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At the end of his article on the difficult times facing academic medical centers ("Unhealthy Hospitals," March-April, page 29), David...
Landscape in a Tooth
A howler monkey, Alouatta belzebul, of South America. The view is through the back of the skull. Photograph by Rosamond Wolff Purcell...
Events of the Week
The many rituals of graduation peak on Commencement day, which this year includes addresses by President Neil L. Rudenstine and Robert E. Rubin...
Medical Quad Times Two
The ceremonial groundbreaking for Harvard Medical School's new research building on February 1 assumes more than ordinary significance. Coming...
Fried Eggs and Bacon
Illustration by Rick Stromoski Librarians tell of a great diversity of items used as bookmarks by library patrons and later discovered...
In Watertown, a New Frontier?
The geographic center of the University's ambitions for campus growth over the next several decades lies to the south of Harvard Square, in the...
Banjos and Balance Sheets
Banjoist Alison Brown '84, a standout in folk, jazz, and bluegrass genres, is a rarity: a Grammy-winning artist who is also a successful...
The Summers Scoop
As an extra announcing the selection of Lawrence H. Summers as the University's next president rolled off the presses of the Harvard...
Museums in Motion
Spirits quickened inside certain Harvard museums this winter when the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Jeremy R. Knowles, began...
Honoris Causa
Increase Mather was already presiding over Harvard College when he received one of its first honorary degrees. (More recent presidents have...
Brevia
Robert E. Rubin U.S. Treasury Coming Attraction The Harvard Alumni Association's guest speaker on Commencement afternoon will be...