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Mahindra Humanities Center erects “poetry posts” to commemorate 9/11

The Mahindra Humanities Center erects eight “poetry posts” to prompt reflection about loss and recovery.

Private colleges maintain value, say educators Richard Chait and Zachary First

Two scholars of higher education buck the negative tide.

by Zachary First

Peter Del Tredici weighs in on ginkgo and memory

Ginkgo products have become a hot commodity in the twenty-first century, but do they actually boost memory?

by Jill Jonnes

New England Forests

Friends of Harvard Magazine gathered on October 19, 2011 for a special event: New England Forests gallery talk at the Harvard Museum of Natural History with Professor David Foster.

Systems pharmacology, new drug discovery initiative, at Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School announces a new initiative in systems pharmacology to quicken the pace of drug discovery.

David Nathan reviews Brent R. Stockwell's book on drug development

David Nathan reviews Brent R. Stockwell's "The Quest for the Cure"

Pedagogy, classroom design, evaluation: the recent history at Harvard

The context for a major new initiative on teaching skills, classrooms, learning technology, and evaluation

Gift from Gustave and Rita Hauser launches new learning and teaching initiative

The Hausers invest $40 million to launch the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching.

Gustave and Rita Hauser, donors who funded initiative on learning and teaching

The benefactors who launched the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching

Digital media consumption by young children, a subject of study by Michael Rich

A report on young children's digital media consumption, related to the work of Michael Rich

Former Hollywood filmmaker Michael Rich studies how media affect youth

Former Hollywood filmmaker Michael Rich of HMS studies how media affect youth.

by Cara Feinberg