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Militant about "Islamism"
"It's a mistake to blame Islam, a religion 14 centuries old, for the evil that should be ascribed to militant Islam, a totalitarian...
Extracurriculars
A full slate of events can be found throughout the University this season, ranging from South African plays, Japanese calligraphy, and Viennese...
The Real Dan Fenn
Due to errors at the HAA, the entry about HAA Award winner Dan Huntington Fenn Jr. '44, A.M. '72, in the November-December issue contained...
Toddling Consumers
For generations now, critics as well as poets have debated what relationship, if any, poetry has to rational thought. The majority view is that...
Brevia
Biomedical PioneersGeorge Q. DaleyJustin Ide / Harvard News OfficeXiaoliang Sunney XieCourtesy Xiaoliang Sunney XieThe National Institutes of...
Arts and Sciences Aspirations
The new academic structure created by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in the summer of 2003 has yielded its twin first fruits. The...
Federico Capasso: The Quantum Designer
From quantum materials design to “voodoo physics” in the nanoscientists’ weird world
How to Report from Overseas
When headed abroad on a story, Mark Danner, who knows French and Spanish, prepares very thoroughly beforehand by learning about the local...
Chapter & Verse
Dorothy Richardson reports that in William Dunlap's 1828 farce A Trip to Niagara, the character Job Jerryson (a black waiter who claims to...
On Cattle's "Palpable Self-Esteem"
All cattle will build a social order within the herd. While the rank of a dairy cow is based almost entirely on its mass, Aberdeen-Angus beef...
Committing to equal opportunity
A central purpose of Harvard University is to do what we can to ensure that everyone in America has a chance. Such a concept could be considered...
Accomplished Contributors
The editors take great pleasure in recognizing three contributors to Harvard Magazine during the past year, awarding each $1,000 for their...