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Cambridge 02138
… At the end of his article on the difficult times facing academic medical centers … somewhere at the Council on Higher Education hang portraits of all the Ivy League presidents. The only one who is …
“Even Higher” Education
… in Cambridge and Allston became a magnet for mature professionals. It offered a unique advantage not available online: access to idea exchange and connections across the whole University, including multigenerational dialogue …
Issue: September-October 2011
Lessons from an Old Man in a Black Bathing Suit
… live to be very old, "as if living to ninety were primarily the result of hard work or prayer, rather than good genes and never … here . … "as if living to ninety were primarily the result of hard work or prayer..." … Lessons from an Old Man in a …
Rapid Tests, in Time for Fall Surge
… Last week, the first rapid, inexpensive, coronavirus tests were finally … are infectious, in order to prevent asymptomatic spread of SARS CoV-2. The news was welcomed in particular by assistant professor of epidemiology Michael J. Mina, an immunologist who …
Baker, Bisected
… The reconstruction of Harvard Business School's Baker … a 100,000-square-foot new "academic center" and reorient the entrance toward Allston — began with the cleaving off of the building's existing back side. The project in …
Issue: March-April 2004
Dead or Alive? Seems Like a Simple Question, But...
… The "Ideas" section in this week's Boston Sunday Globe had an article exploring how the advances of modern medicine have made "death" a subjective … arrest no longer means certain death, and even the standard of brain death isn't crystal-clear: some brain-dead patients …
Storytelling Scholar
… hers was a fantasy novel written for young adults instead of a tome issued by a university press. The Cabinet of Wonders (Farrar Straus Giroux), the first of Rutkoski’s …
Issue: January-February 2009
An Endowment Manager’s Pay Exceeds $11 Million
… The University this afternoon released its tax return for nonprofit organizations (Form 990) for 2013, covering the tax … to Jane L. Mendillo, then president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company (HMC, which is …
Where the Grass Is Greener
… Not infrequently, companies lure professors to highly paid positions directing scientific … in pharmaceuticals, technology, and related fields. But the recent departures of some leading Harvard scientists … pathways, left in January 2024 to lead the science enterprise at Arena Bioworks, a new nonprofit biomedical research …
Issue: January-February 2025
Arriflex and Amber
… At nightfall, the hyenas began to cry and laugh after we had eaten and were enjoying our recent successes in the art of nonfiction filmmaking. That journal entry, from July 1968 in Ethiopia, somehow epitomizes the creative career of Robert Gardner. Beginning in the 1950s, Gardner has made …
Issue: November-December 2006
Harvard Aims to Become Fossil-Fuel-Free by 2050
… fossil-fuel-neutral by 2026, and fossil-fuel-free by 2050. These ambitious goals are being unveiled a year after the … Change Task Force co-chaired by William C. Clark, Brooks professor of international science, public policy, and human …
An Historian Plays Ball
… by Bartek Malysa. Historical photographs courtesy of Associated Press. As the class settles in for the lecture, William E. Gienapp … it up for the class to see and there is a brief murmur of approval. ("The kids seem to enjoy it," he will explain …
Science Educator
… When asked what inspired her to create The Young Scientists Club series of do-them-at-home science kits, Esther Novis ’87, A.L.M. … combine being a mother with my love for teaching,” she says of the kits—36 in all—geared toward encouraging children …
Issue: September-October 2007
Cambridge 02138
… Epigenetics Professor Sarah Richardson’s research on gendered bias in scientific studies is fascinating ( “The Science of Sex,” November-December 2019, page 34). I … 2019, page 15). This should come as no surprise. State courts are not equipped for this role; it is the …
Issue: January-February 2020
Teaching with Video
… In this Web Extra that accompanies the article " Professor Video ," watch a trailer for Professor Shigehisa Kuriyama's class, "Culture and Belief 11: …
Issue: November-December 2009