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Law School Locale
… Harvard Law School (HLS) is carefully weighing the pros and cons of building a new campus for itself in Allston. A "locational options" committee of seven faculty members and one administrator is …
Issue: March-April 2002
“Too Normal” for a Goalie?
… March , Harvard goaltender Merrick Madsen ’18 played one of the best games of his life: a 3-0 shutout against Providence, on the road, …
Issue: November-December 2017
Public Service Careers Get a Boost
… A recent $1-million gift will allow the Center for Public Interest Careers at Harvard (CPIC) to … as the gift announcement, President Drew Faust and Dean of the College Evelynn Hammonds announced the formation of a University-wide committee on public service, charged …
Developing a Diverse Faculty
… “Harvard is at the beginning of a very long journey,” writes senior vice … findings for academic year 2006 (see chart): Women comprise less than a quarter of the tenured faculty in 10 of 13 …
Issue: September-October 2006
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 …
Vote Now
… can vote for new Harvard Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Ballots, already … Angeles. Bedrosian chair in governance and the public enterprise; director, Bedrosian Center on Governance, Price School …
Issue: May-June 2014
Money Matters
… An updated, second edition of Managing Harvard’s Resources —with reports from the University’s treasurer, James F. Rothenberg, and chief … of work envisioned. Phase I of the project, it says, “comprises its first 4 million square feet”—equal to …
Issue: March-April 2007
How Should Harvard Respond to President Trump’s Travel Ban?
… Yesterday, President Drew Faust reached out to the Harvard community to respond to Friday’s White House … pressure from the student body): “National security is, of course, an essential element of our nation’s immigration policy,” she wrote. “But we are …
Is Epigenetics Inherited?
… Epigenetics, which governs whether specific genes in the body are turned on or not, has … made epigenetic inheritance—the idea that these patterns of gene expression can be passed from parents to children, grandchildren, and beyond, the subject of profuse research. Some investigators have begun to treat …
Issue: May-June 2017
Chapter & Verse
… Gerard Lenthall wishes to learn the identity of "Garamaz," a 1938 reference. Thomas Lemann … something very similar. Matthew Schuerman seeks the source of a simile: "The blood of children ran through the streets …
Dalai Lama to Speak at Harvard
… His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a public address at Harvard on April 30, the Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Divinity School jointly … a ticket lottery, which closes April 15 at 5 p.m. ) As part of the same trip, the Dalai Lama will speak at Gillette …
Commemorating 9/11
… Modern American life has few protocols to follow for the observance of a disaster, and even fewer that people reliably hold in … Hall, for example, or Memorial Church, both of which bear memory in their very names. But as the bells …
Countdown to Commencement
… a spontaneous, freewheeling festival. Don't be fooled. "The magic of it is that it looks as if it happens on its own," says … Scheibner to debrief. Says Everett, "We'll ask, 'What surprises were there? What can we do better next year?'" For …
Issue: May-June 2004
Light Makes a Comeback
… high-powered light microscopes bear little resemblance to the iconic instruments of high-school biology labs. This revolution began in the 1950s with the development of confocal microscopes. Rather than flooding an object with …
Issue: May-June 2008
Lies about Harry
… with passers-by." Denison Beach has been hanging around the front steps of Widener Library to hear what lies the student tour guides … collection, and so he has a grip on the facts. A subset of the tour guides' fancies concern flowers. Eleanor Widener …
Issue: July-August 2003