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Maxine Kumin
On Arts First weekend, poet Maxine Kumin ’46, A.M. ’48, a Bunting Institute Fellow in 1963, became the eleventh recipient of the...
Norse Calypsos, et Cetera
The polymathic Nicholas D. Humez ’69silversmith, author, banjoist, classical philologist, composer of operas and string quartets...
The Patent Trap
Patentsa form of governmental protection to prevent ideas from being sold or used by someone else without permissionhave a long and...
Cambridge Scholars
Four seniors have won Harvard Cambridge scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2005-2006 academic year. Physics concentrator...
Splendid Spring Sports
Crew The heavyweight men won their third consecutive national title at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) regatta in Camden, New...
A Mouse, and Other Surprises
“In this perilous, suffering world and in this deeply troubled nation,” as John Lithgow ’67, Ar.D. ’05, characterized...
Enlivening Science
An expressed aim of the curriculum review is to assure College graduates’ scientific literacy in the twenty-first century. Summarizing the...
Live a Little
The West Side Lounge is a fun little restaurant. On a Thursday night, the waitress greeted with a genuine smile—as if she’s glad we...
Debating Gender
Following President Lawrence H. Summers’s comments last January on women’s interests and aptitudes as they might affect careers in...
Morton J. Horowitz reviews "Becoming Justice Bllackmun," by Linda Greenhouse
Few Supreme Court justices, after their appointments, have drastically changed their fundamental views of law and life. Most justtices, after...
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Medalists
Each June, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the...
Harvard Medalists
Three alumni were publicly thanked by President Lawrence H. Summers for their exceptional service to the University during the HAA’s...