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Fictions of Science

In November, 1997, a curious report emerged from physicists at the California Institute of Technology, who claimed that certain subatomic...

by Craig Lambert

Honors in Full

This year's Harvard Alumni Association Award winners were publicly recognized on October 28, at the fall meeting of HAA directors. The following...

"Hell's Aardvarks" at 50

In the antediluvian days before e-mail, the Harvard Crimson's notice column published an alphabetical list announcing student events. Space...

by Craig Lambert

Bruce Jenkins

As an undergraduate working for the New York University cinema studies department, Bruce Jenkins operated a technological device that has...

Thomas Forrest Kelly teaches about “First NIghts”—musical premieres

A look at Thomas Forrest Kelly’s Harvard Core course on five musical premieres

Fustiness in the Fine Arts Department

Fairfield Porter '28 was a realist painter in the midst of the abstract expressionist movement. He had an emotionally complex life. Although he...

Wired for Life

Forget the stereotypes of new technology being only for younger people. Seniors in growing numbers are exercising their mental muscles by...

The President's Grandfather

HARVARD HAS about 125 notable old clocks. Fifty came in 1943 from Grenville L. Winthrop, A.B. 1886, LL.B. '89 (who gave to the Fogg Art Museum...

Sisters in Thin Air

The tallest group of women ever to play basketball for Harvard is now on the court. They're not just high, but mighty: "This is potentially...

Beyond the Budget

"It was a very simple year." So Elizabeth C. Huidekoper, vice president for finance, characterizes Harvard's getting and spending for...