May-June 2001

Volume 103, Number 5

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Letters

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At the end of his article on the difficult times facing academic medical centers ("Unhealthy Hospitals," March-April, page 29), David…

Right Now

The Brain at Midlife

Researcher Francine Benes has penetrated a "blind spot" in neuroscience. Photograph by Tracy Powell Those of you…

The Cosmic Antipode

Illustrations depict gas from a sun-like companion star being drawn in a swirling pattern into a black hole (top) and onto a neutron star…

The Deadliest War

Those of you approaching the golden years, take heart: though scientists once thought brain development was finished by age five, professor of…

The Browser

On Human Reproduction

Peter Ellison’s On Fertile Ground is a truly extraordinary, state-of-the-art book on a topic that concerns all human beings as individuals and a…

Off the Shelf

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Chapter & Verse

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Fit for a Prince

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Unwordly Perfection

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Commencement and Reunion Guide

Fifty Things to Do While YouÌre Here

Time doesn’t stand still in Harvard Square, as the past and present views east (left, in 1956 and today) and west (right, in 1946 and…

Honoris Causa

Increase Mather was already presiding over Harvard College when he received one of its first honorary degrees. (More recent presidents have…

Harvard's "Lady Di"

Diane Jellis, momentarily at rest in Wadsworth House. Photograph by Stu Rosner If you don’t already know Diane Jellis, you may have…

De Gustibus

Perhaps the most cheerful restaurant dining room in Cambridge is the main one at Up Stairs at the Pudding. But shed a tear. The delightful…

Events of the Week

The many rituals of graduation peak on Commencement day, which this year includes addresses by President Neil L. Rudenstine and Robert E. Rubin…

Features

A Worldly Professor

The Tutor David G. Golden ’80, J.D. ’83, recalls wallowing in a "sophomore slump" after an academically indifferent fall term…

Toxic Memo

This David Levine caricature accompanied a New Yorker profile, published in the issue of July 6, 1998, when Summers led the U.S. effort to…

Philanthropy in a New Key

John Sage and Christopher Dearnley weren’t like most of their peers at Harvard Business School. Neither had financial training before enrolling…

Museums in Motion

Spirits quickened inside certain Harvard museums this winter when the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Jeremy R. Knowles, began…

Noah's Followers

Maria Rutzmoser, curatorial associate of the mammal department at the MCZ, in a portrait from the early 1980s. The bones she guards have…

Outsider inside the MCZ

Editor’s note: Purcell grew up in Cambridge and was taken often to the Museum of Comparative Zoology. "I stood mute, appalled, at the age…

Landscape in a Tooth

A howler monkey, Alouatta belzebul, of South America. The view is through the back of the skull. Photograph by Rosamond Wolff Purcell…

The Flatland of Photography

Photographs and comment by Rosamond Wolff Purcell The densely striped Javan tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, was common on that island…

An Historian Plays Ball

Portrait by Flint Born. Photomontage by Bartek Malysa. Historical photographs courtesy of Associated Press. As the class settles in…

John Harvard's Journal

Homecoming

The arrangements and itinerary for the election and introduction of Harvard’s twenty-seventh president, on Sunday, March 11, hewed to the…

The Summers Scoop

As an extra announcing the selection of Lawrence H. Summers as the University’s next president rolled off the presses of the Harvard…

The Search, Summarized

The quest for Harvard’s twenty-seventh president took shape last July, following Neil L. Rudenstine’s announcement on May 22 that he would step…

Radcliffe Consults Its Compass

The nascent Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, whose structure has gradually evolved from promise to particulars, continued taking shape…

Women in Science Redux

Since the summer of 1999, members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and its dean, Jeremy R. Knowles, have sought to increase the number…

Fonda Gift Creates Gender Studies Center

In Jane Fonda’s latest role, she stars as philanthropist summa cum laude. With a $12.5-million gift to the Graduate School of Education (GSE)…

Bulfinch Magic

Architect Charles Bulfinch performed a death-defying feat in University Hall 188 years ago. He caused to be built a staircase of heavy granite…

The "Invisible University"

Postdocs Tristan Darland (left) and Pamela Kainz at Harvard’s Biological Laboratories. Photograph by Jim Harrison They have been…

In Watertown, a New Frontier?

The geographic center of the University’s ambitions for campus growth over the next several decades lies to the south of Harvard Square, in the…

Aid and Tuition Head Higher

Echoing the enhancement in financial aid implemented in the fall of 1998, the College has increased its undergraduate aid budget by $8.3…

Down by the Riverside: A Progress Report

The garden center that leases a 2.3-acre piece of Cambridge riverfront from Harvard is bringing out its flats of marigolds and petunias for…

Harvard Backs After-School Initiative

The blue lights of police cruisers flashed outside Allston’s Jackson/Mann elementary school on an early spring morning. "What’s going on in…

Genomic Science and Society

Francis Collins, the home-schooled director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, visited Harvard Medical School on February 20, one…

Andrew W. Murray

Photograph by Jon Chase One week after publication of the human genome, Andrew W. Murray, professor of molecular and cellular biology…

Grading Game

Are grades inflated in the College—and does it matter? Debate over these questions is not new (see "Desperately Seeking Summa,&quot…

Medical Quad Times Two

The ceremonial groundbreaking for Harvard Medical School’s new research building on February 1 assumes more than ordinary significance. Coming…

Fineberg to Step Down as Provost

University provost Harvey V. Fineberg, once a leading candidate for Harvard’s presidency, has announced his intention to resign his position…

One Man's Mountain

Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian emphasized the literary qualities of his work, not the political conditions that make him an exile from his…

The Empress of Domesticity

Displaying humor and an insatiable curiousity about the world, Martha Stewart charmed a Sanders Theatre audience. Photograph by Jim…

Brevia

Robert E. Rubin U.S. Treasury Coming Attraction The Harvard Alumni Association’s guest speaker on Commencement afternoon will be…

Questions 101

The countdown began on February 28. I was jogging across Tercentenary Theatre (coincidentally, the site of my impending graduation) when I was…

Sprinter, Taylor, Hurdler (High)

One of the country’s best track athletes, Brenda Taylor gracefully clears an indoor hurdle. Photograph by Jim Harrison The summer…

Winter's End

THE HOTTEST SHOT ON ICE Tammy Shewchuck ’01 has scored more than anyone else who has ever played ice hockey at Harvard. This year…

The Hottest Shot on Ice

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The Alumni

Banjos and Balance Sheets

Banjoist Alison Brown ’84, a standout in folk, jazz, and bluegrass genres, is a rarity: a Grammy-winning artist who is also a successful…

"You Keep Going"

At his twentieth reunion, a classmate asked Peter Mee ’76 what he’d been doing since graduation. "Oh, I’ve been researching brain injuries…

Let Your Voice Be Heard

All votes for Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors must be returned by noon on June 1. All degree holders are eligible to…

Honors Due

Each year the HAA awards the Harvard Medal to three individuals who have rendered extraordinary service to the University. At the association’s…

Scholars Abroad

Winnowed from a pool of 112 applicants, four seniors were awarded Harvard-Cambridge Scholarships to study at Cambridge University for one year…

Comings and Goings

Many Harvard clubs boast a full roster of alumni events in May and June, including the selected list of speakers found below. Contact the club…

Concerning Obituaries

Concerning Obituaries On page 92T of the January-February issue, Deborah Smullyan pays a glowing tribute to Theodore Alvin Hall ’44, a…

The College Pump

Fried Eggs and Bacon1

Illustration by Rick Stromoski Librarians tell of a great diversity of items used as bookmarks by library patrons and later discovered…

Treasure

Saved from the Flames

"Last night Harvard College suffered the most ruinous loss it ever met with since its foundation," begins a broadside printed in…

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View more classifieds	Skip to primary navigation May-June 2001 Volume 103, Number 5 Jump to Section: Letters, Right Now, The Browser, Commencement and Reunion Guide, Features, John Harvard's Journal, The Alumni, The College Pump, Treasure Letters Cambridge 02138 At the end of his article on the difficult times facing academic medical centers ("Unhealthy Hospitals," March-April, page 29), David… Right Now The Brain at Midlife Researcher Francine Benes has penetrated a "blind spot" in neuroscience. Photograph by Tracy Powell Those of you… The Cosmic Antipode Illustrations depict gas from a sun-like companion star being drawn in a swirling pattern into a black hole (top) and onto a neutron star… The Deadliest War Those of you approaching the golden years, take heart: though scientists once thought brain development was finished by age five, professor of… Back to top The Browser On Human Reproduction Peter Ellison’s On Fertile Ground is a truly extraordinary, state-of-the-art book on a topic that concerns all human beings as individuals and a… Off the Shelf n/a Chapter & Verse n/a Fit for a Prince n/a Unwordly Perfection n/a Back to top Commencement and Reunion Guide Fifty Things to Do While YouÌre Here Time doesn’t stand still in Harvard Square, as the past and present views east (left, in 1956 and today) and west (right, in 1946 and… Honoris Causa Increase Mather was already presiding over Harvard College when he received one of its first honorary degrees. (More recent presidents have… Harvard's "Lady Di" Diane Jellis, momentarily at rest in Wadsworth House. Photograph by Stu Rosner If you don’t already know Diane Jellis, you may have… De Gustibus Perhaps the most cheerful restaurant dining room in Cambridge is the main one at Up Stairs at the Pudding. But shed a tear. The delightful… Events of the Week The many rituals of graduation peak on Commencement day, which this year includes addresses by President Neil L. Rudenstine and Robert E. Rubin… Back to top Features A Worldly Professor The Tutor David G. Golden ’80, J.D. ’83, recalls wallowing in a "sophomore slump" after an academically indifferent fall term… Toxic Memo This David Levine caricature accompanied a New Yorker profile, published in the issue of July 6, 1998, when Summers led the U.S. effort to… Philanthropy in a New Key John Sage and Christopher Dearnley weren’t like most of their peers at Harvard Business School. Neither had financial training before enrolling… Museums in Motion Spirits quickened inside certain Harvard museums this winter when the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Jeremy R. Knowles, began… Noah's Followers Maria Rutzmoser, curatorial associate of the mammal department at the MCZ, in a portrait from the early 1980s. The bones she guards have… Outsider inside the MCZ Editor’s note: Purcell grew up in Cambridge and was taken often to the Museum of Comparative Zoology. "I stood mute, appalled, at the age… Landscape in a Tooth A howler monkey, Alouatta belzebul, of South America. The view is through the back of the skull. Photograph by Rosamond Wolff Purcell… The Flatland of Photography Photographs and comment by Rosamond Wolff Purcell The densely striped Javan tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, was common on that island… An Historian Plays Ball Portrait by Flint Born. Photomontage by Bartek Malysa. Historical photographs courtesy of Associated Press. As the class settles in… Back to top John Harvard's Journal Homecoming The arrangements and itinerary for the election and introduction of Harvard’s twenty-seventh president, on Sunday, March 11, hewed to the… The Summers Scoop As an extra announcing the selection of Lawrence H. Summers as the University’s next president rolled off the presses of the Harvard… The Search, Summarized The quest for Harvard’s twenty-seventh president took shape last July, following Neil L. Rudenstine’s announcement on May 22 that he would step… Radcliffe Consults Its Compass The nascent Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, whose structure has gradually evolved from promise to particulars, continued taking shape… Women in Science Redux Since the summer of 1999, members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and its dean, Jeremy R. Knowles, have sought to increase the number… Fonda Gift Creates Gender Studies Center In Jane Fonda’s latest role, she stars as philanthropist summa cum laude. With a $12.5-million gift to the Graduate School of Education (GSE)… Bulfinch Magic Architect Charles Bulfinch performed a death-defying feat in University Hall 188 years ago. He caused to be built a staircase of heavy granite… The "Invisible University" Postdocs Tristan Darland (left) and Pamela Kainz at Harvard’s Biological Laboratories. Photograph by Jim Harrison They have been… In Watertown, a New Frontier? The geographic center of the University’s ambitions for campus growth over the next several decades lies to the south of Harvard Square, in the… Aid and Tuition Head Higher Echoing the enhancement in financial aid implemented in the fall of 1998, the College has increased its undergraduate aid budget by $8.3… Down by the Riverside: A Progress Report The garden center that leases a 2.3-acre piece of Cambridge riverfront from Harvard is bringing out its flats of marigolds and petunias for… Harvard Backs After-School Initiative The blue lights of police cruisers flashed outside Allston’s Jackson/Mann elementary school on an early spring morning. "What’s going on in… Genomic Science and Society Francis Collins, the home-schooled director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, visited Harvard Medical School on February 20, one… Andrew W. Murray Photograph by Jon Chase One week after publication of the human genome, Andrew W. Murray, professor of molecular and cellular biology… Grading Game Are grades inflated in the College—and does it matter? Debate over these questions is not new (see "Desperately Seeking Summa,&quot… Medical Quad Times Two The ceremonial groundbreaking for Harvard Medical School’s new research building on February 1 assumes more than ordinary significance. Coming… Fineberg to Step Down as Provost University provost Harvey V. Fineberg, once a leading candidate for Harvard’s presidency, has announced his intention to resign his position… One Man's Mountain Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian emphasized the literary qualities of his work, not the political conditions that make him an exile from his… The Empress of Domesticity Displaying humor and an insatiable curiousity about the world, Martha Stewart charmed a Sanders Theatre audience. Photograph by Jim… Brevia Robert E. Rubin U.S. Treasury Coming Attraction The Harvard Alumni Association’s guest speaker on Commencement afternoon will be… Questions 101 The countdown began on February 28. I was jogging across Tercentenary Theatre (coincidentally, the site of my impending graduation) when I was… Sprinter, Taylor, Hurdler (High) One of the country’s best track athletes, Brenda Taylor gracefully clears an indoor hurdle. Photograph by Jim Harrison The summer… Winter's End THE HOTTEST SHOT ON ICE Tammy Shewchuck ’01 has scored more than anyone else who has ever played ice hockey at Harvard. This year… The Hottest Shot on Ice n/a Back to top The Alumni Banjos and Balance Sheets Banjoist Alison Brown ’84, a standout in folk, jazz, and bluegrass genres, is a rarity: a Grammy-winning artist who is also a successful… "You Keep Going" At his twentieth reunion, a classmate asked Peter Mee ’76 what he’d been doing since graduation. "Oh, I’ve been researching brain injuries… Let Your Voice Be Heard All votes for Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors must be returned by noon on June 1. All degree holders are eligible to… Honors Due Each year the HAA awards the Harvard Medal to three individuals who have rendered extraordinary service to the University. At the association’s… Scholars Abroad Winnowed from a pool of 112 applicants, four seniors were awarded Harvard-Cambridge Scholarships to study at Cambridge University for one year… Comings and Goings Many Harvard clubs boast a full roster of alumni events in May and June, including the selected list of speakers found below. Contact the club… Concerning Obituaries Concerning Obituaries On page 92T of the January-February issue, Deborah Smullyan pays a glowing tribute to Theodore Alvin Hall ’44, a… Back to top The College Pump Fried Eggs and Bacon1 Illustration by Rick Stromoski Librarians tell of a great diversity of items used as bookmarks by library patrons and later discovered… Back to top Treasure Saved from the Flames "Last night Harvard College suffered the most ruinous loss it ever met with since its foundation," begins a broadside printed in…

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