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Attacking Aids
… The quest for an AIDS vaccine is a compelling story. … geopolitical conferences, even a presidential State of the Union address. The topic has spawned at least two … a medical writer and journalist, was formerly an editor of the Harvard Health Letter. We are told on the book jacket …
Issue: January-February 2002
Barbara Lawrence
… When a forest fire broke out on the Wyoming dude ranch where Barbara Lawrence was working as … on natural-history collecting expeditions for the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) in the 1930s, first in the Mojave Desert and then in the jungles of Southeast Asia. In the Philippines, “Although I set traps …
Issue: January-February 2025
Crimson's "Most Interesting Seniors" List Includes Some Familiar Names
… The Harvard Crimson 's list of the "15 Most Interesting" members of the class of 2010 had significant overlap with Harvard …
You’ve Got Game
… Roger Angell ’42, who died last month at 101. Whether you’re a pro, a hobbyist, or finally ready to get … two-plus years in a pandemic, the region has plenty to offer. Here’s where to join a club, hit the courts, set … intramural team? Hub Sports Boston ( hubsportsboston.com ) offers competitions throughout the area in leagues ranging …
Issue: July-August 2022
Upside for Downloads
… Last year, pop star Madonna went on the attack in the war over file sharing, the popular but illegal practice of downloading copyrighted music from the Internet for free. In the spring of 2003, she and her record label, Warner Brothers, seeded …
Issue: July-August 2004
The Uses of Discomfort
… participants,” Roeshana Moore-Evans, executive director of the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative, told those … the fact that it was built by humans, and it’s comprised of humans. And the truth is, humans are messy. And …
What Makes Humans Smart?
… “ good at solving problems,” “innovative”: such words are often used to describe the capabilities of exceptional people. But what if being smart is less about …
Issue: September-October 2023
What We Keep
… This past year, the Harvard Alumni Association has hosted global programs of which my predecessors could only dream—moderated conversations that attracted thousands of participants representing more than one hundred countries …
Issue: May-June 2022
Manhood Reconsidered
… As a professor at Harvard Business School, Robin J. Ely has had her … of experience with how men (who constitute 80 percent of the school’s faculty) conduct themselves in the workplace. … on the two rigs (which were dubbed Rex and Comus) surprised her by how openly they expressed their vulnerability, …
Issue: September-October 2007
University Magic
… inevitably, Harvard’s 357th Commencement touched on some of these concerns. On Wednesday, June 4, President Drew Faust’s remarks at the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps commissioning ceremony necessarily …
Issue: July-August 2008
Yesterday's News
… 1922 The Harvard community is delighted that Leavitt and Peirce, long the unofficial "headquarters for Harvard men," has a new co-owner: … and his partner plan to maintain the "gathering place" feel of the store, where undergraduate announcements are posted, …
Issue: September-October 2002
After Affirmative Action
… The Supreme Court, in a decision announced June 29, banned … admissions at both public and private institutions of higher education, ruling the practices at Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) unconstitutional and overturning …
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Issue: September-October 2023
Brevia
… Radcliffe Institute Interim Dean Rose Lincoln / Harvard News Office Barbara J. Grosz Higgins professor of natural sciences Barbara J. Grosz , a computer scientist, has been named interim dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She succeeds …
Issue: July-August 2007
Is Vitamin D a Wonder Pill?
… “In the case of religion, we put our faith in gods. And in nutrition, we have vitamins,” writes journalist Catherine Price in Vitamania, in which she traces vitamin … absorption and play an essential role in bone health, it’s often added to dairy products. More recent studies, linking …
Issue: May-June 2015
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Chicken (Super-Savory Grated Tofu) Recipe
… Grating super-firm tofu is one of my favorite party tricks in the kitchen. It makes tofu not only quicker to prepare (no …