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Historic Henley
… Even given the storied history of Harvard crew, it was an unprecedented day. On Sunday, July 7, the final day of the Henley Royal Regatta in Henley, England, Harvard won …
Issue: September-October 2002
Harvard Football Great Performances: Vic Kennard ’09
… Had COVID-19 not hijacked the Ivy football season, among so many other activities, the … take a deep dive into antiquity, this time to the season of ’08. 1908. Great (Gridiron) Performances Missing … without games, football correspondent Dick Friedman reprises past Crimson glories: epic plays, players, and …
American Values and Constitutional Law
… In a cerebral yet heartfelt Commencement address, the Honorable David H. Souter ’61, LL.B. ’66, former associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, spoke of the necessity in constitutional law to choose between …
A New Theory on Longevity
… possible way to increase human life span, has gotten a lot of press lately. Research on rats and mice has shown that reducing their food consumption by 50 percent, while maintaining … for mice also work for men? Lloyd Demetrius, an associate of the department of population genetics in the Museum of …
Issue: November-December 2004
Comings and Goings
… Local Harvard clubs organize a number of lectures and social events. What follows is a list of some of the gatherings planned. For further information, contact the …
Issue: January-February 2002
Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences Receives $400-Million Endowment Gift
… has given a $400-million endowment gift to Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)—the largest in University history, and the second enormous … likely to be based at an academic building scheduled to rise soon at the corner of North Harvard Street and Western …
Scenes from Commencement
… Baccalaureate by class marshals (from left) Daniel Droller, of Eliot House and Pelham, New York; first marshal Gerard Hammond, of Cabot House and Brooklyn; Avik Chatterjee, of Adams House … attired and with walkie-talkie, forms and launches the afternoon line of march, characterized by the WHRB …
Issue: July-August 2002
Jeffrey Toobin to Speak at HLS Class Day
… ’86, senior legal analyst for CNN and a staff writer for The New Yorker, will be the guest speaker at Harvard Law … for ABC. In 2000, he won an Emmy award for his coverage of the Elián González custody battle. The author of numerous books, including several best-sellers (among …
Spirits Undampened
… Concluding the dinner for honorary-degree recipients in Annenberg Hall … it rains.” Thursday morning, as dawn arrived not in a blaze of sunlight but in a gradual lessening of the gray overhead, … sky,/O they tell me of a home where no storm-clouds rise:/O they tell me of an unclouded day,” etc.), arranged …
Hello from Havana
… President Raúl Castro’s principal contribution thus far to the lives of ordinary Cubans has been that television soap operas now … province named City of Havana. Yet another sign of change arises from Raúl’s own family. His daughter, Mariela Castro, …
Issue: July-August 2009
Harvard Entrepreneurs’ Summer Road Trip
… invests in expanding engineering and applied sciences—in the growth of the faculty ranks at the eponymous school, and in such … work, and commerce: seeding and starting new enterprises based on their discoveries. The latter activities are …
Financial Crisis, Faculty Perspectives
… For detailed accounts of the panel presentations and access to a recorded webcast of the September 25 discussion, consult “ Financial Crisis, …
Geneticist Jack Szostak Shares Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
… Professor of genetics Jack W. Szostak has won the Nobel Prize in … and Carol W. Greider (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine). The three scientists were recognized for their work on how …
Casbah Nights
… It is strangely joyful to walk down the narrow, Colonial-era streets of Charlestown, lit by vintage-style gas lamps, and through the doors of Tangierino. The Moroccan restaurant's velvety, …
Issue: January-February 2005
Latinos Nix Violence
… likely to be law-abiding than third-generation Americans of similar socioeconomic status, reports Robert Sampson, Ford professor of the social sciences. These new findings run counter to … lowered his or her likelihood of violence. Sampson was surprised to discover that a person’s immigrant status emerged …
Issue: September-October 2006