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Why Are Women More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks When Treated by Female MDs?
… in advance for a medical emergency, research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that patients—especially women—who …
Bringing Pride and Plans to Life
… In Uganda , there is a hierarchy of houses. The poorest live in huts … a patient’s viral load comes down and her immune-cell count rises, her appetite comes back. If she’s short on food, all …
Asian-American Admissions Suit Proceeds to Discovery
… A couple of hundred thousand applicants for admission to Harvard College are about to hear from the institution again—in an unexpected and possibly … or transfer admission to Harvard College between the fall of 2009 and the spring of 2015.” The notice advises that the …
Kara Walker “Sweet Talks” Harvard
… In 1994— the year she graduated from the Rhode Island School of … the Drawing Center in Soho. Three years later, at the age of 27, she became one of the youngest recipients of a …
A New Script for One L
… The experience of first-year students at Harvard Law School, … on October 5 for an overhaul. The present course of study was established in essence in 1870, along with the … of dealing with the sort of messy situations that arise in the world, which require consideration of multiple …
Issue: January-February 2007
Rudolph Tanzi: What Can People Do To Maintain Brain Health As They Age?
… What Can People Do To Maintain Brain Health As They Age? Harvard Medical School professor of neurology Rudolph Tanzi discusses how lifestyle choices …
Harvard Museums’ Public Face
… Jane Pickering has been appointed executive director of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture (HMSC), comprising the consortium of …
Yesterday’s News
… 1922 Despite the belief of many alumni that “one does not advertise one’s … an Associated Harvard Clubs committee recommends repeal of the rule forbidding photographers in the Yard on …
Issue: May-June 2022
Amartya Sen, a Memoir
… Home in the World , Amartya Sen’s memoir of his years in the U.K, … however, were of Burma. He was enchanted by the sunrise he could see beyond the Maymyo hills from his home in …
Football: Harvard 34, Yale 7
… Once again , the big game went Harvard’s way. Tailback Paul Stanton … won seven straight over the Bulldogs, has prevailed in 12 of the teams’ last 13 meetings, and has not lost at Yale … to the season-ending victory, Dartmouth's 28-24 upset of Princeton—previously unbeaten in Ivy League play—gave …
Sisters in Thin Air
… The tallest group of women ever to play basketball for Harvard is now on the court. They're not just high, but mighty: "This is … Kathy Delaney-Smith, now in her eighteenth year at the helm of women's hoop. On this altitudinal squad, the highest of …
“Reverse-Engineering Chinese Censorship”
… In a talk at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences on September 12, Gary King , Weatherhead University Professor and director of the Institute for Quantitative …
Harvard College Outlines Fall Options—with Instruction Remaining Remote
… Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean Claudine Gay today outlined the three planning scenarios for how Harvard College might … decision is our commitment to protecting the academic enterprise and preserving academic continuity for all of our …
Yesterday’s News
… 1932 Herbert Hoover carries the College (1,211 votes) in the Crimson ’s presidential … showing (484 to FDR’s 620) to “an extraordinary increase of independent thinking among the students.” Harvard … moustaches, coincidentally, are becoming passé for members of the team. 1947 President James Bryant Conant criticizes …
Tommy Lee Jones Awarded Harvard Arts Medal
… Film actor Tommy Lee Jones ’69 received the Harvard Arts Medal on Thursday, April 27, in Sanders … she noted that Jones “can take us to the crossroads of the comic and the terrible, the violent and the … long as I live.” Jones has appeared in 50 motion pictures, often in starring roles, and has received a sheaf of awards …