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Football 2021: Harvard 49, Brown 17
… rain ever-threatening. But at 6:30 p.m.—30 minutes before the scheduled kickoff of the Harvard football team’s home opener against Ivy …
A Tragedy and a Mystery
… and violent flashbacks, ends his own life. A young mother, sleep-deprived and stressed by the emotional demands placed on her, harbors persistent thoughts of suicide. A 19-year-old college student, referred to a … to dissuade them from doing so, remains a mystery, says professor of psychology Matthew Nock . “More people die by …
Issue: January-February 2011
A Lab for Contemporary Classical Music
… gracefully draws a violin bow vertically along the edge of a Himalayan singing bowl, producing a sound … 2005 composition “ …zu Staub… ” (“to dust”) uses a number of uncommon instruments and objects, including this singing …
WWI Women Remembered
… Memorial Church on November 11, Ronald Sobel, senior rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El, New York City, spoke of the nature of liberalism, which descended "like a sunbeam" …
Issue: January-February 2002
Sketch Artist
… style isn’t always neatly captured in a single piece of work, but with Colin Jost ’04, his “Mocktails,” a collection of cartoons scribbled on cocktail napkins, are especially … through in his stand-up performances (“I went to Party City the other day, and it was totally dead,” he joked during a …
Issue: January-February 2018
Harvard Management Company Reduces Staff 25 Percent
… Harvard Management Company (HMC) , which invests the University's endowment assets, is reducing its staffing. … mission is to preserve and enhance the financial assets of Harvard University over the long term in support of the University's academic programs, its students, and its …
Behind the Scenes: Caring for the Caregivers
… Associate editor Lydialyle Gibson examines the role of the “Invisible Second Patient.” When I was in … caregivers for loved ones with dementia. (It’s no surprise this is a common experience: right now, more than seven …
Escape Artist
… The three periods of a collegiate wrestling match—three minutes, followed by two more of two minutes each—can tick by quickly. “But [comparing it … on your head and shoulders, and trying to bring you down to the mat. “You’re battling a lot of adversity in a wrestling …
Issue: January-February 2015
Chapter & Verse
… Winthrop Drake Thies seeks the legal citation for a British Admiralty case "which supported the necessity of the foreign tribunal having had personal — or at … to be respected by asking rhetorically: 'Shall the writs of Antigua bind the whole world?'" Virginia Wetherbee …
Issue: July-August 2004
Brevia
… Hailing from Harvard To fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, LL.B. ’60, President Barack … 16 nominated Merrick B. Garland ’74, J.D. ’77, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. …
Issue: May-June 2016
A Bet and a Black Hole
… The idea that objects exist whose gravity is so powerful … distance to Cygnus X-1, making possible an inference of its mass. Furthermore, they calculated that the gas … times per second—a phenomenal rate that is half the speed of light—clear evidence of an object whose gravitational …
Issue: November-December 2011
Long-Term Investing, Short-Term Thinking
… telecommunications equipment have something in common: they are in constant need of repair and upgrade. But who wants to plan and pay for … projects? Likewise, the slow but inexorable pace of rising seas caused by climate change threatens coastal …
Issue: July-August 2019
Pardis Sabeti
… On a recent Tuesday afternoon, Pardis Sabeti was not in her office at Harvard’s Center for Systems Biology, but en route to Manhattan—to play a gig that night at a club in the Meatpacking District with Thousand Days, the … the latter does not detract from her duties as assistant professor of organismic and evolutionary biology; the …
Issue: May-June 2009
Overcommitted Undergraduates?
… R. Lewis begins his annual report on Harvard College for the previous academic year (available at … academic credentials and lamenting the inadequacy of the academic advising provided to them (see " Amending … measured by standard achievement tests. Mean scores have risen, and the dispersion around those means has shrunk. …
Issue: May-June 2002
Installation Address
… Drew Faust gave the following address for her installation as Harvard’s 28th … on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. To view additional coverage of the Installation festivities, including additional audio … exclusive slideshow, see our special coverage Inauguration of Drew Faust . I stand honored by your trust, inspired by …