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Engineering an Internal Clock
… Non-scientists generally think of “circadian clock” as a metaphoric term. There’s nothing literally ticking away inside the human body, helping align it to the regular cycle of day and night. But synthetic biologists from Harvard …
Boundary Issues
… The Canada-United States border, the longest shared by two … a protracted, unpeaceful pursuit, ultimately aided by one of the longest Harvard library loans on record. The Treaty of Paris (1783), recognizing U.S. independence, defined the …
Issue: March-April 2014
Genetic Protections
… Diabetes does not have a simple, single genetic basis in the Mendelian sense (tall plants or short, blue eyes or … bring it about. New tools are enabling the systematic study of the genes that underlie the disease, and producing … later in life, in both humans and mice. Patti was surprised to find that the offspring of the low-birthweight …
Issue: November-December 2008
News Briefs
… How Harvard Handles Harassment In the wake of the charges of persistent sexual harassment brought against Jorge …
Issue: November-December 2019
Steering Softball
… Head softball coach Jenny Allard, who has led Harvard’s team for more than half of its existence and ranks among the Ivy League’s most successful coaches, doesn’t want this …
Issue: March-April 2018
A New Light on DNA Storage
… in flash-drive memory chips could consume 10 to 100 times the anticipated supply of microchip-grade silicon . With new ways of storing information desperately needed, Winthrop …
Issue: March-April 2021
Harvard Portrait: Ruth Okediji
… Ruth Okediji , Smith professor of law, traces her enthusiasm for intellectual-property law … to New York City from Nigeria. “I had never heard the word ‘race’ and had never been described as a black …
Issue: January-February 2019
“Yankee” Rhymes with “Bernanke”
… a decade-long hiatus, Roger Angell '42 has resumed writing the amusing year-in-review poem, " Greetings, Friends! " for The New Yorker . In a charming profile , New York Times reporter Dwight Garner recalls … The Nation . "Mr. Trillin called Mr. Angell's annual series of rhymes 'a nice tradition.' He added: 'It was very shrewd …
University People
… General Counsel Transitions Robert W. Iuliano Courtesy of Gettysburg College Senior vice president and general … legal staff in 1994. As general counsel and adviser to the president, he has been involved in issues such as the … to focus on developing the University’s commercial “enterprise research campus,” has unveiled its board members, …
Issue: May-June 2019
Brevia
… (Tino) Cuéllar ’93 have been elected fellows of the Harvard Corporation, effective July 1. Barakett, a … ways to connect the House’s six disparate buildings, trisected by city streets; enlarged dining areas; a fully …
Issue: May-June 2019
$200 Million Gift Underwrites Climate and Sustainability Institute
… A n academic year that began with the appointment of environmental economist James Stock as … is drawing to a close with the announcement today of a $200 million gift to underwrite Harvard research and …
John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw
"To Repair This Imperfect World"
… “Worrying seems about as necessary as breathing these days,” President Lawrence J. Bacow remarked last … address them will have to be based in deep considerations of equity and justice, of community and humanity. How do we prepare our students to …
Our Masked Selves
… In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, amid spreading … Angeles artist Richard Nielsen painted a colorful portrait of himself in a mask. Soon, he was painting friends and …
Issue: March-April 2021
Investigating Harvard’s E-mail Investigations
… (Updated 7.23.13: Read an assessment of the report detailing Harvard’s e-mail investigations here.) … executive dean for administration, HMS John Gregory Morrisett, Cutting professor of computer science, School of …
Talks, and a Text
… Bloomberg presented differing, yet complementary, views on the idea of a university and of universities’ ideas today. Faust reprised themes from her installation and Harvard Campaign …
Issue: July-August 2014