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Arts and Sciences' Ambitious Plans
In his annual report, published in early February, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) William C. Kirby outlined three simultaneous...
Kids Turn New Pages
Parents in the 1960s generally expected their children to be passive observers who did as they were told. Today's parents are more likely to...
Walter Channing
In a career spanning nearly six decades, Walter Channing provided the medical skills and compassionate care women sought as they faced the pain...
From Elite to Everyman
Genetic endowments aside, an elite endurance athlete and the average daily walker are, in their adaptations to exercise, different less in kind...
Family Ties
They're the people who knew you first. For years, they were probably the people who knew you best. But once you're in college, and for a while...
Harvard@Home: Four New Programs
Harvard@Home, the University-wide initiative for putting learning on-line, has introduced several new programs. They are: "The Process of...
Military Recruiting: The Lawsuits
In the wake of new military recruiting practices on campus, sharp differences of opinion continue to fuel exchanges about the right way to...
Flame and Ashes
Harvard's plans to complete its "North Campus" in Cambridge took an important step forward when the University reached an agreement...
You Play the Mall Developer
Teachers of negotiation use role simulations, powerful learning devices that help students internalize theory in a compelling way. I play the...
Twigs Bent, Trees Go Straight
In a discussion of criminal-justice issues, former U. S. Attorney General Janet Reno once stated that the life trajectory for most criminals was...
The Imbalance of Power
For more than 50 years, the transatlantic partnership between the United States and Europe has been the linchpin of this country's foreign...
Snug in Seal
The inhabitants of Japan's northernmost island enjoy cold that pierces and snow that blows, but the indigenous Ainu woman who possessed this...