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Addressing Arthritis
… inevitable, and ubiquitous--with some 40 million victims in the United States, it's the most common joint disease, as well as the leading cause of disability after age 65. Some researchers believe that … suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune form of the disease that is more likely to affect people in their …
Reunion in Beijing
… In October, the author known by the ultracapitalistic pseudonym "Adam … with an avowed communist and long-time Chinese government official. The interviewee, Ji Chaozhu, also happened to be one of Goodman's classmates. Portions of their conversation will …
Home, Harvard, and (Im)permanence
… I spent the first “post-pandemic” semester back on campus racked … hit me hard. Some nights, I couldn’t sleep. The context of the pandemic is unique to my college experience and that of my peers. And though it’s tempting to see it as something …
Issue: January-February 2023
Penny Pritzker’s Perspectives
… Monday afternoon, Penny Pritzker, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, talked about the governing board’s … board’s reins to Pritzker. Her service as senior fellow has of course become highly visible: she became immediately …
Comic License
… In the television show Master of None , two Asian-American … parents to dinner. Awkwardly, one announces the purpose of the meal: “We wanted to learn more about you and how you …
Issue: July-August 2017
A Night at Gustazo
… grown from a homey storefront in Belmont, serving a handful of authentic specials, to two locations—in Cambridge and a new … work. Carelessly handled, empanadas become tasteless wads of dough. Happily, none of this occurs at Gustazo, where …
Issue: March-April 2020
HAA Awards 2014
… Established in 1990, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards recognize … to be presented on September 18 during the HAA board of directors’ fall meeting. Robert R. Bowie Jr. ’73 of Monkton, Maryland, has dedicated countless hours to …
Issue: September-October 2014
Honor Roll
… Philip Fisher Howard Georgi Rose Licoln / Harvard News Office Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office Margo I. Seltzer Lino Pertile Kris Snibbe / Harvard … six faculty members Harvard College Professors, to honor their superior undergraduate teaching: Reid professor of …
Issue: July-August 2005
Harvard Corporation’s Agenda
… conversation this afternoon, William F. Lee, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, reviewed the progress of the … enable medical research. Participants include local enterprises like Vertex, Harvard provost Alan Garber, MIT, …
War, Misremembered
… After wars end , they live on—in history, memory, culture, and societies’ … choices. In a searching analysis, Elizabeth D. Samet ’91, professor of English at the United States Military Academy (profiled …
Issue: January-February 2022
$6 Billion-Plus
… article was reported, two more schools provided data on the status of their campaign fundraising. The Harvard Kennedy School … gifts totaling $432 million (toward a $500-million goal) as of last June 30; its extensive campus renovation and …
Issue: November-December 2015
Matt Damon: From Harvard to Hollywood, and Back Home
… he left Harvard with something perhaps more valuable: the first act of the movie that skyrocketed him to fame, Good Will Hunting … “I left with this document under my arm—this first 40 pages of a screenplay,” said Damon, who received the 2013 Arts …
On “Inspiration” and an Ohio Swimming Hole
… The two-hundred twenty-first Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) literary exercises—the beginning of Harvard’s formal Commencement activities—were conducted … business, Alpha Iota Chapter president Ann Blair, Lea professor of history and Harvard College Professor, directed …
Jerrold Rosenbaum: Are Psychedelics an Effective Treatment for Mood Disorders?
… treatment for mood disorders? Jerrold Rosenbaum, director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics, discusses the potential of using …
A Singular Woman’s Biographer
… It was in March 2008, while working at the New York Times, that Janny Scott ’77 first encountered Stanley Ann Dunham. As part of the paper’s presidential campaign coverage, Scott had … his past,” she recalls, “and I encountered a photograph of Obama and his mother. I was fascinated by the …
Issue: July-August 2011