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Harvard's Dapper Dean
… Harvard may not have a reputation as the most fashionable place, but this morning, one of our own landed on the list of the 25 most stylish Bostonians compiled by the Boston …
Islam's Political Polyphony
… In 60 nations around the world, Muslims constitute a majority of the population--but there is no single role for Islam in … by the Harvard Islamic Society and the Institute of Politics Student Advisory Committee, the forum offered …
Issue: January-February 2002
Corporation Member James F. Rothenberg Dies
… Bloomberg reported on July 21 that James F. Rothenberg ’68, M.B.A. ’70—a member of the Harvard Corporation and past University treasurer , … role to which Rothenberg seemed at least in part to have risen.) From the dark financial days that cast an …
Update: Chemistry Professor Wins Prize for Imaging Techniques
… Professor of chemistry and chemical biology X. Sunney Xie, whose work is detailed in the cover story of our current issue, has won the Berthold Leibinger Research Prize for laser technology. …
“Old” Food Reduces Lifespan
… thinking about this question for centuries,” says Harvard professor of medicine Vadim Gladyshev. It sounds almost … in fact it’s thorny and complicated, and although several theories have emerged—that organisms are “programmed” by … through the diet. It’s also likely that the damage arises from many processes. “And they all work together in a …
David J. Malan
… “ that guy who never left.” For one thing, he did leave—the Connecticut native taught high-school algebra and … after graduating, then spent a year working for a wireless software startup in Philadelphia before returning to … enrollment has more than doubled, and female enrollment has risen to a record 36 percent. But he doubts that teaching …
Issue: July-August 2009
Militant about "Islamism"
… a mistake to blame Islam, a religion 14 centuries old, for the evil that should be ascribed to militant Islam, a … solution." ~Daniel Pipes Richard Pipes, Baird research professor of history, recounts in his recent book, Vixi, that … to current events." Thus began his efforts to publicize the rise and perceived dangers of militant Islam. In a profusion …
Issue: January-February 2005
Cambridge 02138
… Discourse and the Humanities Doris Sommer’s article on the crucial place of the humanities in holding a democracy together had me … of the day.” Next year (God willing and the creeks don’t rise) will be my class’s sixtieth reunion. Were it this …
Issue: July-August 2021
Peabody Essex Museum’s “In American Waters”
… “In American Waters,” a new exhibit of more than 90 paintings at the Peabody Essex Museum, portrays the magnitude of Odyssean journeys, along with the “beauty, violence, …
Issue: July-August 2021
Distant Planets
… In the last five years, the idea of finding planets orbiting … 1998, page 16). But until last fall, these "discoveries" of extrasolar planets were all based on indirect detection: …
“From Artist to Audience” at Radcliffe
… poet, designer/photographer, and composer—discussed the creative process and the relationship between creators … at the Loeb Drama Center. Diane Paulus, artistic director of the American Repertory Theater (ART) and professor of the … of President Barack Obama, J.D. ’91—and gave a reprise at the Loeb. McIver and her mentally disabled sister …
Snap Judgments Work!
… An attentive glance, an affirming nod, a warm smile--these may sound like the makings of a love sonnet, but in a groundbreaking study on … of behavior--can be remarkably accurate. "I was totally surprised. I really did not expect any results at all," Ambady …
Harvard Headlines: Hasty Pudding Picks Timberlake, Helen Molesworth Departs, and More
… added). Justin Timberlake has been named Hasty Pudding Man of the Year, People magazine and the Harvard Crimson report. He … the award. Anne Hathaway , named the organization's Woman of the Year last week, is set to accept her award on January …
Nieman Fellow Eliza Griswold Wins Pulitzer Prize
… Berggruen Fellow at Harvard Divinity School, was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction on Monday for … book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America . In the book, published by Farrar, Straus and … over seven years, the book describes the consequences of fracking and corporate greed in the small rural town. …
Faculty Air Governance Concerns
… The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) devoted most of its … were disclosed) , Jasanoff, a professor of history, had risen to suggest that communication within FAS fell short of … and FAS have come since those governance and financial crises, and equally worth knowing that many professors have …