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Louis Deslauriers
… Deslauriers was obsessed with airplanes. He would draw them in class: cargo carriers, fighter jets, passenger … physics, and a Ph.D. in applied physics, at the University of Michigan. His trajectory shifted during his postdoc, when an adviser introduced him to the study of science education—“essentially, learning about how we …
Issue: March-April 2023
Degas, Renoir, and More on Display at Dumbarton Oaks
… readers who live in Washington, D.C., or are traveling there this winter: you may want to check out the exhibit of modern French paintings that just opened at Dumbarton … shown together for the first time, come from the collection of Mildred and Robert Bliss, the benefactors of Dumbarton …
Close Contact
… The college-counseling suite in my high school, with its brochure-laden atrium, drawers of student files, and closed-door conferences, reminded me of a doctor's office as I sat waiting to discuss my …
Issue: November-December 2003
Carpenter Center's Craftsman
… Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who assumed the name Le Corbusier, became one of the world’s most influential, and controversial, modern … appears on pages 718 through 727, from Graduate School of Design dean Josep Lluis Sert’s 1958 letter soliciting Le …
Issue: November-December 2008
Kennedy School Looks Ahead
… “When you think about events like Hurricane Katrina, the earthquake in Pakistan and other parts of South Asia, climate change, global poverty, advancing … action in the public interest,” says David Ellwood, dean of the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). “It’s clear that …
Issue: January-February 2006
Update: Harvard versus Dartmouth
… With a 35-7 victory at Dartmouth last Saturday, the football team now has a six-game winning streak and a 6-1 overall record — the best of any Ivy League team. But Harvard’s hopes of gaining a second consecutive Ivy title dimmed when Brown …
Sweeping Change for Science
… The University Planning Committee for Science and … core equipment, infrastructure, and the administration of proposed new centers and institutes, or the capital costs of constructing a new campus in Allston). The report also …
Issue: September-October 2006
Why Harvard Needs to Get Harder
… There are certain e-mails you never want to get from a … Where was my outline for the term paper due Friday? this professor wanted to know. It was Tuesday. Could I meet her in …
Issue: September-October 2009
Cryptic Puzzle: “Dropouts”
… Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solution You can … Adamski – Jenison, MI Stephen Throop – Grover, NC Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico Ned Robert – Los Gatos, … Philippines Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD …
Designs for a New India
… There are two Hyderabads. One, a historic city in the heart … two worlds rarely mix. Workers from HITEC City’s towering office buildings—emblazoned with their logos: Motorola, …
Issue: May-June 2012
Rare Odoriferous Plant Blooms at Harvard
… The University's very own Amorphophallus titanum … At 9 a.m . Sunday it was still closed, but several of us noticed it partly opened at 4 p.m ., so we suspect it … glory late that night: someone who works on the third floor of the Biolabs building told me that he could smell it all …
Homeless Artists Respond to Stereotypes
… Ruthann Traylor learned of research on stereotypes by Amy Cuddy, a social … psychologist at Harvard Business School , years ago when they were neighbors. (Cuddy was then studying for her … at the shelter,” says Traylor, who is now the director of ArtSpace, a homeless shelter in West Trenton, New Jersey, …
Issue: November-December 2010
Winter Sports in Brief
… Women's Ice Hockey The icewomen (11-6-2) revenged an early 3-2 road loss to Yale with an 11-2 blowout at home in January. Four of the team's six defeats were to Wisconsin and Minnesota … '05 led all scorers with 30 goals and 46 points at the end of January. Basketball The men (7-10, 2-2 Ivy) split their …
Issue: March-April 2005
Wine: White or Red?
… David Sinclair, associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, is often asked about sources for resveratrol. “The molecule you can buy at a store, or on the Web, is a … that were available on the market at the time, and were surprised to find that none had any resveratrol in them. “The …
Issue: September-October 2005
Comings and Goings
… Comings and Goings The Harvard clubs host numerous social and intellectual … gatherings around the country. Below is a partial list of late fall events. Visit www.haa.harvard.edu for local … club websites, or contact the HAA's clubs and programs office at 617-495-3070. On November 5, the Harvard Club of …
Issue: November-December 2004