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SPECIAL. Dance yourself over to the annual CityStep show, featuring Cambridge fifth- and sixth-graders, on April 14 and 15 in Sanders Theatre...
Richard G. Heck Jr.
Philosopher Richard Heck earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Duke, studied philosophy at Oxford, and got his Ph.D. at MIT in 1991...
Expanding the Professoriate
Samuel Gompers, a founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor, succinctly summarized its aims as "More!" It is unlikely...
Earl Derr Biggers
I am quite sure that I never intended to travel the road of the mystery writer," wrote Earl Derr Biggers '07 for his twenty-fifth class reunion...
The Square, Revisited
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That's the refrain visitors to Harvard Square may be humming this spring as they cruise its...
Athletes of Winter
Women’s Hockey At midseason, the defending national champion Crimson stickwomen (13-2-2, 11-2-2 ECAC) retained their number-one ranking...
Longshots Can Win in the Schoolyard
When he was four, Raymond's family moved from Mexico to the United States. Everyone worked. The four children helped their mother deliver...
Sharing the Wealth
For the second year in a row, the President and Fellows of Harvard College have authorized a larger-than-usual increase in the distribution from...
Taking Care of Junior Professors
Having identified financial and other pressures on untenured professors, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Jeremy R. Knowles...
Crimson Wrestlers Rising
The ascent of Harvard's wrestling program, as some colleges scrap theirs to reach gender equity in their sports offerings, owes much to the...
The Eugenic Temptation
The full-page advertisement in the Harvard Crimson a year ago came as no surprise. The text was straightforward: Intelligent, Athletic Egg...
"A Loomful of Hues"
Jeanne Heifetz ’81 didn’t become involved with weaving until she was 14, but remembers always being attracted to traditional...