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As the panelists in your roundtable discussion "Cities and Suburbs" cogently convey (January-February, page 54), more than a few suburbs now manifest the very attributes--crime, dismal aesthetics, social isolation, and economic dysfunctionality--that …
Issue: March-April 2000
Spherical Riches
Harvard's baseball collection consists of 274 balls in a massive case. The balls commemorate games won by College teams between 1865 and 1885. The latest represents a win over Yale, 16-2, on June 20, 1885. Harvard won 27 of 28 games that year, playing …
Issue: March-April 2000
Sun and Shade
When daylight-saving time returns on April 2, not a moment too soon, Harvardians emerging into the sunlight may wish to visit the restored Dudley Garden at the back of Lamont Library, hidden from Massachusetts Avenue by a high brick wall. One enters …
Issue: March-April 2000
Harvard Calendar
SPECIAL. Dance yourself over to the annual CityStep show, featuring Cambridge fifth- and sixth-graders, on April 14 and 15 in Sanders Theatre. For times and ticket prices, call (617) 496-2222. Mark your calendars for ArtsFirst 2000, Harvard’s eighth …
Issue: March-April 2000
The Skinny on Weight
Calvin Trillin has attributed an astute observation to his father, who said something like, "You can't gain more weight than that of the food you eat." That makes perfect sense to me, but some people feel that there's something very mysterious about body …
Issue: March-April 2000
Banner Day
"Return to Harvard Day," on Wednesday, April 19, offers alumni of all College classes, and this year's reunion classes, their spouses, and high-school-age children in particular, an opportunity to visit while the academic year is in full swing. The day's …
Issue: March-April 2000
Orchid Peeping
An exhibition probing pollination strategies opened on Valentine's Day at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and will run through May 14. Orchids: A Story of Seduction features live orchids, a continuous slide show of 125 ravishing species, displays …
Issue: March-April 2000
Expanding the Professoriate
Samuel Gompers, a founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor, succinctly summarized its aims as "More!" It is unlikely that FAS dean Jeremy R. Knowles had that antecedent in mind in January when he put forth as a guide to managing …
Issue: March-April 2000
The Finish Line
Harvard's university campaign, the most ambitious such effort ever in higher education, concluded December 31, five and a half years from its public launch in May 1994. When all the gifts were tallied, wrote President Neil L. Rudenstine to "alumni, …
Issue: March-April 2000
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Scientific Investigator
A marshall scholarship diverted Frances Brodsky ’76 from enrolling in M.D.-Ph.D. programs after graduation. While earning a doctorate in molecular biology at Oxford, she discovered a preference for pure “bench” science; today, after postdoctoral …
Cities and Suburbs
Can our cities be made livable for all kinds of citizens, or are they condemned to be office ghettoes and entertainment zones used by suburban commuters? What has attracted the majority of Americans to the suburbs--and can those attractive qualities …
Network for the Next Generation
The surveillance area of Harvard's network operations center (NOC) bears a fleeting resemblance to the helm of a starship. The large screen at center displays a schematic of Harvard's network nodes, each of which may represent individual computers or the …
Women in the Sciences
Five professors and the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) are jointly pursuing creative approaches to a persistent problem: the severe underrepresentation of women faculty members in Harvard's science departments. They proceed in an …
The Provost Meets the Press...
Harvey v. Fineberg '67, M.D. '71, M.P.P. '72, Ph.D. '80, who had served as dean of the School of Public Health since 1984, was appointed University provost in April 1997. He met with editors of Harvard Magazine at Massachusetts Hall late in October to …