Alumni | February 17, 2012

Class notes and obituaries March-April 2012

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Published in the March-April 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.

Harvard researchers achieve medical breakthroughs in cancer therapy and infection control.

Growing liver implants, mapping the sense of smell, and journalism at risk

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

But it can’t replace human connection.

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

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