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Forum: Doing Less Harm
… T he United States has far higher rates of firearm death than any of the more than two dozen other high-income countries …
Issue: January-February 2020
Chapter & Verse
… that in William Dunlap's 1828 farce A Trip to Niagara, the character Job Jerryson (a black waiter who claims to … at one point, "As I told Miss Diana Dingy, 'The service of the fair sex is my delight.'" Richardson would like … Olson requests information on the origin and earliest uses of "Sleep the sleep of the just." Burton Stevenson's Home …
Issue: January-February 2005
Weighing In on Wages
… The committee appointed May 8 by then-president Neil L. … principles and policies concerning the economic welfare of lower-paid workers, whether employed by the University or … charged with considering the desirability and feasibility of a uniform minimum-wage floor for workers at Harvard. The …
Issue: September-October 2001
Other Financial Updates
… Harvard’s friends remained supportive during the fiscal year ended last June 30. Vice president for … that donors had given $596 million, just $6 million shy of the fiscal 2009 total. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) exceeded its goal of $40 million …
Issue: November-December 2010
Robert Lue Named Bok Center Director
… Given his present and past titles —including professor of the practice of molecular and cellular biology; director …
Immunity to COVID-19
… One of the most clinically significant scientific questions about SARS CoV-2 is whether the human immune system can protect against the disease, as the result of either vaccination or the body’s response to natural …
“Occupy” Movement Comes to Harvard Yard
… From her spot inside Occupy Harvard ’s tent city, Hannah Hofheinz watched police officers in fluorescent jackets stop every person walking through the gates of Harvard Yard on Monday, turning away anyone who … and some of its alumni have played in recent financial crises. “Many Harvard [graduates] were working in all the …
Playing with Health
… . Boring. Hard work. This is how most people view managing their health. But if Americans are to truly thrive, they … points as the goals are reached. They choose from dozens of options—increasing fruit and vegetable intake, exercising … he says, “Keas is nothing but a series of psychological surprises to me.” Before Bosworth turned his attention to …
Issue: May-June 2012
Farewell to Folkman
… Andrus professor of pediatric surgery and professor of cell biology M. Judah … of a heart attack last week at age 74. Folkman, who headed the vascular biology program at the Harvard-affiliated …
Honor Roll
… four outstanding contributors to Harvard Magazine for their work on readers’ behalf in 2014, and happily confer on … (January-February), a penetrating, fresh assessment of Robert Frost. We take genuine pleasure in awarding him … David T.W. McCord ’21, A.M. ’22, L.H.D. ’56, in recognition of his legendary prose and verse composed for these pages …
Issue: January-February 2015
Mental Health through a New Lens
… In Ghana, a country with a population of 24 million, the number of psychiatrists can be counted on one hand. This situation, …
Issue: November-December 2009
FAS’s Financial Hole: A Little Less Deep
… Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean Michael D. Smith invited professors and staff members to a briefing titled "FAS Financial Update and Other FY '09 Accomplishments" on Tuesday afternoon, September …
Pipe Up
… The Methuen Memorial Music Hall, with its lavish English … Memorial Church, just as they do with “other forms of classical instruments…in a world where pop music reigns.” … through different-sized pipes produces the panoply of sounds.) The Methuen organ was built in 1863 in Germany …
Issue: July-August 2018
Fighting Disease in Situ
… The disks at the center of Dr. David Mooney's current cancer research … very powerful. Grayish-brown circles with the texture of a dry, hardened sponge, they are dwarfed by a fingertip …
Issue: May-June 2009
President Faust's ROTC Commissioning Speech
… Listen to the live audio recording. … is a privilege to congratulate you on your commissioning as officers. This moment in your lives marks a great … at dawn while your roommates slept in. You have jumped out of airplanes, challenged your bodies and your brains and …