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Compelling evidence of black holes
Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics (CfA) presented data that strongly suggest the existence of an "event horizon"--the black hole's one-way boundary from which nothing, not even light, can escape.
Harvard Backs After-School Initiative
The blue lights of police cruisers flashed outside Allston's Jackson/Mann elementary school on an early spring morning. "What's going on in...
Honors Due
Each year the HAA awards the Harvard Medal to three individuals who have rendered extraordinary service to the University. At the association's...
Women in Science Redux
Since the summer of 1999, members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and its dean, Jeremy R. Knowles, have sought to increase the number...
Cambridge 02138
At the end of his article on the difficult times facing academic medical centers ("Unhealthy Hospitals," March-April, page 29), David...
Landscape in a Tooth
A howler monkey, Alouatta belzebul, of South America. The view is through the back of the skull. Photograph by Rosamond Wolff Purcell...
Events of the Week
The many rituals of graduation peak on Commencement day, which this year includes addresses by President Neil L. Rudenstine and Robert E. Rubin...
Medical Quad Times Two
The ceremonial groundbreaking for Harvard Medical School's new research building on February 1 assumes more than ordinary significance. Coming...
Fried Eggs and Bacon
Illustration by Rick Stromoski Librarians tell of a great diversity of items used as bookmarks by library patrons and later discovered...
In Watertown, a New Frontier?
The geographic center of the University's ambitions for campus growth over the next several decades lies to the south of Harvard Square, in the...
Banjos and Balance Sheets
Banjoist Alison Brown '84, a standout in folk, jazz, and bluegrass genres, is a rarity: a Grammy-winning artist who is also a successful...