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Harvard Headlines: Pioneers in Mathematics, Cancer Drug Discovery, and Development Economics
… Three recent features in other magazines tell stories with Harvard links: Shing-Tung Yau , Graustein professor of mathematics and chair of Harvard's mathematics …
“Good Trouble”
… In the five weeks since a gunman killed 17 people and injured … national gun-control campaign unseen in the aftermath of any other modern mass shooting. Six of them—Ryan Deitsch, Matt Deitsch, Emma González, David …
Poetry, Architecture, and Dance, Combined
… In one scene, the pitch-black auditorium reverberates with the desolate sound of a droning sonar—and nothing else. In another, headphoned … original cast member of One Flat Thing , said she was surprised her Harvard students were able to create such a …
Word to Live By
… razing Appleton Chapel to make way for Memorial Church. On the ground lay this stained glass window. What’s to become of that? he asked the foreman. Would you like it? was the reply. Of course, said Hunn, whereupon workers crated the glass, …
Issue: January-February 2006
Death Throes
… Fifty years ago , American support for the death penalty was as low as it has ever been: more … it. Violent crime in the country was low. The number of executions annually was a small fraction of the historical peak in the 1930s. These conditions set …
Issue: November-December 2016
School Days
… have benefited from a first-rate education, not only of late but throughout our lives. Whether through family support, dedicated teachers, or privileged access to better schools, virtually all of us were fortunate enough to be loved, nurtured, and …
What Legacy?
… District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs will rule on whether Harvard College impermissibly discriminates against … a light on other factors that go into Harvard’s review of applicants, including consideration of legacy status (the … staff members. The existence of such factors came as no surprise to close observers of admissions. But given the …
Issue: January-February 2019
Wanderers from Sirius
… Dogs do figure mightily in Underdog, the fourth collection of poems by Katrina Roberts ’87. In … “Cave Canem,” for example, a meditation on, and reimagining of, the volcanic denouement that doomed Pompeii, the …
Issue: January-February 2012
Gary Ruvkun Shares Nobel Prize in Medicine
… Harvard Medical School professor of genetics Gary Ruvkun , Ph.D. ’82, has been named co-winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, with Victor … very distinct characteristics. How do these differences arise? The answer lies in gene regulation, which allows each …
Coming to Terms with Harvard’s History
… With Memorial Church closed for renovations , the venerable Morning Prayers service has relocated to … august venue in no way diminished the spirit and solemnity of the service. President Drew Faust, a self-identified … always seemed to me a rather noble endeavor so I was surprised when in 2007, after my appointment was announced, a …
Bacteria That Fight Malaria
… Harvard scientists have made a discovery that could lead the way to a new strategy for preventing malaria. … Researchers led by Flaminia Catteruccia , associate professor of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. …
Radcliffe Panel Focuses on Law and Social Change
… should laws merely respond to social change? Alumnae from the fields of journalism, academia, and, naturally, law took up this … to a law: Title IX, passed in 1972, forbade the exclusion of women from education programs and activities receiving …
We Can Do Better
… It’s official. The “surge” of unaccompanied minors from Central America is a … “temporary protection” to those fleeing humanitarian crises, recognizing the compassionate obligation to save …
Overseer and Elected Director Slates Announced
… The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee … has announced the 2022 candidate slates for the Board of Overseers (one of the University’s two governing boards) and the HAA’s own …
"Launched into Eternity"
… Image courtesy of Harvard Law School Image courtesy of Harvard Law School True-crime fans, rejoice! A new … Speeches and Bloody Murders: Crime Broadsides Collected by the Harvard Law School Library” may be found at …
Issue: September-October 2008