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Calendrical Coup?
The curriculum may be remade, plans for Allston refined and implemented, but no monument to administrative accomplishment at Harvard would equal...
The Straight Skinny on String (Theory)
Courtesy WGBHPhysicists' quest for the "theory of everything," now focused on string theory, poses unusual problems of imagination...
Biomedical Momentum
The curtain has begun to lift on Harvard's growing commitment to life sciences, particularly those involving biomedical research. Three events...
Doctored Research?
The news, reported in the November 14, 2002, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), sounded startling. C-reactive protein (CRP)...
Yesterday's News
1923 Responding to a New York Times assertion that "information from Harvard, Princeton and Yale" indicates that the Volstead Act...
The Sisters McDavitt
Last fall, the Harvard field hockey squad was locked in a scoreless tie with Boston University. Though the teams had similar national rankings...
Joy of Jades
This spearhead of nephrite jade set in a bronze socket embellished with turquoise, shown actual size, was crafted circa the thirteenth to the...
Making Directors Accountable
The many corporate scandals of the past two years have highlighted the importance of effective corporate governance. Cases that are by now...
Barer-Bones Budget
Greater cost-consciousness will become a part of Harvard's culture in much leaner University budgets for fiscal year 2005, beginning on July 1...
That Very Mad Affair
Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation (Knopf, $25.95), by David A. Price, J.D. '86, is a stylishly...
The Copernicus Quest
Owen Gingerich, Ph.D. '62, takes a seat on his "rocket cart"—a dolly with a steering stick in front, a straight-backed chair...
Cambridge 02138
THE STADIUM'S CENTENNIALI was initially intrigued by the sidebar "Little Red Flag" in Craig Lambert and John Bethell's "First and...