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The Chemical Biologists

Although Stuart L. Schreiber's office number is 223 Conant, one of several buildings in the chemistry complex, only part of his suite is...

The Education Business

Ever since the later nineteenth century, American schools -- from elementary grades through college and graduate training -- have increasingly...

Women and Tenure

The discussion of tenured appointments of women within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) cooled somewhat during an extended airing of the...

Extracurriculars

A full slate of activities can be found throughout the University this season, ranging from performances of children's theater and French...

Seeing Biological Systems Whole

Marc Kirschner, one of the world's leading cell biologists, has a new office. He apologizes for a mess that hardly exists -- a microscope and...

by Nathan Heller

Cast Your Ballot

This spring, alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. Ballots...

Hongkun Park

Hongkun Park Photograph by Stu Rosner "Your brain doesn't run at three gigahertz, believe me," kids professsor of chemistry...

Freezing Out the Forwards

The Harvard athletic department website, a shrine to the accomplishments of Crimson athletes, makes a peculiar boast regarding ice hockey...

by Craig Lambert

Overheated Rhetoric

Michael Crichton '64, M.D. '69, State of Fear (HarperCollins, $27.95). Michael Crichton's State of Fear is less a novel than...

Fertility and Destiny

Current low birthrates among highly educated women pose a challenge to the U.S. economy and may compound existing social problems, says David...

by Erin O’Donnell

Lessons from the Navajo

In 1968, Lucy Moore '66 accompanied her then-husband, Bob Hilgendorf, J.D. '67, to Chinle--Canyon de Chelly--in the heart of the Navajo Nation...

Comings and Goings

Harvard clubs host lectures, seminars, and social gatherings. Following is a partial list of Harvard-affiliated speakers appearing at local club...