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January-February 2010
Features
Tools and Tests
Stem cells are being used as tools in regenerative medicine and drug discovery.
Li Shizhen
Brief life of a pioneering pharmacologist: 1518-1593
Conceptualizing Small
In words and images, George M. Whitesides and Felice. C. Frankel explicate tools, concepts, and applications in nanoscience.
The Art Army
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.
Family or Fortune
Research on work-life balance casts the financial sector in a harsh light.
Grabbing Flu by the Neck
Researchers may have found the viruses' Achilles heel
American Cheese Cultures
Heather Paxson explores the anthropology of American artisanal cheese.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Libraries on the Edge
The University's financial crisis is exacerbating existing problems in expanding, coordinating, and technologically improving the collections.
Theresa McCulla
Meet the director of Harvard Dining Services’ Food Literacy Project.
Yesterday's News
Headlines from Harvard history
Further Financial Fallout
The Harvard University Financial Report for fiscal year 2009 documents losses not previously detailed.
"Two Radically Different Worlds"
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith presents his annual report.
Faculty Diversity Developments
The annual report of the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity shows gains for women, slow progress elsewhere
Brevia
Short takes on recent Harvard news
Radcliffe's New Life
Harvard’s former sister college celebrates its first decade as an institute for advanced study.
January Reading
Harvard undergraduates and the "great books" puzzle
Fraternal Forechecking
Alex, Mike, and Danny Biega, a talented trio of brothers, play ice hockey for Harvard.
Soccer Champs
The men's and women's squads lead the Ivy League.
Stinging the Blues
Yale saved its best for last. So did Harvard.
Strokes in Glass
Ellen Kennelly ’85 has created a new glass sculpture for Weld Boathouse.
Hits, Heads, Helmets
Vin Ferrara ’95 manufactures the Xenith football helmet to protect players from concussions.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
Radio Wits
Three Harvard graduates help create the weekly humor of NPR’s Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!
Anatomy as Entertainment
An excerpt from A Hole in the Head: More Tales in the History of Neuroscience, by Charles Gross ’57
Intellectual Entrepreneurs
Three Harvard Advocate alumni helped found a highbrow literary periodical.
What This Country Needs
David Warsh reviews This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Chapter & Verse
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
News from Shared Interest Groups
