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A woman jogs on a path beside a boy riding a bicycle, surrounded by trees.

To Promote Healthy Habits in Patients, Start with the Doctors

Why Harvard Medical School is training physicians to think more like coaches

by Jonathan Shaw

Saint Jerome—whose Latin translation <i>was</i> the European Bible for a thousand years— by Theodoricus of Prague (fl. 1359-1381)

The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, explored by Adam Kirsch

Adam Kirsch reads the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library—the latest stage in the “American conquest of the Middle Ages”

by Adam Kirsch

Dressed for duty

"Flying Santa" Edward Rowe Snow delivered gifts to lighthouse children

Brief life of a maritime original: 1902-1982

by Sara Hoagland Hunter

Ginkgo specimens in their ancestral setting: Shan Jiang village, Guizhou Province, in the People’s Republic of China

Peter Del Tredici of the Arnold Arboretum searches for the wild ginkgo

Peter Del Tredici’s search for the wild ginkgo and the secret of its uniquely long survival

by Jill Jonnes

The <i>Invention of Book Printing</i> comes from <i>Nova Reperta</i> (New inventions and discoveries of modern times), by Stradanus (Jan van der Straet), the first such illustrated compendium of postclassical innovations (ca. 1599- 1603). The ability to print many copies of such works revolutionized communication of ideas in the sixteenth century.

Sackler exhibition reveals artistic discovery in Renaissance Europe

An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.

by Jennifer Carling , Jonathan Shaw

A miniature portrait of Craigie in his prime, this watercolor on ivory, painted around 1800, is attributed to Archibald Robertson.

Profile of Revolutionary patriot and scoundrel Andrew Craigie

Brief life of a patriot and scoundrel: 1754-1819

by Anthony J. Connors

Illustration by Robert Neubecker

Private colleges maintain value, say educators Richard Chait and Zachary First

Two scholars of higher education buck the negative tide.

by Zachary First

Former Hollywood filmmaker Michael Rich studies how media affect youth

Former Hollywood filmmaker Michael Rich of HMS studies how media affect youth.

by Cara Feinberg

March 27, 1999—The Harvard women's ice-hockey team win the national championship.

Faster, Higher, Stronger—25 years of athletic change

Athletic accomplishments, highlighted

Photograph by Justin Ide/Harvard News Office

Seamus Heaney introduces an anniversary album

Seamus Heaney introduces an anniversary album.

Illustration by Mark Steele

The Perils of Prediction

Peering into the future—in print

by John S. Rosenberg