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A "portion of the People"

When Dale and Theodore Rosengarten sent out the invitations to their son's bar mitzvah in 1993, their northern friends and family members barely...

by Nell Porter-Brown

Scoreboard 2.0

"We're never really going to be 'finished' with the website," says John Veneziano, director of sports information, but on-line access...

War and Peace at Memorial Church

"Educational benefactors make a vital contribution to world peace," said Eric Anderson, provost of Eton College, England, who delivered the...

Tear Down

Ascending a ramp of rubble, a hydraulic excavator tears down the highest walls of what was once Coolidge Hall. Photographs by Jim...

The Power of Negative Thinking

Doing science is always more fun when your predictions prove true and your experiments shine. Positive results are satisfying, significant, even...

Milan in the Back Bay

It was a fluke—not happenstance, but the fish—that epitomized our visit to Via Matta, the stylish new restaurant across the street...

by Nell Porter-Brown

Doctors Abroad

Physicians Glen Crawford '80 and Susan Abkowitz Crawford '80 have practiced medicine all over the world. The orthopedic surgeon and the...

Chimpanzees and the Law

Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, discusses the illegal animal trade

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Winter Sports

Women's Ice HockeyBy early December, the icewomen (7-1, 4-0 ECAC) were ranked first in the nation. Powered by recent Olympians Jennifer...

A Reischauer Returns

The newest member of the President and Fellows of Harvard College (as the Corporation, the University's executive governing board, is formally...

Evelynn M. Hammonds

Evelynn M. Hammonds Photograph by Stu Rosner She grew up in Atlanta, got dual undergraduate degrees from Spelman College in physics...

Hertzberg of the New Yorker

On a January evening in 1977, at the old New Yorker offices on West 43rd Street, a going-away party was in progress for Hendrik Hertzberg '65, a...

by Craig Lambert