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Nobelists of Note
Five alumni—two of them former faculty members—and the recipient of an honorary doctorate were among those to whom Nobel Prizes were...
Bruce Western
Photograph by Jim Harrison Bruce Western His interest in prisons began “almost by accident,” says the new director of the Kennedy...
Girl Power
When Dan Kindlon watches the Tigers play softball, he sees the legacy of feminism for girls. “My daughter’s concentrating on...
Summers's Recipe for a Strong Economy
Former University president Lawrence H. Summers said the Bush administration is not doing enough to jolt the economy out of its present sluggish state...
Campaigning in the Digital Age
The New York Times gives a glowing review to a new book by Garrett M. Graff '03, one of this magazine's former Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows...
The Harvard Man, Redefined
The Harvard Financial Aid Initiative has made it easier for students from families of modest means to attend...
Alvin, Simon... and You
The movie's production company has created a site that lets users digitally alter their own voices to get that distinctive high pitch and nasal timbre...
Allston Plans in the News
The only certainty within the framework of Harvard’s existing Allston campus plans is the construction of a four-building science complex...
New Graduate School Dean
Brandt will succeed Theda Skocpol, Thomas professor of government and sociology, who became dean in 2005 but announced her intention to step down last spring...
Harvard Liberalizes Undergraduate Financial Aid
Harvard’s new initiative will take effect for all students—those continuing their College education, and those enrolling as first-years—beginning in the fall of 2008. Harvard estimated...
Running Shoes and a Wrap Dress
In an interview with Eugenia Levenson '03, Peluso shares her secrets for staying sane while living out of a suitcase...
From Passes to Puccini?
Noah Van Niel '08, a fullback for Harvard's 2007 Ivy League champion football team, aspires to become a professional opera singer after graduation...