Letters from readers
Letters from our readers
January-February 2010
Stem-cell science evolves
Stem cells are being used as tools in regenerative medicine and drug discovery.
Biographical sketch of Chinese pharmacologist Li Shizhen
Brief life of a pioneering pharmacologist: 1518-1593
Nanoscience in photographs
In words and images, George M. Whitesides and Felice. C. Frankel explicate tools, concepts, and applications in nanoscience.
The Monuments Men: Rescuing art from the Nazis
Harvard’s Monuments Men at war
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Genomic architecture
Harvard and UMass researchers elucidate DNA's ability to file data and fit into the nucleus.
Work-life balance hard on women in finance
Research on work-life balance casts the financial sector in a harsh light.
Advancing toward a universal flu vaccine
Researchers may have found the viruses' Achilles heel
Anthropologist Heather Paxson studies American artisanal cheese
Heather Paxson explores the anthropology of American artisanal cheese.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Harvard libraries under pressure
The University's financial crisis is exacerbating existing problems in expanding, coordinating, and technologically improving the collections.
Theresa McCulla runs Harvard Dining Services’ Food Literacy Project
Meet the director of Harvard Dining Services’ Food Literacy Project.
Headlines from Harvard history
Headlines from Harvard history
Harvard financial losses extend beyond the endowment
The Harvard University Financial Report for fiscal year 2009 documents losses not previously detailed.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences annual decanal report
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith presents his annual report.
Harvard faculty diversity update
The annual report of the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity shows gains for women, slow progress elsewhere
Roundup of recent Harvard news
Short takes on recent Harvard news
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study tenth anniversary
Harvard’s former sister college celebrates its first decade as an institute for advanced study.
Undergraduates and "great books"
Harvard undergraduates and the "great books" puzzle
Three Biega brothers play ice hockey at Harvard
Alex, Mike, and Danny Biega, a talented trio of brothers, play ice hockey for Harvard.
Harvard men's and women's soccer teams are Ivy League champs
The men's and women's squads lead the Ivy League.
Harvard beats Yale, loses Ivy crown to Penn
Yale saved its best for last. So did Harvard.
Weld Boathouse gains Ellen Kennelly sculpture
Ellen Kennelly ’85 has created a new glass sculpture for Weld Boathouse.
New football helmet protects the brain
Vin Ferrara ’95 manufactures the Xenith football helmet to protect players from concussions.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
The Harvard radio wits of NPR’s “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”
Three Harvard graduates help create the weekly humor of NPR’s Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!
Excerpt from Charles Gross’s A Hole in the Head
An excerpt from A Hole in the Head: More Tales in the History of Neuroscience, by Charles Gross ’57
The Harvard founders of literary magazine n+1
Three Harvard Advocate alumni helped found a highbrow literary periodical.
David Warsh reviews "This Time Is Different" by Carmen Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff
David Warsh reviews This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff.
Books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Quotation Q and A
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Plain Speaker
Bruce Corsino promotes "usable, efficient, and transparent" writing inside government and out.
Brand-new
Harvard's alumni website has a new look and a new home.
Harvard Serves
The Harvard Alumni Association's plans a global public-service initiative
Veterans Day Salute
A plaque honoring Harvard’s Medal of Honor recipients is dedicated in Memorial Church.
Records of Harvard Heroes Wanted!
Advocates for Harvard ROTC seek information on Harvard alumni who hold military awards for valor.
Woolf Hunters
Rare-book dealers Jon and Margaret Richardson are fans of the Bloomsbury Group.
From a Rebound to a Slam Dunk
Sportscaster J.B. Brown writes about his "Role of a Lifetime"
Insider Activist
Jerusalem city councilor Laura Wharton seeks a more open and pluralistic city.
The SIGnboard
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