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Nonstop
… wake up each morning with a fever; you feel like a shadow of yourself. But no time for sickness today—the Adams House intramural crew has one of its thrice-weekly … 6 A.M., and you…will…row. Some mornings, you watch the sunrise from Lamont Library after hitting your study groove …
Issue: March-April 2010
Ken’s Story
… has prompted David G. Nathan, M.D., president emeritus of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, to detail three patients’ … forthcoming book, to help nonscientific readers understand the promise and pitfalls of this new research. In doing so, … cancer. They thought the tumor looked like the kind that arises in supporting tissues such as muscle, tendon, and …
Issue: January-February 2007
“Study-Ins” and Studying
… The bullhorn-led responsive chanting and shouted epithets … 100 pro-Palestinian students taped flyers to the backs of their laptop screens and read for an hour. That … Other students, facing health challenges or family crises, may also seek to sustain their College schooling …
Max J. Krupnick , John S. Rosenberg
Issue: January-February 2025
Our Towns
… Heading west by small plane from the East Coast, writes James Fallows ’70, “you have a sense of going uphill, and into drier air. Mile by mile you leave … River and toward the broad, brown Missouri, the land slowly rises, the vegetation becomes sparser and more …
Issue: May-June 2018
A-courting They Shall Go
… A month before our plans of study came due last May, many of my fellow first-years became frantic. Having to choose … both impossible and grossly unfair—none of our friends at other schools had to make the decision so quickly! One of my …
Issue: January-February 2003
Social Educator
… "Slavery has been a step-child of the human-rights movement," Jesse Sage '98 declares, and it … Sage was an arts editor on the Independent and part of a rock band, but "didn't take part in anything activist." …
Issue: May-June 2002
Write It!
… Why not carve out time for a writing retreat through The Muse & The Marketplace? Organized by Boston’s nonprofit creative-writing center Grub Street, the annual … one, April 21-25, more than 65 speakers and workshops will offer lessons and insights to writers of all styles, genres, …
Issue: March-April 2021
Tools and Tests
… Your mother has had difficulty walking, and this morning she is … might have ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a disease of the nervous system, specifically of the motor neurons that control the muscles. Without …
Issue: January-February 2010
Methanol, Cheeseburgers, Metals
… Interdisciplinary science like that supported by the Microbial Sciences Initiative depends heavily on training the next generation of researchers: junior faculty members who use … animal feed lots and even household sewage. They can even arise spontaneously as a response to toxic-waste cleanup …
Issue: November-December 2007
Unionizing Harvard Academic Workers
… After a yearlong public campaign —and the three years of quiet organizing that preceded … and adjunct faculty members. The second bargaining unit comprises about 110 staff members in Harvard Law School (HLS) …
Claudine Gay Named Harvard’s Thirtieth President
… C laudine Gay —dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) since 2018—will … advice of three excellent advisory committees—comprised of faculty, students, and staff from across Harvard’s …
Money-Manager Transition
… The University announced on January 11 that Jack R. Meyer, M.B.A. '69, president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company (HMC), would "conclude … and then left to establish private money-management enterprises -- typically with a contract to continue managing …
Issue: March-April 2005
College Friends
… was recently telling me that it gets harder after college. There just won’t be this many people your age around ever … jobs and apartments far away from yours and plenty of friends already. At college everyone has so much time; … she added. My Harvard social experience has consisted of a handful of very close friendships amid a truckload of …
Issue: September-October 2017
Cambridge 02138
… It will take my beloved College 20 years to overcome the damage it has done in running Summers off. What were you thinking of, you at the FAS? That only … Harvard will suffer grievously. Tuitions have certainly risen too high. Harvard, like America generally, is probably …
Issue: May-June 2006
Leaders Born in Darkness
… reminded that “Early in his presidency…Lincoln discovered the power of mastering his emotions in a specific situation carefully … her book and say what must be said. When her anxiety rises, the author walks around the room, staring out into …
Issue: September-October 2017