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All about the Details

If you arrived early Saturday morning at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) on Presidents' Day weekend, you might have been surprised...

by Garrett M. Graff

Portrait of a Pioneer

On February 11, a portrait of astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was scheduled to be unveiled on the wall of the Faculty Room in University...

Muscle of Optimism

Most people think of the human heart as a fist-sized, valve-studded chunk of muscle, a pump bright red as Superman's cape and nearly as strong...

David Carrasco

In the hands of this man, ideas become living things. An historian of religion who holds joint appointments in the department of anthropology...

News from the HAA

Congratulations The HAA clubs committee recognizes publicly those who provide exemplary service to a Harvard club. This year's winners of the...

Islam's Political Polyphony

In 60 nations around the world, Muslims constitute a majority of the population--but there is no single role for Islam in Muslim politics...

by Jean Martin

Teaching Values

Should discussions of moral principles form part of the curriculum in public schools? Katherine Simon '85 has been thinking about this for a...

America and Latin America

George W. Bush is not the first president to make Latin America a personal priority. Nor is he the first to drop the region from his agenda when...

Harvard at Home

The University's on-line educational venture, Harvard at Home, offers a number of new vignettes on topics ranging from terrorism and Islamic...

Brevia

Past and Present Presidents William Jefferson Clinton spoke to an overflow crowd in the Gordon Track and Tennis Center on November 19...

Surplus Surge

The black ink continues. For the fiscal year ended June 20, 2001, the University recorded an operating surplus of $164.9 million--37 percent...

Addie's Plaque, George's Hair

When a construction crew demolished a wall on the east side of the level-2 stacks in Widener during Phase 1 of renovations, they came upon a...