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Harvard in the Heartland
… Lawrence S. Bacow, the son of refugees, grew up in Pontiac: marinated in the … interest in making a vigorous case for the university enterprise everywhere, at a time of skepticism about, or even …
Melinda Gates to Receive Radcliffe Medal
… The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (RIAS) announced … the featured speaker on Radcliffe Day, May 29, at the end of Harvard’s Commencement week. Gates, the philanthropist … Consumer Banking; Amanda Nguyen ’13, founder and CEO of Rise Justice Labs; and Gina Raimondo ’93, governor of Rhode …
"...In My Mind I Am Perplexed"
… The Civil War transformed American society and institutions. It brought about the formal end of slavery (but not of racial discrimination). It empowered … or an ironic anger that may well have shocked and surprised his wife, Isaac Hadden of New York invited her to join …
Issue: January-February 2008
Profiting from the Human Genome
… fact: academic institutions hold more gene patents than the top 25 pharmaceutical companies and all biotech … A slide illustrating this revelation (see below) kicked off "Commercializing the Genome," held April 5 at the Harvard Business School, one in a series of University-wide, student-sponsored panels that examined …
The Newest Rhodes
… The newest Rhodes: Shazrene Mohamed '04, from Bulawayo, … Harvard's seventh Rhodes Scholarship winner for 2004 (see " The Rhodes Roster ," March-April). Her concentration … Oxford. Shazrene Mohamed '04 Photo by Jonathan Shaw … The newest Rhodes: Shazrene Mohamed '04, from Bulawayo, …
Issue: May-June 2004
Clearing the Air
… Every day, most of us get in a car and drive. We adjust the temperature, maybe turn on the radio, and flip on the … in Santiago, Cairo, or Beijing. (Harvard now supplies these machines to other universities and to the EPA.) When the …
Issue: May-June 2005
Harvard Headlines: Childhood, Unorthodox History of Science, and Lordship in the Twelfth Century
… Among recent Harvard-related book reviews: The Atlantic ran literary and national editor Benjamin Schwarz's review of The Evolution of Childhood by Melvin Konner, Ph.D. ’73, M.D. ’85, in its …
The Brain at Midlife
… Those of you approaching the golden years, take heart: though scientists once thought brain development was finished by age five, professor of psychiatry Francine Benes has found that it …
Kit Parker Uncovers Mechanics of Brain Injuries
… Cabot associate professor in applied science Kevin "Kit" Parker and a team of fellow Harvard bioengineers have announced the discovery of precisely how traumatic head injuries …
Abiding Our Own Minds
… MIT’s Dalai Lama Center for Ethics, has traveled as far as the Amazon River and the mountainous peaks of Peru seeking spiritual growth. “My most powerful … a committed practice,” he explains. “The question that may arise is: What is the best path? And the answer is: The path …
Issue: January-February 2012
The Senior Seniors
… Photograph by Jim Harrison George Barner The oldest graduates of Harvard and Radcliffe present on Commencement day were Marjorie (Prince) Thomas ’42, 92, of Bedford, Massachusetts (accompanied by her husband, …
Issue: July-August 2011
Celebrating the Radcliffe Institute's 10th Anniversary
… The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study celebrates its … anniversary this month. Dean Barbara J. Grosz launched the official recognition today--the anniversary of the signing of the agreement that launched Radcliffe …
Changes to the Core Curriculum
… At its May meeting, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) voted to add a new … the Faculty Council. The exception came with the surprise passage of a motion introduced by professor of English …
How the Ivy Tournaments Began
… The original decision to create post-season basketball … in the 1970s and 1980s—wanted the tournaments as well. Some of the league’s ADs, however, were unconvinced. Penn’s Steve … Beckett, Yale’s former AD. “…Are 14 exams the best measure of the best team, or is it who is playing the best at this …
Divestment: Faculty Members Make Their Case
… A group of Harvard faculty members calling for the University to divest endowment resources from … and Cambridge would look like after a three-meter sea-level rise, a level that would reflect ice melt of 40 percent of …