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Spectacular Swimming and Diving
The men’s swimming and diving team (8-0) won the Ivy championship and their eighth EISL title in the last 10 years, beating Princeton...
Building Boom
The University is on a building boom of sorts. The campus was transformed in the post-World War II era, extending itself outward and upward in...
Literary Warrior
The study where Mark Helprin writes his novels and short stories, essays, speeches, letters, and Wall Street Journal columns is a spectacular...
The Dating Game
Since 1978, thousands of people have streamed into Tercentenary Theatre on an early Thursday in June, looking forward to the University’s...
Educating Women
In October, Thunder’s Mouth Press released Vaginas: An Owner’s Manual by Liz Topp ’98 and her mother...
Leaves That Lunch
The most famous carnivore of the plant kingdom, the Venus flytrap, lures insects to its leafy green lips with a sweet-smelling scent, then snaps...
Harvard@Home
The University-wide on-line learning initiative, Harvard@Home, has released several new programs. “Living Healthier, Living Longer: Part...
Tenure Task Forces
Addressing ambitious agendas and a May 1 deadline, the University’s twin task forces on women faculty and on women in science and...
Jacqueline Bhabha
Jacqueline Bhabha Photograph by Stu Rosner Even as a newborn in Bombay in 1951, Jacqueline Bhabha was involved in refugee issues: her...
Renewed, and New
The university is now clearly embarked on an historic spurt of physical growth and transformation. Even before a shovel of earth is turned in...
The Allure of the Bad Boy
The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism, by Megan Marshall ’77 (Houghton Mifflin, $28), is a delightful group...
A Musical Education
Harpsichordist Irma Rogell ’39 made her stage debut, in Boston’s Jordan Hall, at the age of 40. Her background, as the last pupil of...