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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
Creative Gifts
… Each year, organizers of the Harvard Ceramics Program Holiday Show and Sale hide the potters’ wheels and buckets of clay to hang pine boughs and stock up on apple cider, …
Issue: November-December 2018
Jumping for Joy
… bouncing around, defying gravity, just feels good. And then there are those with real ambition. “I had this idea … says John Sequeira. So, the athletic Cambridge father of four would go to the Sky Zone on a Friday or Saturday night to practice devoid of cavorting kids (including his). He’d even taken a few …
Issue: January-February 2023
Harvard Projects $750-Million Revenue Shortfall in Next Academic Year
… Harvard forecasts a net shortfall of $415 million in anticipated revenue for the fiscal year ending this June 30, reflecting the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and a further $750-million …
“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 …
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
First-Gen Inclusion and Belonging
… Among other findings, Harvard’s 2019 “pulse survey,” the foundation for much of the University’s current work on diversity and inclusion, … students and almost every other cohort in their degree of comfort within the community. In response to the baseline …
Issue: January-February 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 …
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
News Briefs
… How Harvard Handles Harassment In the wake of the charges of persistent sexual harassment brought against Jorge …
Issue: November-December 2019
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
Graduate English Oration: "Leaving Footprints in Time"
… Harvard College graduate stood right here and spoke of a woman whose life had been an inspiration to him. He spoke of her youthful determination to become a doctor, and of how that goal was nipped in the bud by the Holocaust that engulfed her homeland and much …
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