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1937 A 1.2-million-volt x-ray machine has been installed in the Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hospital, a department of the University, to...
Counting the Costs
What would it take to address the financial problems of particularly needy students who want to pursue their graduate or professional education...
A Rebel with Numerous Causes
It was November 1966, and Carl Pope '67, stationed in front of Quincy House, was about to get one of his first tastes of political activism...
Lessons from Dairy Queen: a memorable 2002 student speech by Avery W. Gardiner
Lessons from Dairy Queen: a memorable student speech by Avery W. Gardiner '97, J.D. '02
University People
From HCF to HBS Under executive director Richard B. Boardman, the Harvard College Fund has become the premier annual giving organization in...
"Humiditas"
Sodden ones. In Tercentenary Theatre candidates for the degree of doctor of dental medicine await the conferring of their credentials...
Why Can't Computers Age With Us?
Barbara Leondar, Ed.D. '68, never used computers at work. E-mail was virtually nonexistent when she retired in 1991, as were personal computers...
Designed to Shop
Goetheno doubt inspired by European masterpiecesdescribed architecture as "frozen music." The Wal-Marts and Home Depots of...
Planning for a North Precinct
Harvard's last great open space in Cambridge is a parking lot, not far from the Biological Laboratories, that stretches all the way from Oxford...
Weighing In
What lies ahead for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences? What are the most important qualities for its next dean? Who would be the ideal candidate?...
Fat Goes Down (with) the Tubes
Orders roll in from unseen commanders and throngs of troops shuffle to work. They tear apart tubes, unclamp hoses, snap sinewy support lines...
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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, A SKEPTIC'S VIEW The case against Harvard Medical School's foray into "complementary and alternative medicine"...