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Psychiatry by Prescription
… By the time he reached his early thirties, James was a promising scientist who had all the makings of an academic star. He had earned a stream of fellowships … His work gained public recognition, and he has subsequently risen to the top of his profession. Sidebars • "The Myth of …
Issue: July-August 2006
Preview: Ask a Harvard Professor, Season Four
… great seasons , we’re delighted to bring you season four of Ask a Harvard Professor , starting this Monday, November 1 . E ach week, our editors will interview some of the world’s most prominent scholars, discussing subjects …
A Fresh Look at Freshman Week
… Though designed for the College class of 2013, the Crimson ’s guide to Freshman … a fun trip down memory lane for alumni. Some articles offer modern takes on time-honored Harvard experiences: Emma …
Find Meaning in Your Work, Says Ann Moore at HBS
… On Wednesday , Ann Moore, M.B.A. ’78, told students gathered on the Baker Library Lawn at Harvard Business School … until 2010, when she left the company. Forbes named her one of the most powerful women in business 10 times. Moore … degree candidates, Moore said she would have liked to reprise those words, but didn’t. “I knew I had to come up with …
Arctic Art
… How Cape Dorset became the Inuit art capital of the world … How Cape Dorset became the Inuit art capital of the world … 592 … Arctic Art … Arctic Art … article …
Issue: March-April 2002
Declining English Departments?
… Expressions of alarm (or despair) about the condition of and interest in the humanities, particularly the study of …
Brevia
… Scientific Ventures Albert J. Weatherhead Celia J. Weatherhead Justin Ide / Harvard News Office Justin Ide / Harvard News Office Flexible funding for … relevant taxes. The hotel, just downriver from the new high-rise graduate student housing at One Western Avenue, is …
Issue: March-April 2005
Harvard’s Sober Annual Financial Report
… Shaped as it is by the conventions of accounting, an institution’s annual … two years ago, and holdings in the real-assets classes have risen by nearly $4 billion.) Capital expenditures during …
Balanced Budget, Benefits Battle
… Following two years of modest deficits, Harvard closed its books on fiscal year 2014, which ended last June 30, some $2.7 million in the black: operating revenue increased 4.8 percent to $4.409 … funding declines and foundation and corporate sponsorship rises (a fundamental fact for Harvard Medical School’s …
Issue: January-February 2015
Ticking... Tocking Restored
… One day last autumn, the clock in the tower of Adolphus Busch Hall stopped. … In December a crew from the Balzer Family Clock Works--of Lady Slipper Lane in Freeport, Maine--disassembled the …
Freeing Speech
… Anthony Lewis’s Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment offers a lucid and engaging overview … such questions, or a number of similar questions that arise when Lewis says that the press should have some …
Issue: May-June 2008
Francis James Child
… Francis James Child , A.B. 1846, was a model of nineteenth-century academic achievement. Named Harvard’s Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory at 26, he was one of his … remembered than many distinguished colleagues because, at the height of his career, he decided to apply a gift for …
Issue: May-June 2006
Rakesh Khurana To Step Down
… Thursday that he is stepping down next June, making the 2024-25 academic year his last as dean of Harvard College. In a letter addressed to the University … to make this announcement as I began the final year of my second term and what at the time I believed would be …
David Hemenway: Who Can Solve America’s Gun Problem?
… committed with firearms are becoming more frequent in the United States. And the total number of gun deaths, a majority by suicide, is now on par with those caused by automobile accidents. None of this has broken the political gridlock in Washington that …
The Law School’s Northwest Corner Shapes Up
… As spring came to Cambridge, the shrouds that had covered the Law School’s new building during winter construction … its stone façade. Occupancy is expected in late 2011. … The building’s façade is now visible. … 27177 … Northwest …
Issue: May-June 2010