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The Mr. Mom Switch
… In the mouse world, virgin male mice are not known as … other males. But research led by Catherine Dulac, Higgins professor of molecular and cellular biology, reveals that these …
Issue: May-June 2015
Jenny Lee Talks Chinese Food on "The Colbert Report"
… Undergraduate Fellow at Harvard Magazine , appeared on The Colbert Report , Stephen Colbert's satirical news … new book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles , an exploration of Chinese restaurants in the United States. Among Colbert's … here . Read a quick take on her book in the current issue of Harvard Magazine , or a longer one in the Times Sunday …
“Insider Luck”
… The compensation of top American corporate executives has … regulatory reasons, stock-option grants have largely comprised “at-the-money options”: rights to purchase shares at … information that suggests the stock price is about to rise. But our research enables us to conclude that …
Issue: March-April 2007
The “Great Asymmetry”
… Country Dance to Supercomputing. The previous College Pump celebrated the durability of conventional publishing in a digital age ( “Paper … Almost immediately, the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 editions of the estimable, eccentric, Harvard Library Bulletin …
Issue: July-August 2019
Behind the Scenes: Writing about Alexander Rehding’s interstellar reach
… When I first arrived at Harvard Magazine , the other editors provided me with a packet of story ideas. They hoped to spare me from wandering … excellent. One colleague suggested an article on Peabody professor of music Alex Rehding, former chair of the Harvard …
Campaign Cues
… Welcome to this important day in Harvard’s history. Over the past decade, I have chosen to spend a great deal of my time traveling from Los Angeles, where I live, to … 170 round trips…and I have chosen to spend a great deal of my philanthropy on Harvard as well. I’m in the investment …
Issue: November-December 2013
A Cucumber Coil Conundrum
… The cucumber tendril has long fascinated observant … Darwin explored the topic in On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants , published in 1865. He noted that a … questions for the team led by L. Mahadevan , de Valpine professor of applied mathematics. Mahadevan’s research seeks …
Issue: March-April 2013
Ulysses S. Grant
… By late 1863, most of the major Civil War battles in the West—Shiloh, Stones … been fought. Union forces had the upper hand. Much of the credit for the success went to Major General Ulysses …
Issue: January-February 2019
Tenure Task Forces
… Addressing ambitious agendas and a May 1 deadline, the University’s twin task forces on women faculty and on … terms its commitment to the advancement and support of women pursuing academic careers.” These task forces, … reasons, and pointed to impending retirements and the rise of women from the junior-faculty ranks as opportunities …
Issue: May-June 2005
Rebound & Transition
… championship. Changing that legacy, which dates from 1955 (the first year of play in the league), ranks high among the priorities of Tommy Amaker, the Crimson’s new head coach of men’s …
Issue: July-August 2007
Campaign Warm-Up
… The twenty-fifth reunion class of 1988 raised an … $115 million, according to University treasurer James F. Rothenberg, who publicly thanked the class during the HAA’s annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day. He also thanked all the other alumni …
Issue: July-August 2013
Off the Shelf: Recent Books with Harvard Connections
… Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work, by Colleen … (Harvard Business Review Press, $30). The director of the Business School’s Gender Initiative and the Chapman professor of business administration explore why women, a …
Issue: July-August 2021
Artistic Harvard: The Inaugural Showcase
… A Thursday evening “Musical Prelude to the Inauguration: A Welcome and Celebration,” crafted by the Office for the Arts and held in Sanders Theatre, became a showcase for the making, performing, and professing of multiple arts at the University, featuring …
Hoops Houdini
… Harvard beat Boston College, ranked seventeenth in the nation, 82-70, recording its first-ever win over a … opponent. What is more, BC had just defeated the University of North Carolina, then the nation’s top team. (Harvard’s … Stanford, was a 111-56 blowout, the opener of 2007-08’s struggling 8-22 season, when the Crimson tied …
Issue: March-April 2009
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s Public Health Address
… My warm greetings and congratulations to all 2021 graduates of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to Dean … outside your frame of reference. You will be surprised by the adaptability of public health efforts used in …