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I sympathize with the shocked Athenians and disgusted Germans who visited the exhibit of ancient sculptures that had recently been colored, as...
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A Spectrum of Disorders
When Alison finally heard her son Matthew’s diagnosis, she had already spent a night on the Web, terrifying herself, as she puts it...
Sarah Wyman Whitman
Sarah Wyman Whitman was an original and compelling figure in late nineteenth century Boston. Very much a public personality, she was a painter...
Girl Power
When Dan Kindlon watches the Tigers play softball, he sees the legacy of feminism for girls. “My daughter’s concentrating on...
"...In My Mind I Am Perplexed"
The Civil War transformed American society and institutions. It brought about the formal end of slavery (but not of racial discrimination). It...
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Repressed Memory
Are some experiences so horrific that the human brain seals them away, only to recall them years later? The concept of “repressed...
Tinker, Tailor, Robot, Fly
Small, winged insects have a reputation for accidentally buzzing into closed windows or swooping into your eye during a bike ride. But the...
When Farmers Met Foragers
A question mark has long hovered over human transitions from hunting and gathering to farming: did agriculture spread by communication—in...
Litmus Test for a Law
Until the mid 1980s, victims of domestic abuse who called the police could expect the officers to do little more than tell the abusive spouse to...
Taking Stock of Celebrity
For Anita Elberse, whose latest research investigates the impact of big-name stars on films’ revenues, pop culture and rigorous analysis...
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Approaching the Arts Anew
Harvard president Drew Faust made the inaugural performance at the New College Theatre, on November 1, the setting for her announcement of a...
Theatrical Debut
Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT) returns to its historic home this year for its 160th production. (Since the inaugural show in 1844, the group...
Theatrical Software
For a while, all seemed to go well at the ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the New College Theatre on October 17. As a jazz trio played in the...
The Rise of Faculty Centrism
Politically, U.S. professors are less liberal than many people believe, but their ranks also include fewer conservatives than in the early...
Bruce Western
Photograph by Jim Harrison Bruce Western His interest in prisons began “almost by accident,” says the new director of the Kennedy...
Retooling Tech Transfer
When physicist Eric Mazur’s research group created a new material called black silicon one day in 1998, he knew right away they were on to...
Science and Sleep on Line
The University’s Office of News and Public Affairs has debuted HarvardScience (https://harvardscience.harvard.edu), a website on...
Yesterday's News
1913 The Alumni Bulletin welcomes the founding of the Harvard University Press as an “eminently appropriate [way to] powerfully...
Refining the Allston Master Plan
A year ago, Harvard filed three sets of plans for building in Allston with the City of Boston: a master plan for the new Allston campus, plans...
Making a Case against the Courts
How will Americans know that their Supreme Court is truly dedicated to interpreting the Constitution as the Founding Fathers would wish?...
Art Museum Two-Step
The museum of modern and contemporary art that Harvard plans to build in Allston will have to wait. In September, the Harvard Corporation...
Nobelists of Note
Five alumni—two of them former faculty members—and the recipient of an honorary doctorate were among those to whom Nobel Prizes were...
Global Gains
Photograph by Justin Ide/Harvard News Office Jorge I. Domínguez Harvard’s engagement with the world widened significantly during...
Brevia
Public Health Dean Steps Down Photograph by Kris Snibbe/ Harvard News Office Barry R. Bloom Barry R. Bloom, dean of the Harvard School of...
Teaching and Learning Abroad
Mollie wright ’09 expected to spend her summer in Costa Rica teaching English. She was, after all, a volunteer for WorldTeach, a...
Applying Yourself
On a hot September day in 2004, President Lawrence H. Summers was addressing the large group of newly arrived freshmen and their parents about...
Storybook Ending
Rebounding from a rocky start, the football team defeated its first six Ivy League opponents and scripted a stunning finale by routing a...
Gyroball Historian
In the fall, the Tokyo publisher Asahi Shinsho released a new title in Japanese, loosely translated as The Unknown Story of Matsuzaka’s...
Ski Team, Waxing
In the north country of New Hampshire, skiers from Dartmouth, the current NCAA champions, reign supreme, while the Green Mountains are home to...
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Stirred, Shaken, and Sung
At the end of Pink Martini’s Carnegie Hall debut this past June, a conga line broke out in the audience and bounced its way up and down...
Off the Shelf
The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, translated by Norman R. Shapiro ’51, Ph.D. ’58 (University of Illinois, $80 cloth, $25...
Sophomores, Sex, Soap
Lisa Nestles into the folds of Adam’s grey fleece jacket, her hand entwined in his. The two lovers share a park bench and an uncertain...
Venerable, Valuable Volumes
With its muted hues and pine floorboards, the store resembles a medieval library with a blinking Apple iMac on the counter. Inventory at James...
Chairman of the Bored
Improbable as it may seem, James D. Watson—the co-discoverer (with Francis Crick) of the structure of DNA—has written a Book of...
"Poems Are Not Position Papers"
Porter University Professor Helen Vendler grew up with her mother’s poetry books, which “stopped with the Victorians.” It was...
Chapter & Verse
Marcia Chellis requests a source for “Everything is high school.” Barbara Murray would like to verify an anecdote involving...
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Fighting for Afghanistan
The sound of a bomb detonating breaks the stillness of Kandahar’s morning hours. To Sarah Chayes ’84, in her office in the small...
Imaging Public Health
Images are integral to the way human beings understand the world around them. As a physician and a photographer, Judith R. Peterson ’82...
Helping Out, Abroad and at Home
En route to the math placement exam, Annette Ghee ’83 met classmate Burt Hamner. Each one thought the other cute… and they were...
Eye on Harvard
Eye on Harvard is an Internet talk show “for and about Harvard people” that appears on InTimeTV.com. The subject matter is...
Comings and Goings
University clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual events, including Harvard-affiliated speakers (please see the partial list below)...
Old and New in Chicago
University president Drew Faust stopped in Chicago on November 9 for a black-tie dinner to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the city’s...
Vanished Acts
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Three worthy books full of Harvard references have arrived...
