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The Korean Nuclear Crisis
As the United States was preparing to launch a war to counter Saddam Hussein's chemical and biological weapons ambitions, a far greater disaster...
Allston Deliberations
Having hired a team of consultants and engineers one year ago to assess the University's existing real estate assets in Allston, as well as the...
An entomologist at work on the Encyclopedia of Life
In the Dominican Republic, a project to write the first chapter in the encyclopedia of life
First and 100
Football, a century ago, was an unruly, dangerous, and wildly exciting spectacle. It resembled rugby: minimal protective gear, no forward...
Philogynist (II)
Anna Collins '86, M.B.A. '95, got her start in community service early, volunteering with her parents in Michigan for activities such as state...
Where Next for Healthcare
Howard M. Spiro '44, M.D. '47, went to medical school partly because his father and grandfather told him to. "And in the 1940s," he...
Harvard's sailing team captured the National Co-ed Championship in Grosse Point
In June, Harvard's sailing team captured the National Co-ed Championship in Grosse Point, Michigan. It was the first such title since 1974 and...
"Prevention Creep"
In shopping malls around the country, medical businesses sell ultrasound and CT (computed tomography) scans to healthy but vigilant customers...
Pushing Civil Rights
In the spring of 1996, the appellate court decision in Hopwood v. Texas landed like a thunderclap in higher education. The Fifth Circuit, which...
The Price of Parity
The data—or at least some data—are now in on the effects of Harvard's new Wage and Benefits Parity Policy (WBPP) for custodial...
Headquarters
Artemas Ward, A.B. 1748, A.M. '51, lay ill in bed on April 19, 1775, as embattled farmers fired the shot heard round the world. But when a...
Honoris Causa
Two women and nine men received honorary degrees at Harvard's 352nd Commencement. In the absence of a University marshal, Provost Steven Hyman...