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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...

Vaccine for Tooth Decay

For most of the twentieth century, the only way dentists could treat cavities was to "drill and fill." But what if cavities never...

Understanding Terrorism

Beyond the emotional reactions necessarily provoked by the terrorist attacks of September 11 and subsequent anthrax-tainted mailings, the events...

Door Speak

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Historian and dean for undergraduate education Susan Pedersen...

Harvard Calendar

MUSIC. The Harvard Club of Boston hosts the annual "battle of the bands" on February 22 at 7 p.m. The event pits undergraduate jazz ensembles...

"A Force on the Ice"

There has been a Moore on the ice for Harvard since 1996, when Mark Moore '00 matriculated. His brothers, Steve '01 and Dominic '03, followed...

by Craig Lambert

Kaats and Bear Arrive

Railroad tycoon Edward Harriman financed a scientific expedition to the coast of Alaska in 1899 and went along on it with his family. When the...

WWI Women Remembered

In a Veterans Day service at Memorial Church on November 11, Ronald Sobel, senior rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El, New York City, spoke of the...

Attacking Aids

The quest for an AIDS vaccine is a compelling story. Pronouncements on the subject have emanated from sources that ordinarily do not address...

Are American Liberties at Risk?

What threats to our constitutional culture should most concern us in the recent executive and legislative responses to September 11? asked...

by Christopher Reed

Yesterday's News

1922 Noting a trend among American universities toward improving the quality of student dormitories, the editors remark, "The average...

Hop, Skip, and Soar

Post-doctoral fellow Gary Gillis plays "catcher" behind a tammar wallaby on a fast-moving treadmill. Hopping marsupials like...

by Jonathan Shaw