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Willing to War
Our minds favor hawks over doves, argues a recent Foreign Policy article. Past psychological research has shown that when it comes to the...
Brevia
Top Billing for Two Bills Kristie Bull / Associated Press William H. Gates III Charlie Riedel /...
Painting and Numbers
Daniel Rockmore, Ph.D. ’89, is as likely to be found studying a Renaissance painting as writing equations on a blackboard. His unusual...
Faculty for Freshman Seminars
Ungraded freshmen seminars, introduced in 1959, were intended to introduce new College students to faculty members and to a...
Friction at the Entry Level
The debate over Hispanic assimilation in America has tended to sidestep a troubling reality. In many of the places where immigrants are making...
Favorites
For this annual round-up of Cambridge eateries, the editors asked a range of Harvard faculty and staff members to recommend a favorite...
Twin Passions
Both these elegant little books on science and religion are by eminent Harvard professors emeriti—much-revered researchers, writers, and...
Icy Pinnacle
She is not just another female Chinese-American Olympic hockey star. Julie Chu ’06 (’07), a two-time Olympic medalist in ice hockey...
Cambridge 02138
Critic Frank Rich Craig Lambert writes (“Reviewing ‘Reality,’” March-April, page 40) that New York Times columnist...
Keeping the Vibes
How do you play a broken record? “Take a picture of it,” says audio engineer David Ackerman, who heads the Audio Preservation...
Documenting Disaster
Ever since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, Carl Lindahl ’70, a research professor of English at the University of Houston, has...
David Williams
David Williams studies how social factors affect health. Education and income affect health, that’s clear. But why, as is the case, should...