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Fate of Graduate-Student Union Still Unknown
… with teaching or research responsibilities) voted on whether to unionize, the election still remains too close to … “yes.” But 314 ballots remained challenged at the time of the count due to questions over voter eligibility. … eligibility grounds. Difficulties determining eligibility arise for students, particularly in the sciences, whose …
Marina N. Bolotnikova , Sophia Nguyen
Decoding the Alphaviruses
… The coronavirus pandemic was caused by a virus that made the … and effectively to such viruses requires some foreknowledge of how they enter human cells—often by using a receptor common to several species. Armed …
Issue: May-June 2022
A Nearly Perfect Book
… Many poems enact wild rides of the imagination, but John Ashbery’s “Self-Portrait in a … explains. “He told me, ‘Go to the top— ask .’ ”) To his surprise, Vendler agreed. She wrote an introduction, which Hoyem …
Issue: September-October 2013
Can the Catholic Church Help Explain Western Psychology?
… During the past 10 years, social scientists have wrestled with a powerful criticism of their research: their favorite subjects, American college … early councils saw it as an affront to God. “I was surprised just how preoccupied medieval Europe was with the fear …
Cost of Attendance Will Increase 3 Percent in 2018-19
… Total cost of attendance (including tuition, housing, and fees) at the College will increase by 3 percent to $67,580 in … a 4.1 percent increase from the previous year), as cost of attendance approaches $70,000. Harvard’s tuition will be …
The World's Poor
… Such distinguished recent speakers at Harvard as Kofi Annan, Nelson Mandela, and Amartya Sen have decried the desperate plight of the world's poorest people--the … is not the same as Jessica's point. The gap in real dollars rises even if China grows at 8 percent, and the U.S. grows …
Family History
… represents something from a history book: alien, remote, the stuff of nightmares. For Martin Puchner, Wien professor of drama … itself also uprooted huge numbers of people, giving rise to a larger, more entrenched Rotwelsch culture. “My …
Issue: November-December 2020
Mathematics from the Inside Out
… In 1940, in the shadow of World War II, G.H. Hardy, one of the great … piece with his larger account of mathematics as human enterprise, rather than as any greater quest for an abstract …
Issue: September-October 2015
The Cosmic Antipode
… In 1796, prompted by Isaac Newton's gravitational theories, French scientist Pierre-Simon Laplace was the first to ponder the possibility of black holes. In 1916, Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted that a massive star would …
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker
… The basketball player, writer, and activist Kareem … featured Class Day speaker,” Uzma Issa ’25, first marshal of the 2025 Class Committee, said in a news announcement. “He’s a champion in every sense of the word—celebrated both for his extraordinary …
Will Truth Prevail?
… O n a cloudless morning the summer after freshman year, as a break from my research … to read a research paper. Light streamed into the lounge of Harvard’s Center for the Environment and illuminated the … entire world. There is nothing mystical about chaos. It arises under simple conditions: for example, in the …
Issue: May-June 2020
Raw and Red-Hot
… In 2007, associate professor of medicine Samia Mora and colleagues published a … sought to understand why physical activity is salutary. They already knew that exercise reduces the risk of … such as heart attack and stroke. “We were actually surprised that reduced inflammation was the biggest explainer, …
Issue: May-June 2019
Losing the News
… Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Alex S. Jones, Director of Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, about his new book Losing the News: The future of the News That feeds Democracy . … Magazine donors visited …
Memories of Ted Kennedy
… In memory of Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54, LL.D. ’08, Harvard Magazine offers a glimpse of the man in action, debating then Defense Secretary Caspar W. …
Keeping Women Safe
… In December 2012 , thousands of protesters flooded the streets of cities across India, demanding a safer … the increase in female representation led to a 44 percent rise in the documented number of crimes against women—not …
Issue: January-February 2015