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The '03 Scholars
… that is. Harvard boasted seven winners, one a double. The Marshall Scholars are seniors Christopher Laumann, a … Laumann '02 Eugenia Levenson '02 Jon Chase / Harvard News Office Rose Lincoln / Harvard News Office Below, are Canadian Rhodes winner and Harvard Medical …
Issue: March-April 2003
The Best Diets for Healthy Aging
… links four major healthy eating patterns to a lower risk of premature death and of cancer, diseases of the cardiovascular system, and respiratory illness. The …
The Emergent Mind
… What goes on in the minds of babies? A lot, it turns out: long gone are the … the screen longer. The team says this shows babies were surprised by choices of objects that had previously required …
Issue: March-April 2018
The Honorands
… At the morning exercises of its 359th Commencement on May 27, … a majority had earned Harvard degrees earlier in life. They are listed here in alphabetical order, except for the … follow the biographical entries. Thomas R. Cech , Doctor of Science. A chemistry graduate of Grinnell College who …
Home Unaffordable Home
… In 1995, a typical home in the Boston metropolitan area could be had for about … excluding closing costs, taxes, and insurance) would have risen fourfold, from $1,029 to $4,181, leading to payments over the life of the loan totaling more than $1.5 million. Nationwide, the …
Issue: November-December 2024
Shots in the Dark
… The Z closet in Houghton Library is called that because Z is not used in the accession codes for the ordinary run of items in the collection: rare books and manuscripts. The … Ruskin’s eyepiece, Charles Dickens’s walking cane, locks of various writers’ hair, a group of pencils made by Henry …
Issue: September-October 2006
Respecting the Future
… I doubt that I was the first farm boy accepted to Harvard University, but when … in Cambridge you certainly could have fooled me. Fresh off the tractor, with a farmer's tan and a head full of Republican idealism, I fancied myself quite the moral …
Issue: July-August 2003
Live Long—and Save the Planet
… and legumes—are beneficial for human health, reducing the risk of chronic ailments such as heart disease. At the same time, … March-April 2017, page 11). Musicus was particularly surprised by findings related to nut consumption; nuts such as …
Issue: March-April 2023
“Our Planet in Microcosm”
… US. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China Nicholas Burns addressed the … The price of greatness is Responsibility. One cannot rise to be in many ways the leading community in the …
Pottery Predates Agriculture
… The evidence that pottery predates agriculture received a powerful boost Thursday with the publication in Science of a discovery that pottery shards from Xianrendong Cave, an … agriculture, about 11,000 years ago, with the concomitant rise of sedentary communities characterized by complex …
The President and the Professions
… University presidents, in general, find the machinations of medical schools arcane, strangely … In addition to making himself accessible to me as dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Neil has been willing to engage …
The Undergraduate Through the Years
… This magazine's "Undergraduate" column provides snapshots of contemporary student life. Some columns capture a moment in time; others demonstrate how the more things change, the more they … celebrates its 375th anniversary, we bring you a selection of columns from the last 25 years. In 1986, Claudia Polsky …
Issue: September-October 2011
Quality of Care
… Several years ago, Lisa Iezzoni, S.M. ’78, M.D. ’84, one of the most prominent researchers in healthcare and disability, … prejudices, and deficiencies. Respondents included a mix of primary care doctors and specialists in fields like …
Issue: May-June 2025
The College’s Strong Admissions Yield
… harvard College announced today that nearly 77 percent of students offered admission to the class of 2015 accepted—up from 75.5 percent last year. …
A Taste of Judy Budnitz
… Read an excerpt from "Nadia" by Judy Budnitz, who was profiled by Eliza Wilmerding in the March-April 2007 issue of Harvard Magazine. Our friend Joel got one of those …
Issue: March-April 2007