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Harvard Files Amicus Brief in Graduate Student Unionization Case
… Harvard and eight peer universities filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the National Labor Relations Board … Sam Klug, a doctoral candidate in history. “We're not surprised, but we are disappointed that Harvard chose to file …
Comings and Goings
… Winter lectures organized by the Harvard Alumni Association are scheduled at several … 495-5732, or visit www.haa.harvard.edu. The Harvard Club of Miami features a lecture entitled "Genes and Us: … Promises, Problems, and the New Genetics," presented by Professor Everett Mendelsohn, on January 20. Harvard Extension …
Class Day Speakers Announced
… Harvard seniors this year’s two Class Day speakers: dean of admissions and financial aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 and Currier House security guard Bill Oliverio. The choice of speakers was confirmed by the Harvard Alumni Association …
Stem-Cell Progress
… This past summer and fall saw the announcement of five important breakthroughs by University stem-cell scientists—a forceful validation of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute’s (HSCI; …
Issue: November-December 2008
Self-Esteem, Real and Phony
… When Tom Brady joined the New England Patriots as a sixth-round draft pick in … has ever made.” Not surprisingly, Brady was accused of narcissism. But five years and three Super Bowl … lies self-loathing. The confusion, Rosenthal says, arises because psychologists have measured self-esteem …
Issue: September-October 2005
Football 2022: Columbia 21-Harvard 20
… LAST WEEKEND we all fell back. The Harvard football team took this edict perhaps too much … points, kept star runner Aidan Borguet from breaking one of his patented long gainers, and blocked (or at least got a hand on) three Harvard field-goal attempts, the last of which, coming with 1:17 left, would have given the …
James Breyer Concludes Corporation Service
… The University announced this morning that James W. Breyer, … investment was probably his early commitment, on behalf of Accel Partners, in Facebook (on whose board of directors he long served)—will complete his service as a …
Soccer Summary
… Men’s Soccer The Crimson (7-1-1), ranked sixth nationally in one … and tied the defending national champions, the University of California at Santa Barbara, 1-1, in double overtime. … Forward Andre Akpan ’10 was named Ivy League Player of the Week after striking game-winning goals against …
Issue: November-December 2007
Updike's Literary Archive: Sneak Preview
… Harvard's Houghton Library has purchased the papers of the late author John Updike '54, Litt.D. ’92 … received permission for a three-day "sneak preview" of the archive, and made use of that opportunity to file a …
Crimson In Triumph
… Download the Puzzle | Download the Hints | Download the Solution "Crimson In Triumph" … and can subscribe to his mailing list. … Clever creations of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52 … Crimson In Triumph … …
Outstanding Service
… (HAA) Awards—for outstanding volunteer service to the University through alumni activities—during the HAA board of directors’ fall meeting. Walter K. Clair Walter K. Clair ’77, M.D. ’81, M.P.H. ’85, of Nashville, is a former member of the Harvard Board of …
Issue: September-October 2016
A Better Way to Practice Medicine?
… Where The Measure of Our Days , Jerome Groopman’s first book, … Second Opinions takes a more political view, not only of the relationship between doctor and patient, but also of the …
Finding Their Way
… fall , Kit Metoyer, AnnMarie Healy, and Shilpa Tummala —the three seniors on the Harvard women’s basketball … the bonds that bolster team chemistry—especially with a lot of new players. A game plan coalesced, thanks to a quick … a home-cooked meal. Afterward came the most important part of the trip: a post-dinner conversation during which the …
A Letter to Our Readers
… undergraduates who were able to leave departed campus by the College’s Sunday, 5:00 p.m. target—Harvard faculties and … at this extraordinary moment, to: produce the next issue of the magazine and deliver it to you in a timely way; … University news —as teaching has moved online for the rest of the semester; the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and other …
John S. Rosenberg , Irina Kuksin
Arsenic and Old Lead
… The Arnold Arboretum anticipated closing a deal last … two other structures) in Weston, Massachusetts, to the town of Weston for $22.5 million. But first the town “decided … needed to test some soils,” says Robert E. Cook, Arnold professor and director of the arboretum. “What they discovered …
Issue: September-October 2007