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Harvard Medical School Revises Conflicts-of-Interest Policies
… its policies governing faculty members’ financial conflicts of interest and commitment (COI). This is the first such comprehensive revision since 2004 , and, by … public confidence in the integrity of the scientific enterprise”—no minor challenge in light of public concern over …
Allston: The Killer App
… A quarter-century after the University first acquired land in Allston, in 1989, to accommodate growth, it may begin construction of the first academic facility there. At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting on February 5 (as this magazine …
Issue: March-April 2013
The Square, Revisited
… The more things change, the more they stay the same. That's … Square may be humming this spring as they cruise its mix of new and old faces and places. The Square has seen … opened outlets here--but old favorites from the Coop to Out of Town News still serve as familiar landmarks. And, as …
Words of Wisdom at an Outdoor Baccalaureate
… On Wednesday, May 24, at the annual Baccalaureate ceremony, Lawrence S. Bacow … that you are all wearing,” he said, “a symbol not only of our membership in a community of learning but also of our experience these past four …
Barney Frank: "The Most Outspoken Man in the House"
… Having served in the United States House of Representatives since 1981, … to address the housing, banking, and automobile industry crises. Toobin ends by quoting Frank on the challenge ahead: …
Medicare Solutions and Problems
… The addition of prescription-drug coverage to Medicare is … to their American bond holdings, interest rates could rise substantially. They would rise even more if the current bond owners decided to reduce …
Issue: May-June 2004
Cheers, Love, and Altruism at the Graduate School of Education
… The Graduate School of Education’s Convocation ceremony on Wednesday afternoon in Radcliffe Yard began with the exuberance of a pep rally and closed with three sets of personal …
The Human Genome Map, 10 Years Later
… In the decade since the first mapping of a human genome in its entirety, the pace of discovery enabled by this new technology has, in …
Report to the Alumni
… Emeritus Kennedy School. Graduate English Oration. The Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. The departing president … The task that awaits us now is to help the University rise again to the challenges it faces so that we can succeed …
Having Fun with the News
… Even after six years and continuing success at the helm of National Public Radio's Wait Wait...Don't Tell … aspiring to host a show in radio," he says. "Ira Glass [of This American Life ] started here as an intern at 18, …
Issue: September-October 2004
In the Hole
… Construction continued apace in early February on the foundations of Harvard’s first science complex in Allston, a roughly … initiatives, and the University-wide department of systems biology. Workers have been waterproofing the …
Issue: March-April 2009
Life After Harvard: The Pains and Pleasures of Alumni Reunions
… Reunions are practically invented for storytellers. “There’s this amazing dramatic structure built into our lives … becomes this built-in ritual, as time passes, to take stock of who we once were, and who we are now. That’s not always … telling details the melancholy-tinged reflections that can arise as classmates depart the reunion: The tent had …
Engineering Life
… S ynthetic biology, or the application of engineering principles … even create hybrid systems by linking them to non-living machines. Propelling the science forward are scores of …
Issue: January-February 2020
The Week’s Events
… and orator Joyce Carol Oates. Baccalaureate Service for the Class of 2011 at 2, Memorial Church, followed by class picture, … School Commencement Address by Kolokotrones University Professor Paul Farmer, M.D. ’88, Ph.D. ’90, followed by a …
Issue: May-June 2011
The Endowment Ebbs
… The University’s endowment was valued at $35.7 billion last June 30, the end of fiscal year 2016—a decrease of $1.9 billion (5.1 percent) … the 5.4 percentage-point margin in fiscal 2016, the gap rises to nearly $2 billion: closing in on $100 million of …
Issue: November-December 2016