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Crimson Intermediary

At a press conference, new Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is flanked by translator Masafumi Hoshino ’02 (left) and...

Artful Engineering

In a single undergraduate course last fall, students tackled all of the following: engineering nanofood particles to combat childhood obesity...

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Growth Spurt

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has grown more in the past nine years than in the previous four decades. In a letter distributed to...

Economic Initiator

Every Wednesday at seven in the morning, Leland Cole ’57 and 10 other Cincinnati business leaders get together for breakfast. The meetings...

Fast Start

Although she will not move into the president’s office in Massachusetts Hall until July 1, President-elect Drew Gilpin Faust has launched...

The Global Empire of Niall Ferguson

Here is an image calculated to ruffle the feathers of all red-blooded Americans: Consuming on credit, reluctant to go to the front line...

Sexy Struts

Start with a stance that points the heel of one foot toward the middle of the other. Stand up tall, your back slightly arched. Stride forward...

by Craig Lambert

Candidates for Election

This spring, five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board will be chosen by alumni...

Willing to War

Our minds favor hawks over doves, argues a recent Foreign Policy article. Past psychological research has shown that when it comes to the...

by Harbour Fraser ...

Brevia

Top Billing for Two Bills   Kristie Bull / Associated Press William H. Gates III       Charlie Riedel /...

Painting and Numbers

Daniel Rockmore, Ph.D. ’89, is as likely to be found studying a Renaissance painting as writing equations on a blackboard. His unusual...

Faculty for Freshman Seminars

  Ungraded freshmen seminars, introduced in 1959, were intended to introduce new College students to faculty members and to a...