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Harvard, Government Present Arguments in Funding Case
… in Harvard’s much-anticipated federal funding case against the Trump administration, which challenges the freezing of more than $2.2 billion in research grants and contracts. … lawyers painted them as unconstitutional violations of free speech. Journalists and spectators packed into the …
“The Truth Shall Set You Free”
… The Graduate School of Education’s Convocation ceremony on … Silvanus Wilson Jr., M.T.S. ’81, Ed.M. ’82, Ed.D. ’85, on the topic of freedom, from its deep connections to education, to the …
Tupperware: The Movie
… Filmmakers have so delighted in debunking the idyllic myth of 1950s America that exposing the era's … with scandal and intrigue. Now a new documentary, bereft of salaciousness but chock-full of drama, reveals the …
Issue: September-October 2003
The Actor Explores
… In Moscow there are 200 theaters, and the drama students from … who study there can see plays every night in the company of impassioned audiences. “The theaters there are packed, ” … who in June completed the singular program in theater arts offered by the Harvard-affiliated American Repertory Theatre …
Issue: November-December 2007
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 …
Brian Farrell in Bugdom
… At a research station in the Dominican cloud forest, Brian Farrell has just seen, out of the corner of his eye, a prize buzzing by. Ditching his … Older than the Hawai'ian or Galápagos Islands, Hispaniola rises abruptly from the Caribbean to a mountainous interior. …
Issue: September-October 2003
Parkes Named Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean
… David C. Parkes , Colony professor of computer science, will become dean of Harvard’s Paulson … and Applied Sciences (SEAS) on October 15. An expert in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to …
Women in the Sciences
… Five professors and the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) are jointly pursuing …
Longer-lasting Harvardians
… In his foreward to the anniversary report of the class of 1954, class secretary … rates among Harvard College classes have been on the rise for almost a century, and we're at the leading edge," …
Issue: July-August 2004
William C. Kirby: Is China Ready for Leadership on the Global Stage?
… China is the most populous country on Earth , and until a few hundred … accurate? How is China coping with pressing issues of the day, from climate change to coronaviruses? In this … time ago. One of the large questions now is, is China's rise a rise to global leadership? Is the 21st century to be …
Off the Shelf
… The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst, by David Nasaw … liberally with money, which he used to buy popularity. One of several old questions that Nasaw answers in this …
Paradise Found
… Tim Laman, Ph.D. ’94, again found himself more than 80 feet off the ground, hidden in a rainforest blind made of skinny palm … camera that took wide shots by remote control. At sunrise, two male Greater Birds-of-Paradise arrived. With …
Issue: January-February 2013
Is Nuclear Power Scalable?
… Heinz professor of environmental policy John Holdren, who holds a joint appointment in the Faculty of Arts and Science’s department of earth and … needed to fuel a power plant) can easily use those same machines to enrich the U-235 to 80 or 90 percent, the …
Issue: May-June 2006
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
The Coronavirus Campus
… As Harvard leaders— and their higher-education peers nationwide—make early-summer … guidance. The Great Recession and after were financial crises, highlighted by the collapsing value of the endowment, and resolved in time by belt-tightening, …
Issue: July-August 2020