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Engineering Virus-free Cells… and Organs?
… man named David Bennett Sr. made history when he became the first human patient to receive a heart transplanted from … has been heralded as the solution for an acute shortage of transplant organs, which results in the deaths of perhaps a dozen Americans every day. Faced with the …
Issue: July-August 2023
Freud's Guesswork on Dreams
… One of Sigmund Freud’s great complaints about his mistreatment … that although he won a literary award for his famous book The Interpretation of Dreams (1900), it never received a scientific award. A …
Issue: July-August 2005
Allston Expansion
… Harvard and Cambridge. Inevitably, since the "Colledge at Cambridge" was founded, the name of one has evoked the other. So when Harvard presented the winning--and only--bid of $151,751,636 for a 48-acre parcel of land south of …
“Puritans” Passé?
… In 1994, Kendric T. Packer ’48 wrote to The Pump’s Primus IV to propose rendering the first line of alma mater “Fair Harvard” gender-neutral. (“Fair Harvard! … As now replanted with ferns, its appeal extends from early irises through fall. Another memorial minute, on John Max …
Issue: July-August 2017
Teaching Hip-Hop in China
… into Hangzhou with swampy armpits and jet-lagged eyes. Each of us had our own classroom dreamscapes, with syllabus titles like “(Post)human Creativity: Art in the Digital Age” and “Dances With Wolves: Animal Psychology and Human Body Language.” The conceit of the Harvard Seminars for Young Leaders in China (HSYLC) …
Issue: January-February 2018
Fiftieth Reunion Focus On Ethics, Integrity
… , business, law, medicine, journalism, or even aspects of our daily lives, personal integrity isn’t as strong as it used to be—and that needs fixing. Such is the view of members of the College class of 1962, who expressed …
Prototyping House Renewal
… Renovation of the 12 undergraduate Houses--likely the College’s highest … advance under a plan, announced in mid January by Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean Michael D. Smith, to empty …
Issue: March-April 2011
Seafaring America
… “There are people who come to Mystic just so they can get … drawbridge,” says historian Nancy Steenburg ’72, a resident of the picturesque Connecticut town since 1980. The … five minutes about 2,200 times per year. Like many features of this charming seacoast destination, it’s something the …
Issue: July-August 2022
Painful Questions from Indigenous Leaders
… At a Radcliffe Institute conference intended to launch the process of making amends for Harvard’s long history of injustice against indigenous communities—detailed in a …
North Precinct Plans
… Harvard has chosen architect Craig Hartman of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) to design two new science buildings at the northern end of the Cambridge campus, in an area between the Divinity …
Issue: March-April 2003
Birthday Bash
… Krokodiloes old and new celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of Harvard’s oldest a cappella … “Where or When” on one of the Kroks’ first recordings, reprises the song with Rex G. Baker IV ’06 while two of the …
Issue: May-June 2006
Reporting on Your Behalf
… Dear Readers , The pandemic has changed all of us—and even a venerable … like Harvard, as we reported during this most unusual of Commencement seasons. Yes, the Class of 2022 enjoyed a …
Cryptic Puzzle: “Playground”
… Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solution … – Manhattan, KS Tom Polokonis – St Louis, MO Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD … – Farmington Hills, MI … Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. … March-April 2015 …
Alumni Awards
… The HAA Clubs and SIGs [Shared Interest Groups] Committee … were presented to the following recipients at the HAA Board of Directors’ winter meeting on January 31. Judith B. … they thrived. Membership in the Harvard Club of Poland has risen from 20 to 300 alumni within the past six years due to …
Issue: March-April 2013
Extracurriculars
… Harvard Square this summer and you’ll find a multitude of activities for all ages, ranging from the Summer Pops concert in Harvard Yard and the new Degas … at the Sackler to skywatching at the observatory and tours of Walden Pond hosted by the Harvard Museum of Natural …
Issue: July-August 2005