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Ibn al-Haytham

One of the most distinguished and prolific mathematicians in the medieval tradition of Arabic Islamic science, al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham...

by Abdelhamid I. Sabra

"Medicine changes you."

Rather than lay out his every future career move, Vivek Murthy has looked for those things in his life that have generated "feelings of...

Stair Trek

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Philip M. Williams '57 dropped by Primus's third-floor office...

Taking Charge of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Taking Charge of the Beth Israel Deaconess MediPaul Levycal Center...

Bacteria Are the Cake

Andrew H. Knoll, Ph.D. '77, Fisher professor of natural history, is a paleontologist who integrates geological and biological perspectives on...

Undergraduate Scribes

Harvard Magazine's Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows—and "Undergraduate" columnists—for this academic year are...

One Nation, under Allah

Several years ago, an international wire service carried a story about a blind man in Saudi Arabia who visited his doctor for an annual...

For the Virtual Museumgoer

The Busch-Reisinger museum will celebrate its hundredth birthday by mounting an exhibition, from October 24 through February 15, 2004, devoted...

$400 Million for Law

It rained on the Harvard Law School (HLS) rainmakers gathered in Langdell Hall for dinner on Friday, June 13, and in a heated tent on Holmes...

Stadium Stories

November 1903: Dartmouth scores the first Stadium touchdown. Note unfinished stands.Harvard University Sports InformationINAUSPICIOUS...

Kenny Little oversees Harvard’s athletic memorabilia

The curator of the Lee Family Hall of Athletic History, at the Murr Center, is Warren M. "Renny" Little ’55, a track man in his youth...

"I used to have to drag myself out of bed at 6 a.m. and go to work."

Kelly Close spends her workdays handing out financial and marketing advice related to diabetes. The rest of the time she just lives with the...