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Letters from our readers
March-April 2010
An Evolving Foe
Harvard scientists are using genomic tools to fight newly resurgent malaria.
Changing, Challenging China
A Harvard Magazine roundtable
Nonstop
College students today lead hyper-active, highly scheduled lives.
John Waldo Green
Brief life of a conflicted musician: 1908-1989
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Complexity and the Wealth of Nations
The most prosperous countries have economies that produce a variety of goods.
The Power of Torture
Inflicting pain changes the perceptions of torturers, not necessarily their knowledge.
Pleasure by Proxy
Other people’s experience is a more accurate guide than your own imagination to what you will like.
Many Lasers from One
Harvard researchers have developed multibeam, multiwavelength miniature lasers.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Arrested Development
With construction on its huge science facility in Allston halted, Harvard reconsiders its planned expansion there.
Two Projects Proceeding
Construction continues at the Law School and begins at the Fogg Art Museum.
Emma Dench
Meet a scholar enthralled by the Romans.
Yesterday's News
Headlines from Harvard history
The Corporation Changes
James R. Houghton, senior fellow of Harvard’s senior governing board, will step down on June 30.
Brevia
Short takes on recent Harvard news
FAS Narrows Its Budget Chasm
…but more hard work remains to be done.
Friending the Faculty…and Others
Boosting faculty-student ties
Badminton’s Lightning Charm
Chasing a bird that flies indoors at 200 miles per hour
Sports Wrap
An update on the basketball and swim teams
Hard Times for Harvard Football
A new DVD pays tribute to the “Old Timers,” players from the 1946 through 1950 teams.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Visual Conjurer
Carl Sprague ’84 designs sets for local theater companies and Hollywood movies.
A Man in Motion
An excerpt from Tocqueville's Discovery of America, by Leo Damrosch
Theatrical Chiaroscuro
Fredric Wilson’s book The Theatrical World of Angus McBean collects British midcentury theater images.
Indie Film Blues
Film producer Mynette Louie ’97 on films, audiences, and the quest to connect them.
An Ageless Voice on Aging
Adam Kirsch review Maurice Charney’s Wrinkled Deep in Time: Aging in Shakespeare.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Horseplayer Extraordinaire
Steven Crist '78 is a newspaperman for the turf tribe.
Vote Now
This year's candidates for Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association elected director have been chosen.
Harvard Serves
The Harvard Alumni Association sponsors a global public-service initiative.
Alumni Awards
The winners of the 2010 HAA Clubs and SIGs Committee honors
Return to Harvard Day
An April invitation for all College alumni and alumnae, their spouses, and their high-school-age children
Comings and Goings
A sampling of spring speakers at Harvard clubs around the country
The SIGnboard
News from Shared Interest Groups
