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Central Square Star
… restaurant that replaces a Burger King (and nixes the chairs bolted to the floor) earns our affection. To be offered a place as great as the new Rendezvous in Central … Also gratifying is to see reversed this once the onslaught of chain stores that in recent years have choked the …
Issue: September-October 2006
Virus-Sized Transistors
… fictional possibility is now a step closer to reality with the development of a bio-compatible transistor the size of a virus. Hyman professor of chemistry Charles Lieber and …
Issue: January-February 2011
Orchid Bees In Flight
… Amid turbulen t conditions, orchid bees in flight prevent themselves from rolling by extending their rear legs. … An orchid bee's use of its rear legs to maintain stability in turbulent … clear in this slow-motion video. All videos courtesy of Stacey Combes/The Combes Laboratory … Video clips reveal …
Issue: November-December 2009
Rethinking 90 Mount Auburn
… plans to erect a new building on Mount Auburn Street beside the Fox Club (foreground). Harvard has tapped Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Architects, of Boston, to design a building at 90 Mount Auburn Street … the new architects "have a very interesting track record of doing contemporary design but with real sensitivity to …
Issue: July-August 2002
What I Read at War
… Virgil, Eclogue IX, lines 11-13 ...but songs of ours Avail among the War-God's weapons, Lycidas, As much as Chaonian doves, … they say, when the eagle comes. Sarajevo in the summer of 1995 came as close to Dante's inner circle of hell as any …
Ferran Adrià Announces Plans to Hang Up His Apron
… , his renowned and exclusive restaurant near Barcelona, at the end of 2011. (The Harvard collaboration will continue despite this news, a School of Engineering and Applied Sciences spokesman confirmed this …
Immigrant Workers— America’s Engine?
… Immigration is one of the most polarizing issues of the 2024 presidential election campaign—but not a new …
Commencement Witchcraft
… How does the modern, rational research university assure clement … wary eye on the forecasts during a 10-day mid-May siege of fog, rain, and drizzle. The gloom began to lift on … the arrival of their usual successors (rhododendrons, irises). A good omen. But the deal remained unsealed until …
Issue: July-August 2011
Vote Now
… new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. Ballots should … at the HAA’s annual meeting on June 5, on the afternoon of Commencement day. All Harvard degree holders, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and governance, are entitled to vote …
Issue: March-April 2008
Behind the Scenes: Group Mentality
… Max Krupnick shares his insights into what led him to professor of psychology Mina Cikara’s research on group behavior. A … in my friend’s living room. We talked about our dismay with the state of the world. Hateful acts and rhetoric seemed so …
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… | Your Rights | User Generated Content | Updates to the Disclosures | Contact Us Additional EEA Privacy … about the collection, use, processing and sharing of data about individuals located in the European Union, … the statute of limitations for legal claims that could arise from the contractual relationship. Where we are …
Vote Now!
… choose five new Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board in this year's … All Harvard degree holders except Corporation members and officers of instruction and government are entitled to vote for …
Issue: May-June 2004
Build Yourself a Democratic House
… with Bill and you witness his educational ideas in action. The yurt is his philosophy made visible—security, … a yurt for you (that would be tantamount to commodification of an educational experience), but he will work with you to … Saltmarsh in his introduction to A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity, by William S. Coperthwaite, Ed.D. '72 …
Issue: November-December 2003
Harvard Kennedy School
… Events begin with the Class of 2010 picnic, on Monday, May 24, from 4 to 7 p.m. , in the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) courtyard. The 2010 Class …
Endowment Issues: Each School's Exposure
… In light of the University's November 10 announcement about possible budget reductions —as the financial and economic crisis causes the endowment to … is more important than ever to have a clear picture of each school's financial position. President Drew Faust …