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Extracurriculars
… Enjoy a range of offerings in and around Harvard Square, from swing dancing on the Charles River, a stroll through the Arnold Arboretum, or a tasty picnic of artisanal cheeses …
Issue: July-August 2008
Flags Honor Veterans Mental Health Awareness
… As part of the first-ever Veterans Mental Health Awareness Week, the Harvard College organization Harvard Undergraduates … (HUHV) has placed 349 American flags on the lawn in front of Memorial Hall in honor of U.S. service members who took …
Cryptic Puzzle: “Gift”
… SOLVE THE MOST recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. … Philippines Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD …
Bruce Western
… His interest in prisons began “almost by accident,” says the new director of the Kennedy School of Government’s Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and …
Issue: January-February 2008
Fleeting Fame
… Kaavya Viswanathan’s 15 minutes of fame proved unusually nasty and brutish as well as short. Publicity profiles anticipating the late-March publication of her debut “chick-lit” novel, …
Issue: July-August 2006
H. Stuart Hughes
… The author of the memoir Gentleman Rebel had much in common with Henry … candidate for president in 1916 and later chief justice of the Supreme Court. Like Adams, he had an opportunity to …
Issue: November-December 2004
Pipes's Partner
… No study of Daniel Pipes would be complete without a few words about the trenchant Martin Kramer, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former editor of Pipes's Middle East Quarterly, who earned his …
Issue: January-February 2005
Ecosystem Patterns and Productivity
… The Kenyan dwarf gecko was what first drew Harvard research fellow Robert M. Pringle to the savannas of Kenya, but the termites kept him there. After he and his … the mounds enhanced ecosystem productivity. The presence of termites was already known to increase the number of …
Issue: September-October 2010
At Last, a Sweep
… , an unusual sight greeted fans at Lavietes Pavilion: the 2018 NCAA men’s basketball national championship trophy … the prize to one school in every conference in advance of March Madness. The notion of Harvard winning that tournament may be far-fetched, but …
New England Forests
… Friends of Harvard Magazine are cordially invited to join us for a … David Foster, senior lecturer on biology and director of the Harvard Forest, will lead us through this brand-new …
An Interfaith Answer to Campus Tensions
… discussion on religious pluralism last Friday afternoon at the Harvard Divinity School, during which the campus divides … over Israel-Palestine were at times front and center. Part of a daylong event commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of … the kinds of painful and difficult disputes that have arisen on campus during this past school year. The case …
Cryptic Puzzle: “Coach”
… Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. … Debbie Levine – Acton, MA Dave Libby – Concord, MA Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico Daniel J. Milton – …
Alumni College
… The Alumni College programs, run by the Harvard Alumni … day-long symposia to two-hour workshops and cover an array of topics. On December 7, Shaking the Family Tree in … Surveillance in the 21st Century features associate professor of pathology Frederic Bieber and associate professor …
Issue: November-December 2006
Re-Development
… After two years in limbo, the Center for International Development (CID) has at least a temporary new lease on life. The appointment of Kamal professor of public policy Mark R. Rosenzweig, a development …
Issue: November-December 2004
How Air Pollution Affects Our Brains
… evidence shows that exposure to air pollution increases the incidence and progression of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurocognitive … , according to Francesca Dominici. She spoke as part of a panel on how air pollution affects the human brain, …