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Applying Yourself
… day in 2004, President Lawrence H. Summers was addressing the large group of newly arrived freshmen and their parents about the … else to care about understanding my own desires. What surprises me now about how disconnected and inept I felt then …
Issue: January-February 2008
Cryptic Puzzle: “10K”
… Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solution “10K” solvers (Solvers … to his mailing list. … Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. … March-April 2012 …
Susan Murphy
… For Susan Murphy, mathematics was always the place “where everything made … LSU if you’re from Louisiana”) and took every math course offered. In graduate school, she dove into probability and … depression, schizophrenia, addiction, cancer. “Much of the way we’ve collected data evidence in medicine is via …
Issue: May-June 2020
Capital Connections
… Catherine A. Gellert ’93, the new president of the Harvard … up, she says. “I quickly learned that this was the spirit of the HAA: folks who care deeply, who are experienced …
Issue: September-October 2013
Cast Your Ballot
… This spring, alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. Ballots should … back in Cambridge by noon on June 3 to be counted. Results of the election will be announced at the HAA's annual …
Issue: March-April 2005
Cutting Costs
… With budgets tightening around Harvard (see the profile of new financial vice president Ann E. Berman), President …
Issue: May-June 2003
How to Handle Hills
… are fairly level, but cross-country running demands mastery of hills, which offer a natural form of interval trainingalternating intense … Running downhill is controlled falling. Controlled is the key word. Many runners tend to overstride on downhills, …
Issue: November-December 2006
Journal Opener
… At the Malkin Athletic Center, fencer Eunice Yi '04 (right) slashes at her opponent with a saber. Yi is one of the top fencers on Harvard's improving team (see " … '04 (right) slashes at her opponent with a saber. Yi is one of the top fencers on Harvard's... … 224 … Journal Opener … …
Issue: January-February 2004
Basketball’s Lin Captures National Spotlight
… After the Houston Rockets' Yao Ming, the most famous Asian … versatility, Lin is a special athlete; this magazine's profile of him last year noted that he ranked among the Ivy League …
Cambridge 02138
… Joblessness and Immigration It is noteworthy that in “The Urban Jobs Crisis,” by James M. Quane, William Julius … and Jackelyn Hwang (May-June, page 42), there is no mention of the impact of the many millions of legal and illegal … blacks and Latinos. In this regard, we do mention the rise in immigration, particularly among low-skilled Latinos, …
Issue: July-August 2013
Cambridge 02138
… and Law, ” January-February, page 49) for largely avoiding the gushing worshipfulness of the typical Harvard Magazine piece. But I still must … Indonesia, though, the use of the death penalty is on the rise. Thank you for pointing to this broader global context. …
Issue: March-April 2016
Body Fakes
… Our nervous system sends us thousands, if not millions, of buzzing sensations each day. Fortunately, the brain lets us screen important sensory messages from … body chatter. This filtering ability explains why most of us never seek medical attention for common aches and …
Issue: July-August 2002
Brain Food
… a package closed, shaving an armpit, coaxing bread out of a toaster with a fork, sitting on a toilet while staring … pants puddled around ankles. In her comic drawing “Faces of Death,” Andrea Tsurumi ’07 imagines skeletons performing each of these banal activities. No words explain the message: Is …
Issue: July-August 2016
Leading with Care
… 2016, a 4:30 A.M. phone call woke Michael Hill ’93, then general manager of baseball’s Miami Marlins, from a sound sleep. The team’s … baseball insider. In 2021, after 25 years in MLB front offices (including seven as Marlins general manager, only …
Issue: March-April 2024
Harvard @ Home
… which provides alumni with on-line access to a variety of intellectual happenings at the University, has expanded its offerings. Now available is a discussion on "Benjamin …