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The Law of Dissimilars
Humans have a natural propensity to distrust the “other.” The classic social-psychology experiment in which individuals are randomly...
Olympic Fever
“Harvard in the Olympics,” an alumni college offered by the HAA and the Harvard Varsity Club, features alumni discussing their...
Elsewhere
Since 2001, College students’ international experiences during their Harvard years—formal study abroad, research, work or public...
Off the Glass, On the Ice
Basketball With a 71-50 dismembering of New Hampshire, the men (5-0) became only the third Crimson squad in the last 47 years to go undefeated...
Courses of Study
Perusing the course catalog for first-year Harvard Medical School (HMS) students, Mark Hanudel felt that “Living with Life-Threatening...
War, and Women
In November 1945, the International Military Tribunal began its prosecution of Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany. Nuremberg and...
The Middle Class on the Precipice
During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure...
New Corporation member
Patricia A. King, J.D. ’69 was elected to the seven-member Harvard Corporation on December 4, succeeding Conrad K. Harper, J.D.
Presidential Priorities
President Lawrence H. Summers distributed a letter to the Harvard community setting forth key issues and priorities for the academic year...
Curricular review update
The Harvard College curricular review’s committee on general education published its report to the faculty,...
Better Living through Evolution
François Jacob, one of the pioneers in molecular biology, was interviewed a few years ago for an educational video now used in...
Brevia
Finding a FellowThe search for a new member of the Harvard Corporation—to fill the vacancy created by Conrad K. Harper’s resignation...