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Last and Best
… In sports, as in life, a momentary twist of fate can change everything that follows. So it is with … bo- day o- goow -o-lay), who began his senior year as the number-two ranked college heavyweight in the United … second only to last year’s NCAA champion, the University of Minnesota’s Cole Konrad. Photograph by Stu Rosner Bode …
Issue: March-April 2007
Violent Innovations
… Innovation drives American business—but not always for the common good. In Accounting for Slavery, historian … cities. Her focus moved southward when visiting professor Stanley L. Engerman of the University of Rochester, a quantitative economic …
Issue: September-October 2018
Sharing Governance
… One shibboleth of academic life is “shared governance”: involving faculty members in shaping the direction, even the management, of their institutions. In theory, that makes the operation …
Issue: September-October 2015
Harvard Football Great Performances: Carroll Lowenstein ’52
… Had the coronavirus not wiped out the Ivy League football … the Crimson leads 49-39-2, though the Quakers have won four of the last five, including last year’s 24-20 tussle in … without games, football correspondent Dick Friedman reprises past Crimson glories: epic plays, players, and …
New Light on Academia’s Glass Ceiling
… The comments started small—a jab about her intelligence … here, a comment on her body there. But this kind of sexual harassment soon became the defining feature of her graduate- school career, the young researcher …
Downsizing: Arsenal Buildings Sold
… athenahealth , a healthcare computer-services company, and the lead tenant in the Arsenal on the Charles office complex, announced on December 5 that it has agreed … square feet in the 11-building office complex, which comprises 760,000 square feet. Other tenants, who will remain …
Campaigning by Text Message
… The cell phone —and, more specifically, the text message—is … and former Webmaster for Howard Dean, is the author of The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race … beyond the simple observation that as landlines fall out of favor, text messages are the way of the future, to offer …
Harvard Calendar
… THEATER. The American Repertory Theatre presents Marcel … in Les Contes Fantastiques (Fantastic Fables), a collection of mime performances, from September 10 through October 9 at … hosts free observatory nights on the third Thursday of each month. For information, call 617-495-7461 or visit …
Issue: September-October 2004
Getting My Feet Wet
… I remember many things from my cousin’s wedding—my poofy bridesmaid’s dress, the humidity, how pretty the small church looked during the ceremony—but most of all, I remember the guests’ advice, bestowed with drawled …
Issue: May-June 2008
Renewing Ancient Bonds
… Newton grandfather Mark Yesley '59 may have helped some preschoolers at … more personal. "It had never occurred to me to do that kind of work. I never thought I could deal with young kids," says Yesley, 63, explaining that his wife did more of the child-rearing in their home. "I was the only guy in …
Breakthrough Diabetes Discovery Offers Potential Treatment
… 28, 2016: After multiple failed attempts to reproduce the results described below, Melton has retracted the … That could lead to human therapies. Xander University Professor Douglas Melton and postdoctoral fellow Peng Yi today … they have identified a hormone that induces reproduction of new insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, …
Rituals at Lowell
… Each Thursday afternoon , in the master’s residence at Lowell House, there is a tea, and … the crowd spills into the courtyard. “It’s also a kind of glue for the community,” says Eck. “The weekly teas are … without ritual,” Eck explains. “Ritual creates a sense of we. Here, we do have the advantage of these beautiful …
Issue: November-December 2013
At Home with Harvard: Supporting Local Businesses
… This is the sixth installment in Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home … contents, local cuisine, retail, and culture is a staple of Harvard Magazine’ s coverage. Local business owners … are also our neighbors—and w hile the last month-plus of social distancing has been devastating to the …
Allston Agenda
… The Corporation has approved the recommendations of the … initiatives, Harvard will identify partners for the “enterprise business campus” and hotel-conference center envisioned …
Issue: November-December 2011
Vaillancourt Honored as Best on Ice
… Sarah Vaillancourt ’08 (’09) was awarded the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, designating her the top … about Vaillancourt and her teammates in the current issue of Harvard Magazine : Crimson Queens of the Rink . … Sarah Vaillancourt ’09 was awarded the Patty …