Alumni | December 16, 2011

Class notes and obituaries January-February 2012

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Published in the January-February 2012 print issue under the headline “The Classes,” in the Alumni section.

The play Spare Parts is a contemporary fable about the quest to live forever.

David Battat promotes alumni engagement.

Derek Bok donated his car for a good cause.

In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up.

All That’s Unseen charts the Harvard graduate’s uneasy journey from Appalachia to Cambridge and back.

A new book traces napalm's invention to Harvard—and its evolution from heroic discovery to pariah

But it can’t replace human connection.

Despite personnel losses, Crimson captain Xaviah Bascon is upbeat about the 2026 season.

From competing in youth gymnastics to studying tetrapods, the Harvard curator has always chased her curiosity.