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One Man's Mountain
Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian emphasized the literary qualities of his work, not the political conditions that make him an exile from his...
The Brain at Midlife
Researcher Francine Benes has penetrated a "blind spot" in neuroscience. Photograph by Tracy Powell Those of you...
Down by the Riverside: A Progress Report
The garden center that leases a 2.3-acre piece of Cambridge riverfront from Harvard is bringing out its flats of marigolds and petunias for...
Let Your Voice Be Heard
All votes for Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors must be returned by noon on June 1. All degree holders are eligible to...
Radcliffe Consults Its Compass
The nascent Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, whose structure has gradually evolved from promise to particulars, continued taking shape...
Outsider inside the MCZ
Editor's note: Purcell grew up in Cambridge and was taken often to the Museum of Comparative Zoology. "I stood mute, appalled, at the age...
De Gustibus
Perhaps the most cheerful restaurant dining room in Cambridge is the main one at Up Stairs at the Pudding. But shed a tear. The delightful...
Off the Shelf
Recent books with a Harvard accent
Grading Game
Are grades inflated in the College--and does it matter? Debate over these questions is not new (see "Desperately Seeking Summa,"...
Concerning Obituaries
Concerning Obituaries On page 92T of the January-February issue, Deborah Smullyan pays a glowing tribute to Theodore Alvin Hall ’44, a...
The "Invisible University"
Postdocs Tristan Darland (left) and Pamela Kainz at Harvard's Biological Laboratories. Photograph by Jim Harrison They have been...