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These Bots Were Made for Walking
… from helping hearts pump blood to fighting cancer . Now, they’re adding a new accomplishment to their list: improving … have tackled this challenge by designing a special type of robot called an exosuit: a soft, flexible robotic device … improve on nature. Cajigas and Bonato’s work shows that machines, by perturbing natural walking patterns, can help …
To the Victor...?
… The curator of the Lee Family Hall of Athletic History, at the Murr Center, …
Issue: September-October 2003
Mysteries and Masterpieces
… In 2011, Harvard University Press celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the Loeb Classical Library , the renowned series that … of the Bible: “If it is an ordinary day, as soon as they rise from supper, the brothers should all sit down together …
Issue: January-February 2012
Harvard on the Block
… Harvardiana from the collection of Michael Droller. He thinks that the doll, … four years ago. But he has never forgotten that first "surprise and fascination" at encountering the country's oldest …
Issue: March-April 2002
At Home with Harvard: The Immigrant Experience
… This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a … watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the previous selections, featuring articles about income … the admission of women, the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, the rise of women in the faculty ranks, Harvard’s first woman …
Off the Shelf
… Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class, by Ross Gregory Douthat … "Harvard was not what I had expected: It was not a refuge of genius and a sanctuary of intellect. Instead, it was …
Issue: March-April 2005
The Changing Corporation
… The President and Fellows of Harvard College—as the seven-member, self-perpetuating Corporation, the … governing board, is formally known—is in the midst of unusually swift and extensive change. On April 7, Robert …
Issue: July-August 2002
Do Mitochondria Hold the Power to Heal?
… Introductory biology students often hear that mitochondria are “the powerhouses of the cell.” These bean-shaped microscopic organelles …
Issue: September-October 2025
Risk-Taking Lizards
… THE BROWN ANOLE , a variety of lizard widespread in the Caribbean and southern United States, divides its time between the ground and the limbs of trees and shrubs. If a predator is around, the lizards …
The Pandemic’s Economic Fallout
… The coronavirus pandemic , which has caused U.S. GDP and … rates, left economists and policymakers blind at a moment of enormous strain for millions of workers, businesses, and government officials trying to …
Reflections of Fatimah Tuggar
… at Wellesley College’s Davis Museum through December 15, offers 26 large-scale works by the Nigerian-born, Kansas-based conceptual artist. Given her … desktop computer—displaying on its screen a duplicate image of the entire Working Woman montage. It’s as if the woman is …
Issue: November-December 2019
Focusing on the Ph.D.
… During her tenure as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), from mid 2005 through last …
Issue: March-April 2008
Setting the Stage
… L ondon’s Chelsea Theatre can be found off a main road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, a neighborhood where household …
Issue: May-June 2020
Curiosities: “Completely Magical”
… as recreate how we see it. Since turning to photography in the 1990s, he has produced a store of images that primarily reflect two subjects: Colorado’s … thing about this show is how an economy of means gives rise to this endless creative profusion,” says exhibit …
Issue: November-December 2021
Airing Out the Living Wage
… The occupation of Massachusetts Hall last spring by the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM)--proponents of a minimum "living wage" of $10.68 per hour for Harvard …
Issue: January-February 2002