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The Ocean Carbon Cycle
… Of all the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the atmosphere, one … these natural mechanisms is important in forecasting the rise of atmospheric CO2 because even though plants and … controlled by the ocean's acidity. The ocean's acidity does rise with increased CO2, but the slow pace of ocean …
Issue: November-December 2002
The Curse of Adonis
… When professor of psychiatry Harrison G. Pope Jr. '69, M.P.H. '72, M.D. … in 1980, it was seen as "rare and exotic. Certainly not the kind of thing that a Harvard faculty member would do," … faculty pump iron at gyms, along with Pope and millions of others across the country. "There's been a drastic …
"Hypochondria of the Heart"
… In 1688 a Swiss doctor, Johannes Hofer, identified a new medical syndrome, nostalgia : "the sad mood originating from the desire for return to one's native land." Various displaced Swiss of the seventeenth century suffered from the …
Issue: September-October 2001
The Sanctity of the Classroom, Continued
… There have been further developments since an early-November Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) discussion of previously … the work done in the classroom) a collective enterprise, not a solitary one—every bit as subject to open …
Five Questions with Audrey Chang ’25 of the Harvard Responsible Computing Club
… with a secondary degree in sociology. Chang is a member of the Harvard Responsible Computing Collective , a student club which aims to promote responsible use of technology in society. What is the Harvard Responsible …
The Senior Celebrants of 2009
… The oldest graduates of Harvard and Radcliffe present on Commencement day were Frances Pass Addelson ’30, 100, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and George Barner ’29, Ed ’32, … L ’33, 100, of Kennebunk, Maine. Both were recognized at the afternoon ceremony by HAA president Walter H. Morris …
Issue: July-August 2009
Duel for the Heart of Texas
… Everything is bigger in the Lone Star State--including the political fights. This … implications. Last Man Standing: Politics Texas Style, part of PBS's P.O.V. series, takes a behind-the-scenes look at … to tell us about the politics that George W. Bush came out of," says Stekler, a former political consultant who now …
Issue: July-August 2004
“The Duties of Imagination”
… College seniors and their families convened in Sanders Theatre for the 229th Phi … purely celebratory events yet to come. This year’s edition of the PBK exercises ( read the program here), the first … to end our conversation at that point and trying to get a rise out of my parents, I said, “Mom, Dad. Be sure to watch …
John S. Rosenberg , Marina N. Bolotnikova
An Ounce of Prevention
… The magnitude of the current financial crisis reflects the … From Crisis to Calm Of course , financial panics and crises are nothing new. For most of the nation’s history, … of American life. Until the Great Depression, major crises struck about every 15 to 20 years—in 1792, 1797, 1819, …
Issue: September-October 2009
The Law of Gravity
… What goes up indeed comes down. Following the breathtaking 32.2 percent return on investments for the … in 1983. The change in direction could hardly surprise anyone who paid attention to an environment that HMC … percent endowment return exceeded the aggregate performance of HMC's "policy portfolio" (the weighted mix of different …
Issue: November-December 2001
For the Joy of It
… Last year, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), formerly known as the Pierian Sodality of 1808, celebrated its bicentennial. It could claim to be … Orchestra (1900) arrived decades later (see “ Two Centuries of Sound ,” May-June 2008, page 23). But in its early years, …
Issue: September-October 2009
Miller of "The Bay State Banner"
… I’ve always found that I thought about things—even from the time I was in grammar school—a little differently,” … Melvin B. Miller ’56 told this magazine on the eve of his sixty-fifth reunion. “I was never too reluctant to … a different opinion.” As founder, editor, and publisher of The Bay State Banner —a newspaper primarily for and about …
Issue: March-April 2022
Off the Shelf
… by Daniel Altman '96, Ph.D. '00 (Public Affairs, $26.95). "The neoconomists' revolution has one goal: to increase the … for the Economist and the New York Times. The chosen path of these economists and the Bush administration "could … real revolution in which the nation's tax-paying laborers rise up against a class of wealthy free-riders." Copies in …
Issue: September-October 2004
“Be the Voice of Health”
… , Class Day speaker for Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, is best known as the pediatrician, … advocate whose research exposed lead poisoning in the water of Flint, Michigan, in 2015—and indeed, much of her speech …
Rendering Dreams in Art
… An ice-cream store worker in Seoul wants to explore the Arctic. A Taiwanese nut-seller yearns for her happier days in primary school. In Beijing, a waiter dreams of becoming a chef and serving his grandmother a splendid … complex in Seoul. Although each unit in the generic high-rise buildings is identical, Yeondoo captures the …
Issue: May-June 2025