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Task Forces on Women Faculty and on Women in Science and Engineering issue reports
At every stage of study and career development, the number of women interested in pursuing science and engineering decreases, Grosz noted, diminishing pools...
A Thumb on the Scale
In February 2004, when Harvard allotted an additional $2 million per year in scholarship funds for undergraduates from families with incomes of...
Fare Thee Well
Ever wonder why there are so few superlative Chinese restaurants in this country? Why all we expect is dependable, cheap food in nondescript...
The Nocebo Effect
If people expect to feel better from a pill or medical treatment, they just might, even if the pill is made of sugar or the treatment is a sham...
Wrangling about Reefs
Tucked away at the periphery of the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) on Oxford Street in Cambridge, off to the side of the historic Hall...
Comings and Goings
Harvard clubs host lectures, seminars, and social gatherings. Following is a partial list of Harvard-affiliated speakers appearing at local club...
Ace Returner
Few students can simultaneously attend their college graduation and their tenth class reunion. And it’s a rare undergraduate who has a...
Auto PILOT
Harvard’s payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) to the City of Cambridge have been renegotiated to include an escalator that will increase the...
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet’s poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” a favorite at weddings, is one of the most anthologized examples of...
Kidding Around
Marc Goldberg ’79 is treasurer of the Varsity Club, a trustee of the Harvard Yearbook, and a season-ticket holder of the Harvard football...
Scripted from Life
For screenwriter Keir Pearson ’89, success and social consciousness have gone hand in hand. His first script, Hotel Rwanda, co-written...
Driving Birds Away
If you were a bobolink thinking about breeding, you would avoid laying your eggs within three-quarters of a mile of either side of a busy...