Light Blitzes Plaque

Fast forward a decade and imagine what a drugstore shelf might hold. A pill containing an entire day’s nutrients? A gadget that confers...

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Published in the January-February 2006 print issue in the Right Now section.

How brushing and flossing can protect your heart

In the wake of federal government actions, several Harvard schools and institutes are cutting costs.

Amid distrust of science, Paula Johnson tells medical and dental graduates to be “citizen-physicians.”

Tomiko Brown-Nagin has been named dean of Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.

Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s bifocal view of the civil-rights movement

In her memoir All That's Unseen, Emilee Hackney explores religion, friendship, and home.

How Katie O’Dair makes kings, comedians, and parents feel welcome on campus.

Singer Elisa Smith’s whiskey-soaked voice and subversive feminism is part of the genre’s urban shift.

Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.