March 1, 2002 A Romantic Swim From The March-April 2002 Issue Published in the March-April 2002 print issue in the Alumni section. Most popular Studying Schooling Two new education centers, run by Roland Fryer and Thomas Kane, and an existing center, run by Paul Peterson, bring Harvard’s analytic resources to bear on public education issues: student achievement, teacher recruitment, and school choice. Lafayette’s Unexpected Gift to George Washington: Pheasants The two birds will be on display at Harvard this summer. Harvard Weathers a Year of Turmoil The federal government has launched unprecedented actions against the University. Here’s a guide. Explore More From Current Issue Health & Medicine An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too. Arts & Culture Author and Harvard Divinity School writer-in-residence Terry Tempest Williams finds beauty in the world around us. Commencement Conan O’Brien headlines a star-studded cast