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“You Can Correct the Mistakes of My Generation”
… Drawing on his own success in brokering a peace treaty with the guerilla army FARC, ending five decades of civil war, former president of Colombia and Nobel … anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, saying “We must ‘rise above the parochial concepts of nation, race, and …
Behind the Scenes: The art of the profile
… We write a lot of profiles at Harvard Magazine . And with good reason, I think: so much of the story of a university like this one is expressed in the …
The Way of Trout
… across a calm pond. At least that's true for many kinds of fish, whose body structure allows them to capitalize on turbulence and use the water's energy to propel themselves forward by bouncing off eddies in an alternating side-to-side motion, like a …
Issue: March-April 2004
Seeking the First Speakers of Indo-European Language
… A new study of ancient DNA from 727 individuals who lived in the regions cradling the southern half of the Black Sea, and … root words. But where and when did the original language arise, and who spoke it? Answering such questions has in the …
The Magic of Luigi Lucioni
… The Shelburne Museum’s exhibition “Luigi Lucioni: Modern Light,” through October 16, offers a close look at the artist, who, when pressed, … world as “super realism.” It’s the first comprehensive show of his paintings, works on paper, and ephemera at a major …
Issue: September-October 2022
Beasts of the Big Screen
… “We wanted to see dinosaurs in places we’ve never seen them before.” It’s not the sort of mission statement you hear every day, especially since … the creatures in question have been extinct for millions of years. But Emily Carmichael ’04 is talking about Jurassic …
Issue: July-August 2022
The Resurrection of the Marlboro Man
… Battles about the future of smoking have always been waged over children. … tobacco companies, the young represent the next generation of smokers. Public-health advocates like Barry Bloom and Jay …
Issue: September-October 2019
“Be the Voice of Health”
… , Class Day speaker for Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, is best known as the pediatrician, … advocate whose research exposed lead poisoning in the water of Flint, Michigan, in 2015—and indeed, much of her speech …
Off the Shelf
… The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health, by Ellen J. Langer, professor of psychology (Ballantine, $28). The author … of the problems that concern Michèle Lamont in terms of crises afflicting liberal democracy, a professor of law and …
Issue: September-October 2023
Miller of "The Bay State Banner"
… I’ve always found that I thought about things—even from the time I was in grammar school—a little differently,” … Melvin B. Miller ’56 told this magazine on the eve of his sixty-fifth reunion. “I was never too reluctant to … a different opinion.” As founder, editor, and publisher of The Bay State Banner —a newspaper primarily for and about …
Issue: March-April 2022
Richard P. Lifton Elected to Harvard Corporation
… RICHARD P. Lifton , president of The Rockefeller University since 2016, will become a member … of mutations in 20 genes that cause blood pressure to rise or fall to extremes by altering renal salt …
The Dark Side of Boston
… evening, Boston’s North End is buzzing. Done with tours of Old North Church or the Paul Revere House, or just arriving for a fun night out, … or head to Copp’s Hill Terrace for romantic views of Boston Harbor. The city’s oldest neighborhood wasn’t …
Issue: September-October 2018
Behind the Scenes: The Power of Human Connection
… A couple of years ago, a friend of mine—like me, a writer and reporter , and also like me a … very true. People like us, he said, go into journalism for the writing , only to discover that it’s the reporting …
“The Path of Most Resistance”
… activist Cecile Richards’s Convocation speech at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) on Wednesday could not have been … inaction on gun violence, as urgent public-health crises. “Since I’ve left Planned Parenthood, I’ve joined …
“The Duties of Imagination”
… College seniors and their families convened in Sanders Theatre for the 229th Phi … purely celebratory events yet to come. This year’s edition of the PBK exercises ( read the program here), the first … to end our conversation at that point and trying to get a rise out of my parents, I said, “Mom, Dad. Be sure to watch …
John S. Rosenberg , Marina N. Bolotnikova