September 1, 2006

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• Education Executive • Harvard Portrait • Harvard by the Numbers • Sweeping Change for Science • Map...

From The September-October 2006 Issue


• Education Executive • Harvard Portrait • Harvard by the Numbers • Sweeping Change for Science • Map Miscreant • Supporting Young Scientists • Yesterday's News • A Woman in Science	• Developing a Diverse Faculty • "A Physician to Institutions" • A Living Political Monument • Brevia • Therapeutic Cloning Reseach Approved • The Undergraduate • Sports • Alumni

Not a Level Playing Field

In early July, heavy equipment had its way with the football field inside Harvard Stadium. Work crews removed the natural grass and, below, began laying in a sand and gravel drainage system, a substratum for the new artificial turf being installed (see "The Stadium, Returfed," July-August, page 74). The football team will play its first home game on the new field against Holy Cross on September 16.

Published in the September-October 2006 print issue in the John Harvard's Journal section.

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