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Slaying Dragons
… In a 1974 issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Comics unleashed a character of magnificent natural force called The Punisher (a.k.a. …
Issue: July-August 2009
2015 Dietary Recommendations Cover New Ground
… on optimal diets than for its policy suggestions—and some of the authors joined a symposium hosted at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) yesterday to discuss their work. …
Summers's Recipe for a Strong Economy
… In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on December 18 and a speech at the … administration is not doing enough to jolt the economy out of its present sluggish state. Summers suggested injecting … to $75 billion into the economy through a combination of tax cuts and spending measures, including extending …
Times Columnist Likes Katz, Goldin Take on Education and Economy
… New York Times columnist David Brooks likes The Race between Education and Technology , the new book by Allison professor of economics Lawrence F. Katz and Lee professor of economics …
Dean Shinagel Fêted
… The longest-serving dean in Harvard’s history, Michael Shinagel, dean of continuing education and University extension, was honored at a reception in the Faculty Room of University Hall on May 14, prior to his retirement at the …
Cambridge 02138
… page 5), but it does represent an even three-eighths of a millennium (the equivalent of three furlongs in a mile, six ounces in a … 375th anniversary of the founding of the school surprised and dismayed me. In the reflections on Harvard’s …
Issue: November-December 2011
Court Filings Allege Discrimination Against Asian-Americans in Admissions
… Hundreds of pages of analysis of Harvard’s admissions practices became public Friday in the latest development of a lawsuit alleging the University … a diverse campus. The Class of 2021 was the first class comprised of a majority non-white student body. The share of …
Harvard's Contribution to Baseball
… Harvard may be at the forefront of innovation in nanotechnology and stem … as well. Wired magazine has a story on the patenting of the catcher's mask, 130 years ago this month, by Fred …
Shakespeare, Lost and Found
… it be that a Shakespeare play currently being performed at the American Repertory Theatre was actually written not by The Bard, but by two men of Harvard? The play is Cardenio , a "lost play" by … coauthors are Shakespeare scholar and Cogan University Professor Stephen Greenblatt and playwright Charles Mee ’60. …
Diggin' It: Summer in Cambridge
… Expansion of Harvard's Cambridge campus continued this summer as the University built what will be its largest underground … mark the future site of the two buildings that will comprise the future Center for Government and International …
Issue: September-October 2003
Occupiers Protest Library Staff Cuts
… Library staff protests against the possibility of widespread layoffs as part of a … under stress as the retiree share of healthcare costs rises. The library occupiers are some of the same students …
Faculty Perk Sheet
… A pdf of the Faculty Perk Sheet by Andy Borowitz '80 is available for download . … A pdf of the Faculty Perk Sheet by Andy Borowitz '80 is available for …
Issue: November-December 2002
A Brush with Amazon Justice
… Juan, the policeman, spoke softly, almost apologetically, … parents he and I had talked many times about parasites. One of the nurses scribbled a note and handed it to me. It read, …
Issue: November-December 2001
Rethinking Education
… Harvard's chief pedagogues are going back to class. The Graduate School of Education (GSE) is pursuing changes in its curriculum and … basic Bush plank). But "education is a more complex enterprise than just testable knowledge," as Lagemann puts it. …
Issue: November-December 2003
Former Women’s Hockey Coach Sues Harvard
… hockey coach Katey Stone, who retired 13 months ago in the wake of fierce complaints from former players about emotional … leave. Unnamed “Jane and John Doe” defendants are accused of defamation, and the suit asks for damages of $5 million. …