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Of Mice and Hands
… carpal tunnel syndrome.” Moreover, “no one has proven that the disease is made worse by work on a computer,” says Barry P. Simmons, M.D., associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School and chief of …
Issue: May-June 2006
The Slovenliness of the Intellectual
… A meticulous excavation of personal history, Jacob’s Cane: A Jewish Family’s Journey from the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore (Basic …
Issue: September-October 2009
Pallas Chou ’23, Senior English Address
… ’23 Senior English Address I love enzymes. Tiny molecular machines, too small to be seen by the naked eye, they’re in each of our cells, performing important life functions like …
Your Take: The Frenetic Pace of College Life
… In the March-April issue, Craig Lambert writes about overscheduled undergraduates and the death of downtime . Read the article, and then tell us: Alumni: … lifestyles compare at other colleges? Do the stories of "snowplow parents" in this article ring true? Students: …
Issue: March-April 2010
“The Greatest Demonstration of Public Service”
… In the favoring presence of family, friends, alumni reunioners, … other supporters, seven imminent graduates took their oaths of office and joined the armed forces of the United States …
The Fogg Pulls Back the Curtain
… In early September , several reporters were invited to tour the new Harvard Art Museums building that has risen at 32 Quincy Street. The façade of the old Fogg museum still stands facing Sever Quadrangle. …
Theresa Betancourt: Images from India
… articles, and relationship building, Harvard School of Public Health professor Theresa Betancourt — profiled in our November-December issue … and daughters of the migrant workers who build India’s high-rise offices and dwellings. … Images of the professor’s …
Issue: November-December 2012
Efficient Taxation of Income
… In June 2001, President George W. Bush signed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act into law, initiating a 10-year program of tax reductions. This January, the president proposed a … to remove barriers to efficient allocation of capital that arise from disparities in the tax treatment of different …
Issue: March-April 2003
Striving for the Straus Cup
… Harvard Stadium, a dozen cleated undergraduates step onto the turf for a high-stakes football game. While they warm … battle between Kirkland and Quincy Houses. The winner of this matchup will earn 20 points toward the Straus Cup, … ultimate prize, it’s not why students participate. When one of Quincy’s intramural coordinators, Tim Fargiano ’24, …
Issue: July-August 2023
Building Momentum
… Understandably , when it comes to imagining the campus of the future, all eyes are on Allston. Harvard's … down ward. Make way for grad students: New housing rises in Allston. First, a bit of perspective. Much of the …
Issue: May-June 2002
The Fight for the Republic
… In 2021, the United States failed for the first time in its history to achieve a peaceful transfer of presidential power. The events of January 6, observes … I underestimated how much of a successful business enterprise Trump and Trumpism turned out to be for the people …
The Paintings Behind the Books in the Harvard Botanical Museum
… When Richard Evans Schultes ’37, Ph.D. ’41 became director of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University in 1967, he could … quotation in which it is mentioned. The collection comprised 73 paintings of 182 plants, botanically accurate and …
Fusing Faculties of Mind
… people could communicate with animals, and even with each other, using only their thoughts? Such direct brain-to-brain … in a very basic sense, at Harvard last year, when a team of researchers led by associate professor of radiology Seung-Schik Yoo developed the first …
Issue: March-April 2014
The World-Wise JFK
… Does the world need a new life of John F. Kennedy ’40, LL.D.’56? Yes, if the author is Fredrik Logevall, Belfer professor of international affairs and professor of history. …
Issue: January-February 2021
Taking Charge of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
… [video:http://vimeo.com/3020519] … Taking Charge of the Beth Israel Deaconess MediPaul Levycal Center... … 2017 … Taking Charge of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center … Taking Charge …
Issue: September-October 2003