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Brevia
… but this fully electric bus, in its new Harvard livery, is the first of four to enter Campus Services’ fleet. Replacing … and run on a 450 kWh battery. A Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection grant program funded the …
Issue: November-December 2021
Martial Artist
… Shortly after Liz Pennell '79 divorced in 1991, her son (then five years old) told her, "I'm the man of the house now, Mom--I need to learn karate!" He was … working in Harvard's computer sciences department and saw professors handing out lecture notes before each class. "I …
Two Harvard Affiliates Share Chemistry Nobel
… The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today conferred the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten … prize ). The trio were honored “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”—Sharpless …
Freshly French
… to be very, very good—every single day.” And so they are. Rarely is a restaurant as seamless—from the spare, but warm, whiteness of its interior to the diamond-fine clarity of its French fare—as Lumière, Leviton’s fiefdom. …
Issue: January-February 2007
Leaning into Winter
… gazing across parklands and a pedestrian path that skirts the lake, it’s hard to imagine that the land was once packed … then-mayor Bernie Sanders) that would turn the small city of into a regularly touted “most livable” destination and a … runs, Nordic ski trails, and night skiing. But don’t be surprised to see folks out on the mountainside also trekking …
Issue: November-December 2022
Two Harvardians Named Marshall Scholars
… The 2013 class of Marshall Scholars includes Aditya Balasubramanian ’12 (’13), of Leverett House and Bethesda, Maryland, and Alex Palmer ’12, a former Quincy House …
Maia Sandu at Kennedy School Class Day
… The war in Ukraine loomed over the Class Day celebrations at … delivered by Maia Sandu, M.C./M.P.A. ’10 , president of the Republic of Moldova, a small nation that borders Ukraine to the …
Winter Sports
… filled with thrilling come-from-behind and overtime wins, the icemen (15-15-4 overall; 14-9-3 ECAC; 4-5-1 Ivy) peaked in the postseason, dispatching Brown, Clarkson, and Cornell to win the ECAC tournament with three straight overtime victories. …
Issue: May-June 2002
Celebrating Alumni, Anew
… are underway to create “exciting, dynamic programming” for the Harvard Alumni Association’s (HAA) newly reorganized … the 152 nd meeting, traditionally held on the afternoon of Commencement Day, to the end of the following week links it more directly to the (also …
Issue: January-February 2022
A Medical School Gift for Translational Research
… from longtime benefactor Ernesto Bertarelli, M.B.A. ’93. The donation will be used to reconfigure the infrastructure and layout of Building C, the last unnamed structure among the five … research and education that moves biomedical science out of the lab and into practice for the benefit of patients), …
Jacinda Ardern to Speak at Harvard Commencement
… prime minister Jacinda Ardern , making a planned trip to the United States, will be the featured guest speaker at Harvard’s 2022 Commencement exercises on the morning of May 26. The news, officially released by the University today, inadvertently …
Penny Pritzker Elected Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow
… Penny Pritzker ’81, a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2018, has been elected senior … , which is leading development of the commercial Enterprise Research Campus , across Western Avenue from Harvard …
Using Cancer to Kill Cancer
… Scientists dream of finding a cure for glioblastoma, a brutally aggressive type of brain tumor; few patients survive longer than 18 months after diagnosis. But preclinical research in the lab of professor of neurosurgery Khalid Shah could …
Issue: May-June 2023
“A Prayer for Our Country”
… In the first of a six-month series of public conversations focused on storytelling and public … for a healthier world,” as Michelle Williams, dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, phrased …
Line by Line
… He is the opposite of a child prodigy—a writer who has reached his … before sitting down to render them into English often surprises his readers. He had only a passing acquaintance with …
Issue: May-June 2015