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Andrew W. Murray
… Photograph by Jon Chase One week after publication of the human genome, Andrew W. Murray, professor of molecular and cellular biology and director of …
Staying Active without Climbing Mount Everest
… a visitor excerpts from his latest manuscript and copies of his alpine photographs, exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts earlier this year. Then there's his other small …
Loot, Vinegar, Blisters
… note recently from John Altrocchi ’50, retired as a professor of behavioral sciences at the University of Nevada School of Medicine and as a …
Issue: May-June 2015
Meju’s Korean Fusion
… a rustic-sleek vibe to Meju in Somerville’s Davis Square. The Korean-fusion restaurant (sister to Bibim in Allston) opened earlier this year; it offers traditional dishes with a few twists, along with … the dukbokki ($9)—traditional Korean street fare consisting of garlicky rice cakes, here made gooey and pasta-like by …
Issue: July-August 2015
Business Unusual
… The last time the Harvard Business School talked about … usually delivered with a nervous chuckle. While the value of the school's recently completed chapel as an economic … was appointed in 1980, apparently determined to reverse the rise of the laissez-faire approach to campus planning. The …
Innovator David Edwards’s New Book on “Artscience” Labs
… McKay professor of the practice of biomedical engineering David Edwards , envisioning the future of artistic-scientific creativity, advocates the …
An Evolving Foe
… There was a time when it seemed that medicine and human … ingenuity could remove deadly infections from the face of the planet. The stunning success of vaccines in wiping … of this disease, but ever since, cases have been on the rise. Every year, more than a million people—mostly children …
Issue: March-April 2010
Teen Grind Culture
… are live participants in an unprecedented experiment, as the sudden ubiquity of smartphones and hyper-engaging social media influences … navigate this landscape, amid evidence that the prevalence of anxiety and depression has increased sharply among …
Issue: March-April 2025
Parklands and Wastewater
… Wandering the hilly paths of Boston Harbor ’s Deer Island, breathing … That this stunning recreational space doubles as the home of the nation’s second-largest wastewater treatment plant …
Issue: May-June 2022
Cambridge 02138
… Higher Ed Obligations Julie Reuben’s important review of how brand-obsessed colleges are neglecting the needs and purpose of higher education lists several … teaching cadre also corrodes the academic enterprise. Instructors who can be hired and fired at will have …
Issue: May-June 2023
Arts' Rising Place
… The practice of the arts is in the ascendant at Harvard. And even though … there is not now enough space to contain this explosion of student talent and creativity, the Faculty of Arts and …
Issue: May-June 2004
Stadium Sonnet
… Adam Kirsch’s review of The Art of the Sonnet ( “Echo Chamber--and Amplifier,” … death To high achievement. Up, up, up! Oh climb another riser. Once more Again. Each brings thee close to sup With …
Issue: November-December 2010
How to Make a Mammal
… a mess ,” Sharad Ramanathan thinks, contemplating a group of cells growing in a glass dish. There are different cell types everywhere, the random … world’s leading industrial research and development enterprise, he was in the company of scientific luminaries, …
Issue: January-February 2024
Undergraduate Education Overseers
… The committees charged with leading the Faculty of Arts and … of four working groups. Each committee will ultimately comprise eight faculty members, two undergraduates, one graduate …
Issue: May-June 2003
“Lighthouse Thomas”
… In Commencement season, drudges in the press searching for good copy like to celebrate someone … back in time, Primus points to Charles Grandison Thomas, of the College class of 1838, who deserves a spot high in the pantheon of …
Issue: May-June 2013