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Doctored Research?
… The news, reported in the November 14, 2002, issue of the … among 23 industrialized countries. The medical enterprise pretends to care about our health, but it cares much …
Issue: November-December 2003
Cities for Games
… When he lays down cobblestone roads, spends hours on the windows of a home on a quiet alleyway, or puts the final … on a towering church spire, Scott Duquette ’05 thinks of the visitors who will someday come to his city. They …
Issue: July-August 2012
“Global Charge”
… missions have taken lawyer Nina J. Lahoud ’78 to some of the worst war-torn regions in recent history. There she … of the “fragile and conflict-affected countries” that comprise the g7+ (a voluntary association of 20 countries that …
Issue: September-October 2014
Open Book: GOP Polarities
… and shape-shifting role in American governance: think about the realignment of allegiances to the Democratic and Republican banners in … South during the past half-century. With an election in the offing, scholarly perspective may be particularly useful. …
Issue: November-December 2014
Back to Basics
… Amid and after the campus upheavals of 2023-2024, her first year as dean of … provides some evidence that the Harvard academic enterprise is doing at least okay. Measured by mean scores of …
Issue: May-June 2025
Off the Shelf
… Siegel, Ph.D. ’21, JF (Princeton, $65). A Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows performs the incredibly useful service of opening … Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires, by David Chaffetz ’76 (W.W. Norton, …
Issue: July-August 2024
Writing as Performance
… The first and perhaps the most important requirement for a … an aria or dancing a jig—is to understand the nature of the occasion. This particular occasion, the Gordon Gray … passionately about—writing—and, indeed, about that aspect of the subject to which I have given the most sustained …
Issue: September-October 2007
The Undergraduate: To Give and Take Care
… The thing about college that brochures can’t mention is that … to celebrate with when the storm clears, because both crises and celebrations are guaranteed. To build yourself a support network is a survival skill, and for many of us, undergraduate life is the first testing ground. …
Issue: March-April 2015
Harvard’s Recipe for Healthy Eating
… Read Jonathan Shaw’s article on the connection between red meat consumption and diabetes risk in the January-February issue of Harvard Magazine , then explore Harvard’s new Healthy … (above). Created by nutrition experts at Harvard School of Public Health, the new eating guideline was unveiled …
Issue: January-February 2012
Aloian Memorial Scholars
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has recognized Michelle Walsh ’20, of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Benjamin Roy ’20, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, as the 2019 David and Mimi …
Issue: November-December 2019
Canada Takes the Gold in Women's Hockey
… The Canadian team bested the Americans, 2-0, in the February … Botterill ’02 . The New York Times has a detailed synopsis of the game . The article quotes American defender Angela … Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission . Ruggiero was one of four athletes from the 2010 winter games elected for an …
Reality 101
… I wore the wrong shoes to my first day of work this summer. I don’t … guess I don’t know what I want.” He nodded, seeming unsurprised. As we got up to leave, he told me that I’d be going …
Issue: November-December 2005
NYPD Crimson
… Edward Conlon '87 cruises the streets of the South Bronx in an unmarked car looking … Angel, an 18-year-old drug dealer suspected in the slaying of Mike "Murder." Though well earned, Mike's nickname was …
Issue: January-February 2005
Archibald Henry Grimke
… In the spring of 1874, 23-year-old Archibald “Archie” Henry … (HLS). Eventually, as a respected Boston attorney, founder of the NAACP, and president of the Association’s Washington, …
Issue: May-June 2023
The New England Folk Festival
… Why not launch your day with a rousing ukulele workshop? Then waltz over to sessions on English hand-bell ringing and … (April 24-26 at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School) offers well over 200 dance and music events during a … no expertise is required, says Janet Yeracaris, president of the nonprofit New England Folk Festival Association. “The …
Issue: March-April 2020