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A Plague Reborn
… There is a tenacious little bug that infects one in three … to evade detection, but this one is unusual because most of the two billion people who carry it don’t even know … you might not engender resistance in the same way.” The Rise of Drug Resistance With support from the Harvard …
Issue: July-August 2008
Eleanor Rathbone
… Seventy years ago, on April 13, 1933, a debate took place in the House of Commons over how the British government should respond to … on the left—spoke up against revising the Treaty of Versailles under the threat of force. A Germany …
Issue: March-April 2003
Democrats, Republicans, and Zero-Sum Thinking
… mindset is increasingly shaped by “zero-sum” views of policy and society: the belief that gains achieved by one individual or group come at the expense of another. If the resources available are fixed in supply, …
Coronavirus Closes Classes
… The third shoe has dropped, as the coronavirus outbreak … and competitions have been canceled for the duration of the spring. The College’s announcements concerning … or ship home personal belongings indicate strongly that officials do not expect residential education to resume on …
“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
Extracurriculars
… Enjoy nature this winter: take a brisk walk in the Arnold Arboretum, view the stars from the Harvard College Observatory, or learn about the nature of evolution at the natural-history museum. Or take time out … February 4 at 4 p.m. Author Vivian Gornick talks about “The Rise and Fall of the Jewish-American Novel.” Radcliffe …
Issue: January-February 2008
Yesterday's News
… 1919 Indignant alumni write the Bulletin protesting the unsportsmanlike conduct of Harvard spectators at the annual Harvard-Yale baseball … "an organized attempt to rattle the Yale pitcher by means of howling voices and beating drums." Yale won, 10-8. *** An …
Issue: July-August 2004
Champ Lyons
… fire had destroyed Boston’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub; of the more than 1,000 patrons present, 490 eventually died. … the country and then to the Mediterranean—all because of his use of the revolutionary new antibiotic, penicillin, …
Martin L. Dalton , Laurence A. Lyons
Issue: May-June 2016
Yesterday's News
… 1925 The Associated Harvard Clubs’ Committee on Service to the University suggests that descendants of Harvard graduates be given preference in the admission … legislature passes an act to permit construction of a footbridge over the Charles River from the Cambridge …
Issue: May-June 2005
Edward M. Kennedy '54, LL.D. '08
… “Now I have something in common with George Washington—other than being born on February 22. It is not, as I had … hoped, being president. It is instead this rare privilege of receiving an honorary degree from Harvard at a special … “I have seen throughout my life how we as a people can rise to a challenge, embrace change, and renew our destiny. …
Issue: January-February 2009
Can Disinformation Be Stopped?
… “Stop the Steal” was first trotted out during the 2016 Republican … Media, Politics, and Public Policy, watched a constellation of what she calls “disinformers” rally around the phrase … the Steal” turned violent on January 6, few were less surprised than Donovan. Hours before the Capitol was breached by …
Issue: July-August 2021
Harvard Responds to Protests
… year , campus protests focused on Israel, Gaza, and the continuing Middle East war have been smaller and less prominent than last year’s wave of protests that culminated in the spring 2024 encampment . The most significant protests of this past fall were intentionally quiet: library …
Overseer Candidates State Their Views
… In light of the importance of the annual election for members of … about my nomination for the Board of Overseers, I was surprised. I remain humbled, honored, and deeply moved by the … a rapidly changing world driven by technology and the rise of artificial intelligence, political and social …
Yesterday's News
… members Fred W. Moore '93 and Frank S. Knapp purchase the capital stock of Leavitt & Peirce Inc., the Cambridge smoke shop and pool and billiard parlor which for 39 years has been "the unofficial 'headquarters for Harvard men.'" The store will …
Issue: July-August 2007
“I Am Not the Best Anymore”
… As they scrambled to wrap up coursework and fine-tune their résumés, some members of the Class of 2014 took time to reflect on their experiences during the …
Issue: May-June 2014