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The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard
In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.
Buckskin Diplomacy
The objects Lewis and Clark acquired in negotiations with Indian nations have much to say.
Bedside Manner
Editor's note: Paul E. Farmer, M.D. '88, Ph.D. '90, is professor of medical anthropology in the department of social medicine. His title and...
Making the Case
All professional schools face the same difficult challenge: how to prepare students for the world of practice. Time in the classroom must...
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...
First and 100
Football, a century ago, was an unruly, dangerous, and wildly exciting spectacle. It resembled rugby: minimal protective gear, no forward...
Ibn al-Haytham
One of the most distinguished and prolific mathematicians in the medieval tradition of Arabic Islamic science, al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham...
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
Henry Francis du Pont
"I have not wandered very far afield," wrote Henry Francis du Pont, A.B. 1903, in his fiftieth reunion report. With characteristic...
Who Built the Pyramids?
Not slaves. Archaeologist Mark Lehner, digging deeper, discovers a city of privileged workers.
Families on the Edge
Humberto started to pace back and forth across the floor of the cinder-block home, cradling his son in his arms. There had to be a story. In...