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The Lion’s Share
… The only props in The Lion , the critically acclaimed … is a toy banjo that his lawyer father made for him out of the lid of a cookie tin, some rubber bands, and an old necktie for …
Issue: November-December 2015
Defying the Doldrums
… Jon Schaefer grew up in Charlemont, a community of nearly 1,300 that lies between Williamstown and Interstate 91. His family owns the local Berkshire East Mountain Resort, where he and his … family members became racers, traveling to compete on some of the world’s most daunting and magnificent alpine heights. …
Issue: January-February 2021
Lessons from an Unexpected Life
… that his blood was watery. I thought he might die in front of me. He has thalassemia, a severe anemia arising from the inheritance of two defective hemoglobin-production … To do so, they used highly complex and nearly unavailable machines that measure iron in the liver. The results were …
Issue: July-August 2009
The “Little Republics”
… shortly before resigning as George Washington’s secretary of state. He was anxious “to be liberated from the hated occupations of politics, and to sink into the … He, in turn, did things for them.” Some guests were surprised that Jefferson treated his slaves as though they were …
Issue: March-April 2016
New England Public Gardens of Note
… Maine 207-276-3330 http://rockgardenmaine.wordpress.com Blithewold Mansion, Gardens, and Arboretum Bristol, Rhode … note around New England. … 39926 … Notable public gardens of New England … New England Public Gardens of Note … article …
Issue: March-April 2013
Diverse Caribbean Flavors
… chutney. This hybrid Indian-Caribbean fare, found in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, reflects the high proportion of islanders who are, like restaurant owner Ricky Singh, …
Issue: September-October 2015
Alumnus Moungi Bawendi Shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry
… The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today conferred the … The trio were honored for “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots,” crystals so small that they are governed … that Bawendi produced were almost perfect, giving rise to distinct quantum effects. Because the production …
The Deadliest War
… The single bloodiest day of battle in American history … on September 17, 1862. Robert E. Lee attempted to invade the North with a 50,000-man Confederate army that was … at Antietam Creek by 70,000 Union troops under the command of George McClellan. The next day, Lee retreated across the …
Brainy Women
… The human brain rests in cupped hands as easily as a cantaloupe. It is softer and spongier to the touch, of course, and its surface … contemplated the brain and wondered not only how it gives rise to everything we feel, know, accomplish, and create, …
Issue: May-June 2002
The Undergraduate: Learning Space
… I maintain that the foremost reward for returning to Harvard as a senior is … to morning lecture—this is a peculiar, important kind of wisdom. The locations of water fountains and restrooms are similarly significant. …
Issue: November-December 2014
Over the River Dept.
… Branding. Even when at play, apparently, the M.B.A.s-to-be at Harvard Business School (HBS) are also … a résumé submitted to Goldman Sachs recruiters. The soul of an engineer. Across Western Avenue, the science and engineering complex—home to much of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences …
Issue: March-April 2023
The Hunt for New Drugs
… The Harvard Malaria Initiative ( www.hsph. harvard.edu/research/hmi ) began in 1997 as a way of bringing together varied resources and expertise across Harvard to focus on scientific problems of the malaria epidemic. The team—a collaboration among the …
Issue: March-April 2010
A New Code of Conduct: Hacking Gender in Tech
… for five main reasons, according to Parisa Tabriz, Google’s official “Security Princess”: They want security (in software). They enjoy the challenge (of breaking …
Jazzy Tribute to Tom Everett
… Appropriately enough, an evening of superb jazz on Saturday, April 13, formed the final Harvard tribute to Tom Everett, who retired this … with the band on his own composition, the spirited High Rise. After an intermission, saxophonist Joshua Redman ’91 …
Your Take: Dropping Out of Harvard
… In the July-August 2010 issue of the magazine, Craig Lambert explores the lives of three dropouts from the Harvard class of 1969. Read the …
Issue: July-August 2010