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Measuring Mankind and Muskrats
Ethnographer Robert A. McKennan, Ph.D. ’33, spent 1929 through 1933 documenting life in several remote Native villages in the interior of...
Down-under Dominator
Seventy-eight feet away at the other end of the tennis court, she doesn’t seem prepossessing. The young Aussie stands five feet, two...
The Baby Business
“Sex sells.” Now sex cells sell, too. In 2004 more than a million infertile Americans paid dearly to conceive a child. Although...
University People
David E. Clapham Robert J. Sampson Harvard Medical School Courtesy of Robert J. Sampson Superior Scientists The 72 new members of the...
Business School’s Guiding Light
Jay O. Light, an expert in finance and investment management, was named dean of Harvard Business School (HBS)—the ninth since its founding...
The Challenge of Plagiarism
Harvard College has only one course required of every student: “Expository Writing.” Better known simply as “Expos,” the...
Honoris Causa
Two women and seven men received honorary degrees at Harvard’s 355th Commencement. Provost Steven E. Hyman introduced them to the...
Leaders of their Class
Members of the College class of 2006 marched to their Baccalaureate service on Tuesday, June 6, behind their class banner and their elected...
Hervey White
Splendiferous in his purple Russian blouse, with shaggy hair and beard, Hervey White, A.B. 1894, helped transform a tiny village in the...
Harvard Citizen
With the death of Robert G. Stone Jr. ’45, LL.D. ’03, on April 25, the University lost a rare friend. The longtime member of the...
On Not Going It Alone
How powerful is the United States, and how should it relate to the rest of the world? Is America a new version of the Roman Empire? These...
Brevia
Peak Professors John Y. Campbell John H. Coatsworth Justin Ide / Harvard News Office Justin Ide / Harvard News Office The Faculty of...