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Psychiatry by Prescription

Psychiatry by PrescriptionDo psychotropic drugs blur the boundaries between illness and health?Ashley PettusJuly-August 2006 psychiatry-by-prescripti.htmlBy the time he reached his early thirties,...

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Summers in Summary

Summers in SummaryA presidency, and the University, in perspectiveJohn S. RosenbergSeptember-October 2006 summers-in-summary.htmlLawrence H. Summers brought to the Harvard presidency prodigious energy...

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Seamus Heaney, Digging with the Pen

Seamus Heaney, profiled by Adam KirschOn rhymes and responsibilitiesAdam KirschNovember-December 2006 seamus-heaney-digging-wi.htmlOne of the most revealing questions you can ask about any poet has to...

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Ken’s Story

Ken’s StoryOne patient's role in the cancer treatment revolutionDavid G. NathanJanuary-February 2007 kens-story.htmlA “rapidly developing revolution in cancer treatment” has prompted David G. Nathan,...

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Reviewing "Reality"

Reviewing "Reality"<i>New York Times</i> columnist Frank Rich views political life through a theatrical lens.Craig LambertMarch-April 2007 reviewing-reality.htmlThe scene, at least the one...

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End of the Melting Pot?

The new wave of immigrants presents new challengesAshley PettusMay-June 2007 end-of-the-melting-pot.htmlIn 1986, after receiving amnesty under the Immigration Reform and Control Act, Jorge Montes began...

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A Scholar in the House

A Scholar in the HousePresident Drew Gilpin FaustJohn S. RosenbergJuly-August 2007 a-scholar-in-the-house.htmlTradition and the twenty-first century were tangled together in Barker Center’s Thompson...

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Bricks & Politics

Bricks & PoliticsWhat gets built at Harvard, what doesn't, and whyJoan WickershamSeptember-October 2007 bricks-politics.htmlEvery year, on a hot summer day, 10 Boston-area architects pile into a...

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The Undiscovered Planet

The Undiscovered PlanetMicrobial science illuminates a world of astounding diversity.Jonathan ShawNovember-December 2007 the-undiscovered-planet.htmlCopernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton—these are...

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A Spectrum of Disorders

A Spectrum of DisordersThe urgent search to understand the biological basis of autismAshley PettusJanuary-February 2008 a-spectrum-of-disorders.htmlWhen Alison finally heard her son Matthew’s...

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The Physics of the Familiar

The Physics of the FamiliarHow paint dries, the way flags flutter, how Nature discovered origami, and other marvels of the physical worldJonathan ShawMarch-April 2008 the-physics-of-the-familiar“Just...

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Shedding Light on Life

Advances in optical microscopy reveal biological processes as they unfold.Courtney HumphriesMay-June 2008 shedding-light-on-life.htmlThe scenes are familiar from biology textbooks. A long string of DNA...

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Unequal America

Unequal AmericaCauses and consequences of the wide&mdash;and growing&mdash;gap between rich and poorElizabeth GudraisJuly-August 2008 unequal-america.htmlWhen Majid Ezzati thinks about...

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Works and Woods

Architecture and ecology in JapanPaul GleasonSeptember-October 2008 works-and-woods.htmlWhen you enter the Japanese house in the Boston Children’s Museum, says Yukio Lippit ’92, “you feel a little bit...

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Animals Speak Color

Animals Speak ColorA new exhibition reveals how they acquire the language and use it.Christopher ReedNovember-December 2008 animals-speak-color.htmlTo delight and instruct,The Language of Color at the...

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The War and the Writ

habeas corpusHabeas corpus and security in an age of terrorismJonathan ShawJanuary-February 2009 the-war-the-writHuzaifa Parhat, a fruit peddler, has been imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay Detention Center...

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The Developing Child

The Developing ChildWith a new interdisciplinary center, Harvard turns its focus to the earliest years of life—in an approach that combines science, policy, and practice.Elizabeth GudraisMarch-April...

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Untangling the Brain

Untangling the BrainFrom neuron to mindCourtney HumphriesMay-June 2009 untangling-the-brainModern neuroscience rests on the assumption that our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors emerge...

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Hello from Havana

ForumCubaNuanced but unmistakable stirrings of change in CubaJorge I. DominguezJuly-August 2009 hello-havanaPresident Raúl Castro’s principal contribution thus far to the lives of ordinary Cubans has...

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The Unlikely Writer

Atul Gawande: surgeon, health-policy scholar, and writerAtul Gawande, “slightly bewildered” surgeon and health-policy scholar—and a literary voice of medicine Elizabeth GudraisSeptember-October 2009...

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Immersed in Africa

Harvard students volunteer in AfricaIn "a class situated in the world," students and service at a new frontierElizabeth GudraisNovember-December 2009 harvard-students-in-africaFinancial...

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Tools and Tests

Stem-cell science evolvesThe evolution of stem-cell researchJonathan ShawJanuary-February 2010 state-of-stem-cell-fieldYour mother has had difficulty walking, and this morning she is slurring her...

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An Evolving Foe

Fighting malaria with evolutionary biology and genomicsApplying genomic tools to the fight against malariaCourtney HumphriesMarch-April 2010 evolving-foeThere was a time when it seemed that medicine...

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Gutenberg 2.0

Gutenberg 2.0: What future for libraries?Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change.Jonathan ShawMay-June 2010 gutenberg-2-0"Throw it in the charles," one scientist recently suggested as a fitting...

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After Our Bubble

The United States bubble economy and lessons from JapanProspects for American economic recovery—and cautionary lessons from JapanJonathan ShawJuly-August 2010 after-our-bubbleSaving more. Consuming...

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The Social Epidemic

Harvard scholars and students fight HIV in sub-Saharan AfricaBattling HIV in sub-Saharan AfricaElizabeth GudraisSeptember-October 2010 the-social-epidemicZasembo Mkhize, age eight, has come to the...

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The Psyche on Automatic

Profile of social psychologist Amy Cuddy of Harvard Business SchoolAmy Cuddy probes snap judgments, warm feelings, and how to become an "alpha dog."Craig LambertNovember-December 2010 The Psyche on...

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Quotable Harvard

Yale expert Fred Shapiro's pick of choice Harvard quotationsAn expert's pick of choice Harvard wordsFred ShapiroMarch-April 2011 quotable harvardThough he edited both theYale Book of Quotations and the...

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From the Archives: Image and the Arc of Feeling

Image and the Arc of FeelingPoet Jorie Graham gives form to the thrumming of “final questions.”Craig Lambert jorie-grahamBoylston professor of rhetoric and oratory Jorie Graham is a preeminent...

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From the Archives: The Talent for Aging Well

The Talent for Aging WellClues to healthy maturation, from a study that traces members of Harvard's "Greatest Generation" through adulthoodCraig Lambert the-talent-for-aging-wellTaxes remain...

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