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Gut Renovation
… A gut renovation of the Sherman Fairchild building this fall will yield 62,000 square feet of space for 275 investigators dedicated to stem-cell …
Issue: November-December 2010
Diabetes Basics
… variants: type 1 and type 2. Both result from a defect in the body’s insulin-producing mechanism, but the way they … lodged beneath the stomach, is roughly the size and shape of a banana; in a healthy person, the all-important beta cells, taken together, have the volume of the first joint of a pinkie finger. Type 1 diabetes is an …
Issue: November-December 2008
Art Theft Redux
… The recent art theft in a Rotterdam museum triggered an … in The New York Times by Anthony Amore, M.P.A. ’00, author of the 2011 book Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists. “Hot Canvases,” a piece from the …
Cambridge Scholars
… Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2014-2015 academic year. Gregory Kristof , of Scarsdale, New York, and Kirkland House, a philosophy …
Issue: July-August 2015
Centennial Medalists
… The Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who …
Issue: July-August 2024
Harvardian Plays in Oxbridge Rugby Showdown
… Will Johnson ’06, a six-foot-three-inch, 270-pound offensive lineman for the Harvard football team, played for Oxford in the annual … Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge, the culmination of the rugby season for Oxford’s Dark Blues and the Light …
Vote Now
… five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Ballots, mailed out by … J.D.-M.B.A. ’04, Menlo Park, California. Partner, New Enterprise Associates. Shilla Kim-Parker ’04, M.B.A. ’09, New York …
Issue: May-June 2013
Alvin Roth
… economics is to people and ideas from different fields. The Gund professor of economics and business administration began his academic …
Issue: September-October 2008
Nets 'n' Turf
… Beren Tennis Center Boasting 18 courts, the new Robert M. Beren Tennis Center (above) was dedicated in mid April. The gift of Robert M. Beren ’47, M.B.A, ’50, an avid tennis player … intercollegiate events like the NCAA regionals. The state-of-the-art facility provides a “cushioned” hard-court …
Faculty for Freshman Seminars
… new College students to faculty members and to a subject of their choice—an opportunity for real intellectual exploration. But the number of courses offered peaked at about five dozen in the late …
Issue: May-June 2007
Markers, Male and Female
… to popular belief, says Spencer Wells, Ph.D. ’94, who heads the joint National Geographic Society-IBM Genographic … but only a few men do”—and thus a more diverse sampling of the earliest female human lineages has survived. Wells … about the who, the where, the when. But to make sense of the how and the why (which is the fun part), you have to …
Issue: May-June 2008
John, Boxed
… touch his gleaming toe. It must be summer. This season saw the bronzed demigod enshrined in plywood and lit by a … University Hall," May-June 1999, page 71). Its litany of deficiencies will soon be corrected. Inside, the doors to the first-floor deans' offices were unbarred, unhinged, and stacked like lumber …
Financial Update
… Harvard Magazine is a 501(c)3 affiliate of Harvard University with excellent access to University … news sources—but as an editorially independent publication, the magazine is written, edited, and produced with readers’ … across the United States that primarily serve the needs of their University news and development departments. As a …
Dunster Deconstruction
… Having practiced the art and craft of House renewal on parts of Quincy and Leverett houses, the College is now renovating …
Issue: September-October 2014
How Advertising Works
… 2. What makes an advertising campaign successful? 3. The benefits of advertising in print 4. Why advertising in Harvard … thought when a need for your type of product or service arises. If you are working with a limited budget, consider …