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Heavyweight Contender
… 79 … Grappler Dawid Rechul may be the most flexible man in his class … Grappler Dawid Rechul may be the most flexible man in his class … 592 … Heavyweight …
Issue: March-April 2002
An “Egalitarian Curiosity”
… What obstacles impede the free exchange of ideas in college classrooms? And how … Speech on Campus,” a September 20 talk by Vuilleumier professor of philosophy Edward “Ned” Hall that was followed by …
My Families
… avocados were until I met my host parents. I mean, I’d kind of heard of them, but had never really been fully acquainted. I …
Issue: May-June 2013
New Aid for Brazilian Students
… including slots for undergraduates and graduate- and professional-school students. Postdoctoral fellowships and a visiting professorship will also be funded. "We intend to build … proclaimed Rousseff, speaking through a translator, during the formal announcement at Loeb House. "We are just now …
Day One
… president, found him literally, but not physically, in office: with Massachusetts Hall under renovation, he worked, as shown above, in Loeb House (the former president’s residence, now the home of the governing boards—of which he was a member, as a …
Issue: September-October 2018
Winter’s Bright Spots
… The Stevens-Coolidge Place , an estate in North Andover, … organized by the property’s steward, the Trustees of Reservations. (Farther west, in Stockbridge, the Trustees … Winterlights events at Naumkeag . )This former summer home of Helen and John Gardner Coolidge, A.B. 1884 (a descendant …
Issue: November-December 2018
"If You Love Rats"
… ’66, M.D. ’73, writing as Samuel Shem, published a novel, The House of God , in 1978—a biting comedy about the lives of medical … received within the medical hierarchy. So it was a surprise that Bergman, who spent decades on the Medical School …
Issue: July-August 2009
What Makes Teams Tick
… Many of the most pressing issues of our time—climate change, economic inequality, human … to successful interdisciplinary work has found that the “emotional aspect” of such collaborations is at least as …
Issue: July-August 2016
HBS Students as Runway Models
… out front, and a thumping, pounding electro-pop beat from the DJ upstairs, the Bijou Club in Boston’s theater district welcomed the annual charity fashion show of the Retail and Luxury Goods Club of Harvard Business School (HBS) on the night of November …
President’s Challenge Finalists Announced
… Finalists in the President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship have … health. The 10 finalist teams, selected from a pool of more than 170, will each receive a $5,000 grant, … 2012. “At the i-Lab, we help students bring all kinds of projects forward to the world, but are especially excited …
On Terrorism
… In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings this past Monday, and tragic death of an MIT police officer last night and the unfolding …
Harvard Single-Gender Social-Club Rules Rescinded
… The University announced Monday that in light of seemingly … divisive debate (summarized here) within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). The USGSO policy, designed to …
Single-Gender Groups Sue Harvard
… A group of sororities, fraternities, and Harvard undergraduates sued the University this week over its policy to sanction … suit, the plaintiffs—the international parent organizations of two sororities, Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma, …
Air Pollution’s Systemic Effects
… Breathing fine particles suspended in the air is harmful for everyone—and can kill those with … vulnerabilities, a fact known since the 1990s . Now a study of 95 million Medicare hospitalization claims from 2000 to … be harmful to health, and quantifies the economic impact of the resulting hospitalizations and lives lost. Fine …
Issue: March-April 2020
Mindful Munching
… In their new book , Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life … Lilian Cheung, a lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health, apply ancient Buddhist mindfulness … grew up in a Buddhist home in Hong Kong. A longtime student of Hanh’s work, Cheung years ago saw an opportunity to weave …
Issue: September-October 2010