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Studies Nature, Will Travel
From the highest treetops to the tiniest anthills on the ground below, Mark Moffett, Ph.D. ’87, has seen it all. An expert in insects and...
A New Script for One L
The experience of first-year students at Harvard Law School, famously chronicled by survivors Scott Turow, J.D. ’78, in One L, and John J...
Crimson in Congress
In the aftermath of last November’s elections for the 110th Congress, one Harvard alumnus stood very much alone. Representative Thomas...
A Cancer Battlefield Glossary
abl: A normal mammalian gene that produces a tyrosine kinase enzyme that promotes growth. adenosine triphosphate (ATP): ATP, present...
Extracurriculars
Defy the winter doldrums: attend a gospel concert, take kids to see Oliver Twist, or dip into the diverse array of exhibits on offer. This...
Ideas, Appassionato
Daniel Barenboim’s prodigious musical career has generated both acclaim and controversy. In September, the pianist and conductor...
Harvard in Epigram
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Word of Fred R. Shapiro, J.D. ’77 (’80), in these...
Curriculum, Classroom, Competence
While acknowledging that the curriculum is the faculty’s “sacred domain,” President Derek Bok nonetheless said at the October...
Science and Sculpture
Behind Michael Burke’s childhood home in rural New Jersey stands a series of his aluminum sculptures. Called Quantum Stream, these seven...
The $3-Billion University
Harvard came within an eyelash of crossing the $3-billion threshold in annual revenues and expenses for the fiscal year ended last June...
Faculty, Family, Diversity
In her first annual report, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ (FAS) senior advisor to the dean on diversity issues has highlighted recent...
Alexander Wheelock Thayer
As a pianist, conductor, and composer, Ludwig van Beethoven was the most famous musician in music-crazy early-nineteenth-century Europe. He also...