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Debunking the Double
… On the third day of my eight-week stint as a summer-school … one of my charges reminded me of the difficulties that can arise from sharing a bedroom at Harvard. She was compact, the … part of a Harvard College education." When clashes arise, Torrance says, "We don't have a set 'procedure'" …
Issue: September-October 2003
Off the Shelf
… A bombardier beetle, in a photograph by Eisner from the book For Love of Insects, by Thomas Eisner '51, Ph.D. '56 (Harvard … with, a bombardier beetle discharges a visible cloud of stinging juice from the rear with an audible "pop." One …
Issue: May-June 2004
Events of Note
… FILM. This April, African cinema will take center stage at the Harvard Film Archive, beginning with African Film … April 28 and 30, Senegalese director Med Hondo, recipient of this year's McMillian Fellowship for Distinguished … Filmmaking, will be at Harvard to attend screenings of his works. The series Five Modern Directors , meanwhile, …
Open Book: Rough Road for Capitalism
… The financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession surprised … economists and policymakers, writes David M. Kotz ’65, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, …
Issue: January-February 2015
A Matter of Style
… has infiltrated such unlikely enclaves as Hollywood and the National Football League; now it is making inroads on … to sociology. His studies provided the basis for much of his fashion philosopy. "I'm obsessed with gender and what … wear I try to juxtapose masculine and feminine, hard and soft. I like it, for example, when women wear a pair of hard …
Issue: September-October 2001
The Exemplars
… Philip Keene Photograph by Jim Harrison Bertha Offenbach Fineberg Photograph by Jim Harrison The oldest graduates of Harvard and Radcliffe present on Commencement day, who …
Issue: July-August 2005
Trove of Tomes
… two vans from New York drove up to Langdell Library at the Law School and off-loaded about a thousand early English law texts worth … transforming the library, which already housed a collection of early legal material, into the world's most important …
Hasty Pudding Announces 2018 Man and Woman of the Year
… The Hasty Pudding theatricals has named actors Mila Kunis and Paul Rudd 2018’s Woman and Man of the Year. Kunis is best known for her role as Jackie … a film set to be released in August, and is still the voice of Meg in the animated series Family Guy. Paul Rudd …
The SIGnboard: SIG Snapshot
… If you don’t think “agriculture” when you think “Harvard,” the members of Harvard Alumni for Agriculture ( … horizons. Launched in 2011, this Shared Interest Group—one of the Harvard Alumni Association’s almost 50 SIGs—seeks to …
Issue: March-April 2014
Accelerating the Application of Biomedical Discoveries
… The Blavatnik Family Foundation, led by Len Blavatnik, … ’89, has given $50 million to expedite the translation of basic-science discoveries made at Harvard into practical … or a collaboration with an existing commercial enterprise. In the case of life-sciences inventions that might …
China Hands: Meet the Experts
… Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office William Kirby Courtesy of Arthur Kroeber Arthur … Harvard's Center for Government and International Studies . The wide-ranging discussion touched on China's political … energy sector. His next book, Playing Our Game: Why China's Rise Doesn't Threaten the West is forthcoming from Oxford …
Issue: March-April 2010
Athletes of Winter
… Women’s Hockey At midseason, the defending national champion Crimson stickwomen (13-2-2, … Mark Mazzolini called the icemen’s best overall performance of the season. Brothers Dominic and Steve Moore (at left) … a detached retina in his right eye put him temporarily out of action. Before his injury, Clemente set a school record …
Was the Human Brain Unleashed?
… Compare humans to other mammals and a distinguishing feature stands out: our … into them. The human brain is more than triple the size of the brain of chimpanzees, our closest relatives. In particular, it’s …
Issue: September-October 2014
Mise en Scène
… A professor once advised me that I shouldn’t have possessions until I have tenure. “Then,” he said, “you can start to collect books.” I’ve given … felt like a catatonia patient on an IV drip of food and gym machines and single-ply toilet paper. This year, as a …
Issue: January-February 2017
Detecting Breast Cancer Everywhere
… Across the world , breast cancer takes a devastating toll on women. … Globally, breast cancer is by far the most common form of cancer in women, but the majority who die from the … countries to thousands in the United States. CytoPAN machines, which cost about $3,500 apiece, require less …
Issue: November-December 2020