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Randall Thompson
… To many music lovers, the name Randall Thompson '20 brings first to mind the lofty sounds of his most famous anthem, based on the single word …
When “Failure” Means Success
… we haven’t experienced failures here. After four years at the school, most students, if we’re being honest, can recall … then the University’s extracurricular culture—where many of the most sought-after clubs involve a months-long “comp” … the rejection email arrived, I was not particularly surprised, but I was devastated and embarrassed. I suspected …
Issue: March-April 2023
Disease Fighter
… Wald '78 was diagnosed with Steinert's Disease, a rare form of muscular dystrophy (MD), 13 years ago. Because of the muscle deterioration MD causes, Wald can no longer run, …
Issue: September-October 2002
Brevia
… EVP Exits Katherine (“Katie”) N. Lapp, executive vice president since … campus planning and design, and the police and ombudsman’s office. But she played a visible, leading role in Harvard’s … Khan Academy, who gave $1.1 billion to anchor the new enterprise—the largest single gift in the university’s history. …
Issue: July-August 2022
A Reischauer Returns
… The newest member of the President and Fellows of Harvard … for that new world," he said, "a lot of new challenges" arise. Similarly, the "revolution in life science" leads to … will be moderate." Clearly, he would not be surprised by some retrenchment. Leaner times encourage an …
Issue: January-February 2003
“Decarcerating” America
… community organizer Brittany White finds herself thinking of Bianca. She met her in 2009, when both women were serving prison sentences with the Alabama Department of Corrections. Bianca had been denied parole for 10 years, …
Issue: November-December 2021
Klarman Hall Breaks Ground
… Under a dazzling spring sky, with just a hint of cirrus on the horizon—temperatures in the 70s, shadbushes and weeping … not, of course, a panacea.” As markets evolve and companies rise and fall, “There are losers as well as winners,” and …
Voter Suppression Returns
… The 2012 election campaign—for Congress as well as the … to be bitterly fought, even nasty. Leaders of both major parties, and their core constituents, believe … last year, although the 2008 and 2010 elections gave rise to only five formal complaints about voter …
Issue: July-August 2012
Anger Management
… turned to a medium that speaks to children everywhere: they developed a video game. In the game, children learn to … emotional states; if they get agitated and their heart rate rises too high, the controls stop working until their heart … their emotions. See how it works. … 29667 … Video tour of a game that helps children with anger issues handle their …
Issue: January-February 2011
Cambridge Scholars
… Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2016-2017 academic year. Alona Bach of Berkeley, California, and Cabot House, a history and … Jersey Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College; Vivek Banerjee, of Studio City, California, and Dunster House, a social …
Issue: July-August 2016
Seeing Biological Systems Whole
… Marc Kirschner, one of the world's leading cell biologists, has a new office. He apologizes for a mess that hardly exists -- a …
Issue: March-April 2005
Independent Historian
… Daniel Rasmussen ’09 found his senior thesis topic where the history books left off: scattered but brief references to a slave rebellion in … and literature concentrator realized that, with a militia of some 500 black slaves, this was the single largest and …
Issue: January-February 2011
A Peak Experience
… he thrives as a pediatric neurosurgeon — operating on the delicate region where the spinal column attaches to the … the danger. “I wouldn’t go to a place like Everest right off the street,” he explains. “I did it safely, by … challenging regions, such as Alaska or Peru. “It was kind of a natural progression,” he says. “It would have been …
Issue: November-December 2005
Walter Channing
… spanning nearly six decades, Walter Channing provided the medical skills and compassionate care women sought as they faced the pain and dangers of childbirth. Channing was born in Newport, Rhode Island, into a family that boasted a signer of the Declaration of Independence, his grandfather William …
Issue: March-April 2004
Locked In
… The lingering symbols of this past spring semester are … they organized groups of faculty members to address campus crises that evolved, or deepened, during the year. At the May …
Issue: July-August 2024