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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...
Maestro of the Mat
Last December, at the Cliff Keen Invitational wrestling tournament in Las Vegas, something unusual happened: Jesse Jantzen '04 lost a bout. In...
New from Lewis and Clark
Two collections assistants at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology were making an inventory of objects in the Oceania storerooms last...
Michael Ignatieff
Unlike the world, the Kennedy School office of Michael Ignatieff, Ph.D. '76, is immaculately tidy. "It's complete illusion," he...
Minding the Gap
Abigail Thernstrom, a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, and Stephan Thernstrom, Winthrop professor of history at Harvard...
A God’s Eye View of Space
Harvard's plans to complete its "North Campus" in Cambridge took an important step forward when the University reached an agreement...
Doctor Yes
"Since our freshman year, beginning in the fall of 1939 with World War II, the primary focus of my interest has been how the world copes...
Coming Home, Coming Out
During his freshman year at Harvard, Sandi Simcha Dubowski '92 lived a double life.In Cambridge, he was a highly public gay activist. In...
An Offer She Couldn't Refuse
An unexpected phone call from her son's therapist snapped Claire Scovell LaZebnik '85 out of her "second novel syndrome." Dr. Lynn...
Brevia
Cellist CelebratedThe tenth annual Harvard Arts Medal will be conferred on internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma '76, D.Mus. '91, during...
Allston Budget Billions
Harvard's plans to complete its "North Campus" in Cambridge took an important step forward when the University reached an agreement...
Baker, Bisected
The reconstruction of Harvard Business School's Baker Library — to incorporate a 100,000-square-foot new "academic center" and...