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… everyone who has or uses a computer would read it. We lost the game when we adopted the term “Artificial Intelligence.” … loved the phrase “counterfeit humanity.” To extend the list of metaphors that cast a shade over things digital, I offer … E. Schevill and William Watkins way before 1957. I am surprised that they are not mentioned in the article or several …
Issue: September-October 2024
Off the Shelf
… The Evolution of Childhood: Relationships, Emotion, Mind, by … a truly monumental work (753 pages plus references, etc.), the Emory University anthropologist/ neuroscientist/ … behavioral biologist proceeds from the wonders of the young--“Nothing in nature is more marvelous than …
Issue: July-August 2010
Happenings in Hartford
… The Connecticut capital is often seen as a bland, bypassable … visitors can pore over copies of primary sources that gave rise to the book, among them the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 …
Issue: July-August 2023
The Classes
… obituaries. Registration is required for first-time users; the registration process is not instantaneous. No account is … obituaries. … 29668 … class notes and obituaries … 8463 … The Classes … article …
Issue: March-April 2011
The Classes
… obituaries. Registration is required for first-time users; the registration process is not instantaneous. No account is … and obituaries. … 30869 … Class notes and obituaries … The Classes … article …
Issue: May-June 2011
William Brooks Cabot
… miles from friends and family, and immensely happy. "The night was clear, there was a white frost, and the … slept through as well as I," he wrote near the end of a 70-day journey in 1905. "The northern lights were … Cabot was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, but lived much of his life around Boston. He made his fortune designing …
Issue: September-October 2001
Lefty from Cincy
… As a boy growing up in the Queen City, Brent Suter ’12 had an idol: the Cincinnati … seasons with 630 home runs, and who is a lock for the Hall of Fame. Like Griffey, Suter graduated from Archbishop … wore when he played for the Seattle Mariners at the start of his career. Today, however, Suter looks to other role …
Issue: May-June 2011
The Classes
… obituaries. Registration is required for first-time users; the registration process is not instantaneous. No account is … 29667 … January-February 2011 class notes and obituaries … The Classes … article …
Issue: January-February 2011
Off the Shelf
… Renaissance Italy, by Mary D. Garrard, A.M. ’60 (University of California, $60). A monumental, and copiously illustrated, gendered reading of the interplay of art and nature in the Renaissance, by the …
Issue: March-April 2011
University People
… College Dean Designated Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office Evelynn M. Hammonds Rosenkrantz professor of the history of science and of African and African …
Issue: May-June 2008
Amending Advising
… Harvard undergraduates remain dissatisfied with the quality of academic advising they receive in their … During the past four years, the number of concentrators has risen by as much as one half (the current total is around …
Issue: March-April 2002
A Passion for Equity
… Anyeley Hallová, M.L.A. ’03, wanted to give back to the black community. She would travel from Ithaca to her … that sustainability—a concept she wanted to explore professionally—isn’t just about the natural environment. … black-owned businesses in Oregon, and $10,000 for the Intel RISE Technology Award for sustainability. One of Adre’s new …
Watch Out
… As you stroll along a summer beach, you may be on the lookout for shells, among other sights. Many are … and oyster shells on a Cape Cod beach may remind you of delectables to eat. You may pick up and pocket that … octopuses, and other invertebrates that together comprise almost a quarter of all known marine species. A display …
Issue: July-August 2012
Five Questions with Brian D. Farrell
… Brian D. Farrell is the Lehner professor for the study of Latin America and a … Times . Ecologists and evolutionary biologists were surprised by how conservative the evolution of these ecological …
Keeping the 375th Green
… Mindful of the mantra “ Green is the new Crimson ,” the 375th anniversary party organizers … and all leftovers donated or composted. Multiple offices have helped plan for that goal, including the …