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Meeting the Multiverse
It began with Isaac Newton. With the publication of his Principia in 1687, Newton became the first scientist to demonstrate that nature’s...
Gore Vidal, Lost and Found
Like many stories, this one began at an improbable distance in space and time from where it ended. The saga of how the Harvard Review (see...
Harvard Business School Class of...
Data from an annually updated Harvard Business School case comparing 1949 and current-year graduates, by professors of business...
Generous Givers
Donations to the University totaled $590 million in the fiscal year ended June 30 — the second highest sum in Harvard’s history...
A Peak Experience
Douglas Brockmeyer ’82 comes in exactly where more risk-averse people head for safety. At work, he thrives as a pediatric neurosurgeon...
Faculty Filmmakers
“The people I work with here are the filmmakers I respect most in the world. To watch their work evolve and to have them watch my work...
Comings and Goings
University clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual gatherings. Following is a partial list of Harvard-affiliated speakers appearing at...
Chapter & Verse
F. Markoe Rivinus requests the title and the other words of a song he heard in the late 1950s; he remembers two lines: “You ain’t no...
Broadway in His Blood
Ask Michael Mitnick ’06 what kind of singing voice he has and he replies, “A bad one.” Inquire about his piano-playing skill...
Retinal Ennui
If you “can’t see the forest for the trees,” you’ve focused too much on the details to take in the larger situation...
Reforesting the Yard
Savaged by insects, ravaged by disease and old age, the elms of Harvard Yard were much diminished by 1990 (see photographs, below), when Michael...
Ronald Kessler
Ronald Kessler Photograph by Stu Rosner In on-line biomedical databases, Ronald Kessler ranks as the most widely cited author in...