking Cambridge Street, give a new look to Harvard's eastern edge...
Curricular Course
Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean William C. Kirby has outlined the work on revising the undergraduate curriculum that he envisions...
Daniel S. Fisher
Daniel Fisher likes to ask difficult questions and, although he is a theoretical physicist, his latest inquiries have led him to tackle problems...
Tenure Travails
During the 2003-2004 academic year, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) extended 32 tenure offers, just four of them to women (only one of...
Endowment Gains: Last Hurrah?
Very strong returns on investment boosted Harvard's endowment $3.3 billion last fiscal year, to a new record of $22.6 billion as of June 30...
Endowment Performance
Since Harvard Management Company established its current, highly diversified asset mix and investment strategies for the endowment in 1991...
Re-Development
After two years in limbo, the Center for International Development (CID) has at least a temporary new lease on life. The appointment of Kamal...
Underwriting Public Service
A $10-million gift of funds for current use, to be expended during the next five years, has bolstered the Kennedy School of Government (KSG)...
University People
Senior Status David B. FithianPhotograph by Michael RodriguezJohn FoxPhotograph by Jim HarrisonEffective September 1, assistant dean of the...
Highwheel Harvard
The primitive "boneshaker" bicycle, with pedals attached directly to the front hub and wheels of similar diameter, made its Harvard debut in the...
Widener Reborn
On the afternoon of October 1, three students with gleaming brass horns, from each of which a banner emblazoned with an "H" hung down, mounted...
Yesterday's News
1914 Harvard spoils the dedication of the Yale Bowl by defeating the Elis, 36-0. The popular jest is that Yale supplied the bowl and Harvard...
Brevia
Professorship UndoneA $2.5-million gift to Harvard Divinity School by United Arab Emirates president Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, made in...
High-Flying Deception
Size matters, but elevation matters more. Tall, long-legged Kaego Ogbechie '05 can do almost anything on a volleyball court, in ways that...
One for the Books
De profundis: Whatever else the football team may accomplish this fall, its second-half comeback in the season's Ivy League opener at Brown...
THE Game
The Harvard-Yale football rivalry constitutes a seemingly inexhaustible mine for historians. In The Only Game That Matters (Crown, $24.95)...
Fall Sports in Brief
Men's SoccerThe men's side (4-5-0) posted mixed results against non-Ivy opponents in early going, but lost their first league match, 1-0, to...
Newfangled Networking
Photomontages by Flint Born Some people live at the technological vanguard. They operate their tie racks by remote control and read the...
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Finding Faith
Fresh from a UNESCO-funded summer of writing at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbria, Faith Adiele '86 sits in her office at the...
Separate and Unequal
The way Kim Gutschow '88, Ph.D. '98, Jf '00, sees it, Americans have a lot of misconceptions about Buddhism — especially Tibetan...
Job Offers
Job OffersSeveral College programs match students with paid and unpaid jobs and internships. To find out more about how alumni can provide these...
Comings and Goings
Comings and GoingsThe Harvard clubs host numerous social and intellectual gatherings around the country. Below is a partial list of late fall...
A Baghdad Harvard Club
A Baghdad Harvard Club Affiliated with the Coalition Provisional Authority earlier this year were Rachel Roe, A.L.B. '96; James Aguirre...
Harvard Goes South (of the Border)
Harvard Goes South (of the Border)Mark your calendars for the Harvard Alumni Association's alumni conference in Mexico City on March 1-2, 2005...
Hats Off
Hats OffThe HAA Awards were established in 1990 to recognize outstanding volunteer service to the University through alumni activities. These...
Aloian Scholars
Aloian ScholarsGina Bruno '04 of Adams House and Darren Morris '04 of Mather House are this year's David Aloian Memorial Scholars. They were to...
Goal-Oriented
A brief profile of Crimson football player turned literature professor John McCluskey
Technology Scholar
"Technology" is a chameleon-like word that takes on the tone of its context, especially where government is concerned: technology may...
Doing His Work
Philippe E. Wamba '93 was killed in a car crash in Kenya in September 2002 while he was conducting research for a book on African youth. He was...
Romance Heroine
Harvard alumni follow their interests to unpredictable places. Julie Cotler Pottinger '92 earned a degree in the history of architecture and...
