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Tough Love
Harvard and other celebrated research universities “succeed, better than ever, as creators and repositories of knowledge,” declares Harry R. Lewis, dean of Harvard College from 1995 to 2003, in Excellence without a Soul: How a Great University Forgot …
Issue: July-August 2006
Can Multivitamins Reduce Cancer Risk and Slow Memory Loss?
Multivitamins have ballooned into a $40 billion industry in the United States. In a world captivated by quick fixes, there’s a seductive call in the idea that vitamin supplement might help to prevent age-related health decline. But does this promise hold …
At Home with Harvard: Traveling for the Story
This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the previous selections, featuring articles about climate change, racial justice, theater, and …
Harvard Entrepreneurs’ Summer Road Trip
As Harvard invests in expanding engineering and applied sciences—in the growth of the faculty ranks at the eponymous school, and in such stand-alone entities as the enormous Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering —its professors and …
Focusing on the Ph.D.
During her tenure as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), from mid 2005 through last December, Theda Skocpol says, “I got a Ph.D. in what it means to be a university administrator in two and a half years.” Recognizing that the …
Issue: March-April 2008
Poised for Partnerships
The new dean of the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has been in his post for barely a hundred days, but now, after listening to his faculty and meeting with leaders from across Harvard’s diverse schools and constituencies, …
Harvard Files Brief in Affirmative Action Appeal
Harvard today filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case, Students for Fair Admisssions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College . The case centers on whether consideration of race and ethnicity should be allowed when admissions …
Harvard’s New Football Coach: A Real Tiger
On February 15 , Harvard introduced Andrew Aurich as the new Stephenson Family head coach of football. A product of St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of a high-school football coach and father of three young children, Aurich has a Sisyphean act to follow as he …
Happy New (Academic) Year
The drought that fastened its grip on eastern Massachusetts during this hot summer may not be abating, but the calendar moves inevitably forward—toward the resumption of academic activity in a new school year. Members of the College class of 2020 are …
Honoring Alumni Leaders
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) celebrates those who have made exceptional contributions to their local Harvard clubs and Shared Interest Groups (SIGs), and those organizations that have especially benefited their alumni communities. The 2021 …
Issue: March-April 2021
Fraught Fall
The scary thing was how normal everything had come to seem, in a little more than five months. First-year students and their families moved into an all-but-deserted Harvard Yard, with traffic officers routing lone cars and enforcing the 20-minute …
Issue: November-December 2020
Harvard@Home
The University’s on-line learning initiative has released two new segments. One highlights the fall 2005 conference on women and war, the other offers an Alumni College about Harvard’s role in the Olympics. (To access the features, go to …
Issue: May-June 2006
Milton Avery, Wadsworth Atheneum
Before painter Milton Avery’s works were featured in the world’s most prestigious museums—and long before they fetched bids in the millions—the artist now known for his playful use of color and diverse stylistic repertoire lived an under-the-radar life in …
Issue: March-April 2022
"A Very Intimate and Painful Reckoning"
During her regular remarks at a Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting on Tuesday, Dean Claudine Gay took a few moments to address a recent “difficult revelation” from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, about hundreds of hair clippings taken …
Epstein-Barr Virus Implicated as Cause of Multiple Sclerosis
A team of researchers at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) say they have discovered circumstantial evidence showing that multiple sclerosis is caused by infection with the Epstein-Barr virus. The research was published online today in …