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Leslie Jamison’s Many Selves
… Leslie Jamison ’04 spent the summer after her freshman year at home in Los Angeles … or speak, and she saw no one except her mother. The works of William Faulkner “became a companion during that very … recalls. She became especially interested in his depictions of sibling relationships, which have been described in terms …
Issue: March-April 2025
TOEFL and Me
… a summer in Seoul Monday through Friday, my students begin their day with an 8 a.m. practice TOEFL exam. The Test of English as a Foreign Language is one of the many exams … “The man and she used to gamble together on slot machines,” “She wants to hit the man but she is so happy …
Treasure in the Genome’s Trash
… The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard often grabs headlines for its discoveries about the genetics underlying such diseases as cancer, heart …
Issue: May-June 2008
From the Archives: The Examined Life
… Recanati professor of medicine Jerome Groopman has, for decades, been among the very rarest species of triple-threat medical … academician, at Harvard Medical School; and perhaps the best explicator of medicine and medical research for lay …
Predicting Viral Variants and Vaccine Cures
… In medicine, “There’s a quiet revolution happening at the moment,” says professor of systems biology Debora Marks. Most people have … are around now—but also work against things that might arise in the future.” Generative AI has also enabled …
Issue: November-December 2024
Harvard by the Numbers
… The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) faces interesting … challenges in maintaining expertise in current fields of knowledge, bringing in professors to pursue new … As FAS dean Michael D. Smith illustrated with these figures, adapted from his annual report dated May …
Issue: September-October 2008
Just Perfect
… Slate-gray skies and trepidation shrouded the home side of Harvard Stadium late in the afternoon of … long before the Murphy era—to the overwhelmingly efficient machines of a century ago molded by Percy D. Haughton, A.B. …
Issue: January-February 2015
The Vaillant Path
… In a way, the man who has headed the Grant Study for more than 30 … children by his first marriage, the couple have a daughter of their own, Joanna. Vaillant is a colorful character who … a dreadful dancer and terrible athlete. "I know little of modern life," he confides, recalling that he once turned …
The Newsmakers
… When they contacted 48 small news-media outlets in 2011, Weatherhead University Professor Gary King and his colleagues were well aware of the peculiarity of their proposal. Asking professional …
Issue: March-April 2018
Beyond the Transcript
… Last year, Harvard's senior admissions officers urged applicants to the College-- and their parents--to relax a little, lest the rising generation of undergraduates pursue achievement so relentlessly that …
Issue: November-December 2001
Genetics and the Human Revolution
… pen to paper, stylus to tablet, or even brush to cave wall, their comings and goings were noted in another record, within their very cells. The human genome consists of chunks of DNA passed forward from countless ancestors, so … evidence indicates that these behaviors did not arise as rapidly as once thought, with evidence of dispersed …
El-Erian for the Endowment
… and face will change at Harvard Management Company (HMC), the investment organization for the University’s endowment, with the arrival early this year of Mohamed A. El-Erian as president and chief executive … far, “The skill set of dealing with outside managers” has risen in importance, Rothenberg noted; El-Erian comes from …
Issue: January-February 2006
Men and Their Castles
… Architect Ogden Codman Jr. grew up in the shadow of two men: his great grandfather John and his … span the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age, shedding light on the rise of American interior design. But the personal nature of …
Issue: September-October 2024
The Corporate Empires
… Once we were The Corporate Empires. Today, Bob does fiber-optics research in Arizona. Chester works at the U.S. Patent Office, refereeing intellectual-property fights over … ex-), children, and mortgages. Every summer, the remains of the Empires reassemble for an afternoon of ragged …
Issue: September-October 2005
From the Archives: The Ultimate Commencement Address
… S eventy Commencements ago, in the wake of World War II, the United States embraced both … of the Truman Doctrine in March had taken Congress by surprise, and powerful senators had resented it. Marshall and …