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Hello from Havana
ForumRaúl Castro is changing Cuba. Will the United States respond?Scenes from Havana, taken in March 2007Photograph by Stu RosnerScenes from Havana, taken in March 2007Photograph by Stu RosnerScenes...
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The Unlikely Writer
Atul Gawande, surgeon and health-policy scholar, never expected to be a literary voice of medicine.Gawande in his various environments: in his office at the Harvard School of Public HealthPhotograph by...
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Immersed in Africa
Students and service at a new frontieradditional profiles plus photo galleriesChildren from New Hope orphanage in Busia, Uganda, make their nightly walk to get water for drinking and washing. They...
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Tools and Tests
Stem cells are being used as tools in regenerative medicine and drug discovery.Chad CowanPhotograph by Fred FieldAn induced pluripotent stem-cell colony produced in part by using a drug—a new, safer...
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An Evolving Foe
Harvard scientists are using genomic tools to fight newly resurgent malaria.Malaria maps (tentative)Professor Dyann Wirth leads the Harvard Malaria Initiative.Photograph by Jim HarrisonMarch-April...
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Gutenberg 2.0
Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change.Not sure yet but something; potentially a video of book preservation?Nearly half of Harvard’s collection is housed at the Harvard Depository, a marvel of...
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After Our Bubble
Prospects for American economic recovery—and cautionary lessons from JapanIllustration by Miguel DavillaJuly-August 2010Jonathan Shaw ’89 is managing editor of this magazine. Social Sciences All Topics...
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The Social Epidemic
Harvard professors and students take aim at the social and behavioral factors that contribute to HIV.Narrated slide show with extra photos. Also online-only sidebars. Package with landing...
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The Psyche on Automatic
Amy Cuddy probes snap judgments, warm feelings, and how to become an “alpha dog.”Gallery of paintings by homeless people. And, Your Take.Amy Cuddy at Harvard Business School’s Baker LibraryPhotograph...
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Quotable Harvard
An expert's pick of choice Harvard wordsReaders submit their favorite quotationsThomas Wolfe and Gertrude SteinIllustrations by Tom MosserMarch-April 2011[discuss:Join the Conversation:30930]What is...
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The Marketplace of Perceptions
The Marketplace of PerceptionsBehavioral economics explains why we procrastinate, buy, borrow, and grab chocolate on the spur of the moment.Craig LambertMarch-April 2006...
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Fueling Our Future
Fueling Our FutureClimate warming is accelerating as energy use soars. Nuclear power won't close the gap. We need to learn to live with coal. Here's one elaborate engineering solution.Jonathan...
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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...
View ArticleSeamus 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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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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