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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...
Cambridge 02138
Getting Social Security Right I appreciate Professor Jeffrey B. Liebman’s recognition (“Reforming Social Security,&rdquo...
Pro Tennis at Harvard
This summer, professional sports will return to campus for the first time since the Boston (now the New England) Patriots played at Harvard...
A Planner for GSD
Had life gone according to his plan, Alan A. Altshuler would have spent one of the snowiest Cambridge winters on record in Singapore. Instead...
Art of the Hunt
A Persian prince of antiquity possessed hunting equipment of often inescapable effectiveness—a trained cheetah. See the manuscript painting...