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The Prankster’s Secret

Thayer. 2 a.m. Six freshmen, clad in muted grays, stocking-caps, and ski-masks, review, for the umpteenth time, their plot. Lock-pick kit?...

by Lee Hudson Teslik

Buildings and Benefits

The story of Harvard's 2003 budget came down to benefits and buildings. During the 12 months ended last June 30, the University's revenue...

The Hydrogen-Powered Future

Drive up a country road winding between horse pastures, cross a small bridge, then climb a gravel lane, and you can reach a house that seems to...

by Craig Lambert

Royal Digits

How did the Historical Collection in Radiology at the Countway Library of Medicine come to include the x-rays shown here of a man with a...

Off the Shelf

Harvard Yard, by William Martin '72 (Warner, $25.95). When John Harvard was born, his parents' friend William Shakespeare gave them an autograph...

Comings and Goings

Harvard-affiliated organizations host a variety of lectures, seminars, and social gatherings. For details, contact local clubs directly, call...

Cambridge 02138

BIOTERRORISM THREATSNestled as it is between the "invisible college" of Copernicus and the Harvard Medical School research-building...

Brevia

Not So Hasty Renovation The Hasty Pudding Theatricals building at 12 Holyoke Street, owned by Harvard since 2000, is inching toward a badly...

Global Reach in Health Sciences

Drug-resistant malaria. "Risk factors" such as tobacco, alcohol abuse, and poor diet. "Delivery issues" from the training of healthcare...

The President's Perspective

On an October Friday afternoon, Lawrence H. Summers met with Harvard Magazine in his office at Massachusetts Hall to discuss the status of the...

The Evolution of Abraham

We first meet Abraham in Genesis 11. Abraham, a descendant of Noah through his son Shem, lived with his family in the city of Ur in Chaldea...

Deluxe Food, Garden View

From the start, when the hostess escorts you to the elevator for your ride up to the dining rooms, you know that this is no ordinary restaurant...

by Craig Lambert