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Nathan Marsh Pusey

In his habits of character and his presidential style, Nathan Pusey '28, Ph.D '37, LL.D '72, was a figure of transition. The last of a breed in...

Second in Command

In his installation address on October 12 and in a subsequent talk to alumni 15 days later, President Lawrence H. Summers emphasized that...

Far from Clueless

Like many Harvard seniors, Sofia Lidskog '01 interviewed for jobs with investment banks and management consulting firms in New York City...

by Craig Lambert

Battling Bioterrorism

When people started dying of inhalation anthrax in 1979 in Sverdlovsk, in the former Soviet Union, it took "six days to discern the outbreak...

by Jonathan Shaw

Reunion: The Musical

Six years ago, at the class of 1961's thirty-fifth reunion, Phil Carl sang a few songs during the cabaret-style festivities. Classmate Dan Klein...

A Crisis in Caregiving

Who will take care of our elders? Low pay, poor training, meager prospects for advancement, and major population shifts are creating a national...

by Nell Porter-Brown

Fall Sports in Brief

The men's soccer team (10-5-1, 5-2 Ivy) finished third in the Ivies, having reeled off a five-game winning streak in midseason. The booters...

Microbes Eat the Past

In 1969, astronauts Edwin Eugene ("Buzz") Aldrin and Neil Armstrong bounced along the moon's dusty surface wearing the toughest work...

The Gamut of Grades from A to B

Slightly more than half the grades given to Harvard undergraduates during the past three academic years have been A or A-. More than any other...

Off the Shelf Jan-Feb 2002

As the Future Catches You: How Genomics and Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health, and Wealth, by Juan Enriquez '81, M.B.A. '86, IAF...

The Community Scholar

Ahhng...ahhng...that strange sound somewhere between a ring and a buzzer announces a fire drill at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. Lines of...

Off the Beaten Track

John Fox, Ph.D. '94, has already had his biography researched and written. His role as a team anthropologist and director of research for an...