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I believe Erin O’Donnell’s statement (“Twigs Bent Left or Right,” January-February, page 34)that “people are...
March-April 2006
Features
The People's Epidemiologists
In the city of Boston—and everywhere else—wealth equals health. If you live in Beacon Hill’s Louisburg Square, which sits in the...
Rereading the Renaissance
The only thing most teachers and students of the humanities agree on, it often seems, is that these are troubled times for their field. For a...
Mary Ingraham Bunting
When a group of Radcliffe students in the early 1960s complained to Mary Ingraham Bunting about the Harvard English department’s...
Telltale Apparatus
At last, Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments has come up from its hiding place....
The Marketplace of Perceptions
Like all revolutions in thought, this one began with anomalies, strange facts, odd observations that the prevailing wisdom could not explain...
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Sex and the Inner City
The sexual and romantic habits of urban black males have long been a subject of scrutiny. Forty years ago, the Moynihan Report—The Negro...
Downloading Deafness
Most of us by now have had problems communicating with an oblivious headphone user who ignores our impatient repetitions of “Excuse...
Waiting to Inhale
Extreme sports usually mean speed, danger, or spectacular stuntsthings like snowboarding, skateboarding, rock climbing. They may reach...
John Harvard's Journal University news
Arts and Sciences Dean to Leave Office
Friday evening, January 27, was quiet, with the College dispersed for intercession. Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean William C. Kirby was...
Crimson Cranescape
This panorama, photographed from the Western Avenue Bridge over the Charles River, gives some sense of Harvard’s current, very extensive...
Capital Costs
The dimensions of Harvard’s current building boomreadily obvious to sidewalk superintendents along Memorial Drive at Western...
Fraught Finances
Amid an historic expansion, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) must now come to terms with the costs of its growth. An anticipated deficit...
Darren Higgins
Remember the couple of hot dogs in your fridge that you appear to think are immortal? As the dogs lurk there for week after week, precooked and...
University Professors
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Stephanie Mitchell/ Harvard News Office President Lawrence H. Summers appointed two utterly different...
Corporation Credentials
The newest member of Harvard’s senior governing board, Patricia A. King, J.D. ’69 (see “Brevia,” January-February, page...
Art Museums Launch Renaissance
The rebirthing of the Harvard University Art Museums is announced. After months of strategic planning, and a wide-ranging search for real...
Yesterday's News
1931 The Harvard Placement Service appeals for help as it tries to find work for graduating seniors and older alumni who have lost their jobs...
John Simon
John Simon Peter North Critic John Simon ’46, Ph.D. ’59, celebrated for his acerbic reviews in New York...
HIID Denouement
The federal lawsuit concerning the conduct of the Harvard Institute for International Development’s advisory work on the privatization of...
A Saudi Prince's Controversial Gift
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul-aziz Alsaud, reportedly the richest member of the Saudi royal family and head of the investment firm Kingdom...
Curricular Commitments
Departing Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean William C. Kirby has attempted to set the clock ticking for completing a revision of the...
Money-Manager Compensation
Compensation data for the most highly paid Harvard Management Company (HMC) investment personnelsubject to some sharp criticism in recent...
Sharing the Wealth
Distributions from the endowment now make up the largest source of Harvard’s operating revenues: $855 million, or 31 percent of University...
Brevia
Cash Conservation Crimson Style The Harvard Financial Aid Initiative aims both to attract applicants and to enroll more students from modest...
Campaigning, College-Style
The Undergraduate Council (UC) unveiled 24-hour Lamont Library access and fatter grants for student groups early in the fall, but soon...
Speeding in the Lanes
Last February, the powerhouse Harvard women’s swimming and diving squad rolled into Princeton for the three-day Ivy championship meet...
Winter Sports
Basketball The women’s team (7-11, 3-2 Ivy) had a bumpy start against non-Ivy opponents, but took out Yale, Columbia, and Cornell, all by...
Harvard in the Olympics
Rarely will you hear a former Olympic and National Hockey League player use the word “fungible” twice within a few minutes, but C.J...
Fashion Forward
Drawings by Lewis Albert The spotlights are on and the music is pounding. I am sitting close to the edge of a stage in the darkened Bright...
Three for the Road
Thanks to Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships, three current Harvard students will do their research in England next year. Senior Jay A.H. Butler...
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Nothing to Fear
Few people devote their lives to creatures that have frightened and killed humans throughout history. Herpetologist Kate Jackson, Ph.D...
Charting the Universe
Christopher Columbus can claim the world is round all he wants, but it doesn’t matterthe universe is flat. Paul L. Richards...
Growing through OCD
“I am glad I have OCD,” writes Charles M. Barber ’85 in his memoir, Songs from the Black Chair. Barber, who spent a decade as...
Ballots, Please
This spring, alumni vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and for elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. Ballots...
HAA Clubs Committee Awards
The HAA Clubs Committee presents two annual awards for contributions to Harvard clubs. Recipients of the 2005 Outstanding Club Contribution...
Comings and Goings
University clubs offer a variety of stimulating gatherings. Here is a list of Harvard-affiliated speakers appearing at local clubs this winter...
Return to Harvard Day
On April 19, alumni of all College classes, their spouses, and high school-aged-offspring have an opportunity to visit the College, attend...
Women and War
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study offers April events in Washington, D.C., and New York City that high-light women’s roles in...
Alumni Colleges
The HAA offers Cambridge forums on South Asia and diplomacy this spring. “South Asia: A Changing World,” on April 22, is cosponsored...
Young Bernstein in Boston
The leaders of a spring seminar and fall exhibit and conference on Leonard Bernstein ’39 seek firsthand information about the musician in...
Harvard in India
The Harvard Alumni Association’s Global Series conference “The Power of the Idea: An Academic Symposium Exploring Outreach in South...
