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The status of geography
Three days before Harvards launch of the Center for Geographic Analysis, National Geographic News released the results of a survey of geographic...
Extracurriculars
Enjoy a range of offerings in and around Harvard Square this winter, from German folk dancing, Christmas carols, and a Da de los Muertos...
Bell Swap
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." From the moment they first spoke in Cambridge, in February...
Arriflex and Amber
At nightfall, the hyenas began to cry and laugh after we had eaten and were enjoying our recent successes in the art of nonfiction filmmaking...
Skipper with a Stopwatch
Jason Saretsky, Harvards new head coach of cross country and track and field (he succeeds Frank Haggerty 68, who retired in June), competed as a...
A Lesson with Liv
The singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor was artist-in-residence in Lowell House from 2000 through September, participating in House life and...
Controversial Visitor
Even before he arrived in the United States for a 12-day speaking tour, Mohammad Khatami, the former president of Iran, stirred controversy...
Taking Teaching Seriously
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has begun a effort to encourage innovative, effective teaching. A committee of nine senior professors...
Ouch!
The social status of physicians rose in the eighteenth century as their understanding of disease grew apace. But effective new treatments or...
Big Sky Blues
In high school, Philip Aaberg 71 took train voyages lasting 12 hours each way between his hometown of Chester, Montana, and Spokane to study...
Alumni College
The Alumni College programs, run by the Harvard Alumni Association, range from day-long symposia to two-hour workshops and cover an array of...
Grading Teachers
Education researchers and policymakers, like the rest of us, have long known that a good teacher can make all the difference to a childs...