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Interpreting the Universe
… Mildred Thompson’s prints, at the New Britain Museum of American Art through November 27, offer abstract, yet personal, depictions of scientific …
Issue: July-August 2022
The Fit Fat
… now banned in some places) is practically poison, clogging the arteries and contributing to hypertension and heart … too, has good fat and bad fat—and the difference is not one of quantity, but of kind. When most of us think of fat … marks cell nuclei. The muscle fibers’ presence was a surprise; it indicated that brown fat is developmentally related …
Issue: January-February 2009
Lowell House Renovations: An Inside Look
… “They used to sleep on Lowell; now they[’re] jealous of our … and efficient, former utility rooms clogged with outdated machines are now open for student use. Six of the House’s …
Linguistics: The Sound & the Fury
… The call to arms to save Harvard's linguistics department … a furor among linguists everywhere. Jeremy Knowles, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was bombarded with protesting letters. …
Rethinking the Divinity School
… "The university is very healthy as a whole. The immensely … challenges in the next few decades. From what I've seen of President Summers's initiatives and momentum, I have a … Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in 1973, and has since risen through its professorial ranks to become Albertson …
Issue: November-December 2002
Steel and Skin
… Rising at 60 Oxford Street is the University Information Services Building. Stepped-down … Dean Rogers | Partners Architects, is a model for the kinds of structures that will be erected in the North Precinct. … facility, designed by Ellenzweig Associates, comprises robotics and instrumentation labs, wet and dry …
Issue: May-June 2002
Min Jin Lee on Her New Novel and Writing about the Korean Diaspora
… Author Min Jin Lee , a fellow this year at the Radcliffe Institute , is best known for her epic novel … century through the 1980s, spanning Japan’s annexation of Korea, the central character Sunja’s migration to Japan and survival of World War II, and Japan’s rise as a wealthy consumer society. For many Americans, the …
Playing the Fields
… This fall's edition of Courses of Instruction lists 943 new choices, some renamed, some renumbered, but most basically new. The tally includes thirteen new Core offerings (and a new … history, and biology. Since 1990, biochemical sciences has risen 73 percent to rank in the top five, and history has …
Robin Kelsey: Is a Photograph a Work of Art?
… What makes a photograph art ? A great photograph may be the result of skill and intention, or it may be the result of dumb … how should we think about the photographer who waits for sunrise knowing that the perfect suffusion of light in the sky …
The War at Home
… Almost every week last year I received an e-mail with the subject line “Iraq Update.” With each message, the … 16, 2006, the line read “Last Deployment Update.” A friend of mine was stationed in Iraq with the Fourth Infantry Division. A whole year passed as I thought of him, prayed for him, but could not respond to a single …
Issue: March-April 2007
Outsider inside the MCZ
… Editor's note: Purcell grew up in Cambridge and was taken often to the Museum of Comparative Zoology. "I stood mute, appalled, at the age …
HAA Clubs Committee Awards
… The HAA Clubs Committee presents two annual awards for contributions to Harvard clubs. Recipients of the 2005 Outstanding Club Contribution Award are: William … waived 2005–2006 dues, which has resulted in a 10-fold rise in membership. Hardy, who is also a leader of his …
Issue: March-April 2006
News from the HAA
… Aloian Winners Established in 1988 to honor the late David Aloian '49, a former executive director of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) and Master of Quincy House, the Aloian Memorial Scholarships recognize …
Issue: November-December 2001
The Long Game
… Brian Ma ’23 [’24], who this year recorded the lowest scoring average of any Ivy League golfer—and the best in Harvard’s … who was coached extensively by his father from the age of two, Ma’s parents were not fans of the game. When his …
Issue: July-August 2022
Cambridge 02138
… 2024, page 21) is half good. In focusing on only one of the causes of high prices, regulation, it is an advocacy … supply. While zoning undoubtedly plays a role, I was surprised by the omission of one of the most significant …
Issue: January-February 2025