January-February 2006

Volume 108, Number 3

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Letters

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Undertreating Chronic Pain Kathleen Koman’s article about pain (“The Science of Hurt,” November-December 2005, page 46)…

Right Now

The Market for News

Imagine that the Labor Department releases new statistics that show the U.S. unemployment rate rising from 6.1 to 6.3 percent. One major…

The Law of Dissimilars

Humans have a natural propensity to distrust the “other.” The classic social-psychology experiment in which individuals are randomly…

Light Blitzes Plaque1

Fast forward a decade and imagine what a drugstore shelf might hold. A pill containing an entire day’s nutrients? A gadget that confers…

Rethinking New Orleans

In the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush promised to “do what it takes” to help New Orleans’s residents…

The Browser

Growth is Good

Economists have always been very good at detailing the material consequences of modern economic growth. It makes us taller: we are perhaps seven…

Off the Shelf

The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved, by Robbins Burling, Ph.D. ’58 (Oxford University Press, $29.95). A persuasive, urbane, and…

Chapter & Verse

Dale Higbee hopes to learn the source of a comment by Archibald MacLeish: “We know all the answers; it’s the questions we…

They Do It So Much in New England

He was an admiralty lawyer whose second career was to effect improvements in public affairs—“meddling,” as he put it. CCB: The…

New England Regional

Extracurriculars

Conquer the winter blues by exploring the assortment of activities happening in and outside of Harvard Square, ranging from love stories…

Maine Delights

Arrows sits on a wooded country road about half a mile from the coastal town of Ogunquit. Eighty percent of the food served is grown in gardens…

Food, Glorious Food

Eating New England: A Food Lover’s Guide to Eating Locally, cowritten by Juliette Rogers ’94, is really a book of stories about…

Destination: Regional Repasts

• Beal House Inn, Littleton, New Hampshire. 603-444-2661; www.bealhouseinn.com. A single-malt-scotch dinner; seasonal five-course wine…

Features

The Middle Class on the Precipice8

During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure…

Samuel Williston

When Samuel Williston, A.B. 1882, LL.B.-A.M. ’88, died at the age of 101, Time magazine took notice, describing his enormous influence on…

Twigs Bent Left or Right1

How did Franklin Delano Roosevelt ’04, born in 1882 to a privileged, aristocratic life in New York’s Hudson River Valley, become a…

Blue Genes or Red?

Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba says he used to joke that our politics are written in our genes. “I made the argument that…

Them Apples

Images courtesy of the Harvard University Art Museums In Manhattan in 1958, the year he graduated from Princeton, Frank Stella assembled the…

Life Lessons

With portaits by Mark Ostow In a room where somber faces are the norm, Steve Cappiello is beaming. The tall, muscular 36-year-old points to…

"My life had been uplifted"

Had it not been for the “Living with Life-Threatening Illness” course, Christie Thorne Sullivan and Tabatha Williams-Mike would…

Courses of Study

Perusing the course catalog for first-year Harvard Medical School (HMS) students, Mark Hanudel felt that “Living with Life-Threatening…

John Harvard's Journal

Wild on the Strip

To see her on the fencing strip is to witness an almost terrifying release of aggression. With lightning speed, a blur of lunges, parries, and…

El-Erian for the Endowment

More than a name and face will change at Harvard Management Company (HMC), the investment organization for the University’s endowment…

Marc Shell

Marc Shell Photograph by Stu Rosner Marc Shell is Babbitt professor of comparative literature, a professor of English, a MacArthur…

An Unconstrained Curriculum

The College curriculum of the future has begun to come into focus, as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) this autumn started to discuss…

A Collage of Colleges

“Why should all of the creative and liberating ideas for liberal education be left to the small residential liberal arts colleges?&rdquo…

For Sciences and Art

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is in the throes of a major, multipurpose building boom, as shown in these autumn images. The site of…

Elsewhere

Since 2001, College students’ international experiences during their Harvard years—formal study abroad, research, work or public…

"The Genius of the Balafon"

In West Africa, Neba Solo, born Souleymane Traoré in 1969, is often called “the genius of the balafon,” says Ingrid T…

Allston Planning Explained

A room in the Holyoke Center Arcade has been fitted out to help Harvard planners communicate the University’s aspirations for an Allston…

Ph.D. Policy

When she became dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) last July, it was something of a homecoming for Theda Skocpol, Thomas…

President and Polity

President Lawrence H. Summers e-mailed a multi-thousand-word “letter to the community” on November 7, subsequently published as a…

Yesterday's News

1911 Because more seniors wish to room in the Yard, the Corporation is likely to furnish the south entry of Thayer Hall with steam heat and…

Growth Spurt, Growing Pains

From 603 full, associate, and assistant professors in 1999, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has grown to 700 as of this January—its…

War, and Women

In November 1945, the International Military Tribunal began its prosecution of Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany. Nuremberg and…

At Long Last, CGIS

On a warm November evening, more than a decade after a study committee first envisioned it, the completed Center for Government and…

Kennedy School Looks Ahead

“When you think about events like Hurricane Katrina, the earthquake in Pakistan and other parts of South Asia, climate change, global…

Where East Meets West

Although the Harvard-Yenching Institute is housed on Divinity Avenue, at the eastern boundary of the University’s Cambridge campus…

Brevia

Another Nobelist Thomas C. Schelling University of Maryland Joining Mallinckrodt professor of physics Roy J. Glauber ’45, Ph.D…

The (Other) Crew Captain

Knock on the door. Wait. Insert key, turn. Open slightly. “Dorm Crew." No one is home. This is a relief, as always. I locate the…

Paradigm Shift

From the dawn of the twenty-first century until last fall, the football squads of Pennsylvania and Harvard ruled the Ivy League roost. Harvard…

Off the Glass, On the Ice

Basketball With a 71-50 dismembering of New Hampshire, the men (5-0) became only the third Crimson squad in the last 47 years to go undefeated…

The Alumni

The Beauty of Beans

Viola Canales ’79, J.D. ’89, grew up in a close-knit, highly religious community in the south Texas border town of McAllen, when it…

Alumnae and War

The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, part of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, is creating a record of…

The Oldest Ever?

Walter Seward, LL.B. ’24, turned 109 in October, making him the oldest living—and longest lived—Harvard alumnus known. He was…

Comings and Goings

Harvard clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual gatherings. Following is a list of University-affiliated speakers appearing at local…

Harvard@Home

The University’s on-line learning initiative has released one new segment that offers highlights from the student-run “International…

Alumni Networks

Crimson Compass, a new on-line alumni career network developed by the HAA to replace Professional Connection, is available for free to all…

Olympic Fever

“Harvard in the Olympics,” an alumni college offered by the HAA and the Harvard Varsity Club, features alumni discussing their…

Old-Fashioned Warmth

To walk into the rambling, 1849 Greek Revival farmhouse at Sunday Farm in Middlefield, Massachusetts, is to enter an earlier century. On a cold…

Changing of the Guard

After almost three years of attentive service to alumni in general as Harvard Magazine’s class-notes editor, Lisa Rotondo Hampton…

The College Pump

Blockheads

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Benjamin Franklin’s father thought of sending his boy…

Treasure

Word to Live By

Hiram S. Hunn ’21 came to Cambridge in 1931 to celebrate his tenth reunion. In Harvard Yard he discovered workmen razing Appleton Chapel…

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View more classifieds	Skip to primary navigation January-February 2006 Volume 108, Number 3 Jump to Section: Letters, Right Now, The Browser, New England Regional, Features, John Harvard's Journal, The Alumni, The College Pump, Treasure Letters Cambridge 02138 Undertreating Chronic Pain Kathleen Koman’s article about pain (“The Science of Hurt,” November-December 2005, page 46)… Right Now The Market for News Imagine that the Labor Department releases new statistics that show the U.S. unemployment rate rising from 6.1 to 6.3 percent. One major… The Law of Dissimilars Humans have a natural propensity to distrust the “other.” The classic social-psychology experiment in which individuals are randomly… Light Blitzes Plaque1 Fast forward a decade and imagine what a drugstore shelf might hold. A pill containing an entire day’s nutrients? A gadget that confers… Rethinking New Orleans In the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush promised to “do what it takes” to help New Orleans’s residents… Back to top The Browser Growth is Good Economists have always been very good at detailing the material consequences of modern economic growth. It makes us taller: we are perhaps seven… Off the Shelf The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved, by Robbins Burling, Ph.D. ’58 (Oxford University Press, $29.95). A persuasive, urbane, and… Chapter & Verse Dale Higbee hopes to learn the source of a comment by Archibald MacLeish: “We know all the answers; it’s the questions we… They Do It So Much in New England He was an admiralty lawyer whose second career was to effect improvements in public affairs—“meddling,” as he put it. CCB: The… Back to top New England Regional Extracurriculars Conquer the winter blues by exploring the assortment of activities happening in and outside of Harvard Square, ranging from love stories… Maine Delights Arrows sits on a wooded country road about half a mile from the coastal town of Ogunquit. Eighty percent of the food served is grown in gardens… Food, Glorious Food Eating New England: A Food Lover’s Guide to Eating Locally, cowritten by Juliette Rogers ’94, is really a book of stories about… Destination: Regional Repasts • Beal House Inn, Littleton, New Hampshire. 603-444-2661; www.bealhouseinn.com. A single-malt-scotch dinner; seasonal five-course wine… Back to top Features The Middle Class on the Precipice8 During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure… Samuel Williston When Samuel Williston, A.B. 1882, LL.B.-A.M. ’88, died at the age of 101, Time magazine took notice, describing his enormous influence on… Twigs Bent Left or Right1 How did Franklin Delano Roosevelt ’04, born in 1882 to a privileged, aristocratic life in New York’s Hudson River Valley, become a… Blue Genes or Red? Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba says he used to joke that our politics are written in our genes. “I made the argument that… Them Apples Images courtesy of the Harvard University Art Museums In Manhattan in 1958, the year he graduated from Princeton, Frank Stella assembled the… Life Lessons With portaits by Mark Ostow In a room where somber faces are the norm, Steve Cappiello is beaming. The tall, muscular 36-year-old points to… "My life had been uplifted" Had it not been for the “Living with Life-Threatening Illness” course, Christie Thorne Sullivan and Tabatha Williams-Mike would… Courses of Study Perusing the course catalog for first-year Harvard Medical School (HMS) students, Mark Hanudel felt that “Living with Life-Threatening… Back to top John Harvard's Journal Wild on the Strip To see her on the fencing strip is to witness an almost terrifying release of aggression. With lightning speed, a blur of lunges, parries, and… El-Erian for the Endowment More than a name and face will change at Harvard Management Company (HMC), the investment organization for the University’s endowment… Marc Shell Marc Shell Photograph by Stu Rosner Marc Shell is Babbitt professor of comparative literature, a professor of English, a MacArthur… An Unconstrained Curriculum The College curriculum of the future has begun to come into focus, as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) this autumn started to discuss… A Collage of Colleges “Why should all of the creative and liberating ideas for liberal education be left to the small residential liberal arts colleges?&rdquo… For Sciences and Art The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is in the throes of a major, multipurpose building boom, as shown in these autumn images. The site of… Elsewhere Since 2001, College students’ international experiences during their Harvard years—formal study abroad, research, work or public… "The Genius of the Balafon" In West Africa, Neba Solo, born Souleymane Traoré in 1969, is often called “the genius of the balafon,” says Ingrid T… Allston Planning Explained A room in the Holyoke Center Arcade has been fitted out to help Harvard planners communicate the University’s aspirations for an Allston… Ph.D. Policy When she became dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) last July, it was something of a homecoming for Theda Skocpol, Thomas… President and Polity President Lawrence H. Summers e-mailed a multi-thousand-word “letter to the community” on November 7, subsequently published as a… Yesterday's News 1911 Because more seniors wish to room in the Yard, the Corporation is likely to furnish the south entry of Thayer Hall with steam heat and… Growth Spurt, Growing Pains From 603 full, associate, and assistant professors in 1999, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has grown to 700 as of this January—its… War, and Women In November 1945, the International Military Tribunal began its prosecution of Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany. Nuremberg and… At Long Last, CGIS On a warm November evening, more than a decade after a study committee first envisioned it, the completed Center for Government and… Kennedy School Looks Ahead “When you think about events like Hurricane Katrina, the earthquake in Pakistan and other parts of South Asia, climate change, global… Where East Meets West Although the Harvard-Yenching Institute is housed on Divinity Avenue, at the eastern boundary of the University’s Cambridge campus… Brevia Another Nobelist Thomas C. Schelling University of Maryland Joining Mallinckrodt professor of physics Roy J. Glauber ’45, Ph.D… The (Other) Crew Captain Knock on the door. Wait. Insert key, turn. Open slightly. “Dorm Crew." No one is home. This is a relief, as always. I locate the… Paradigm Shift From the dawn of the twenty-first century until last fall, the football squads of Pennsylvania and Harvard ruled the Ivy League roost. Harvard… Off the Glass, On the Ice Basketball With a 71-50 dismembering of New Hampshire, the men (5-0) became only the third Crimson squad in the last 47 years to go undefeated… Back to top The Alumni The Beauty of Beans Viola Canales ’79, J.D. ’89, grew up in a close-knit, highly religious community in the south Texas border town of McAllen, when it… Alumnae and War The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, part of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, is creating a record of… The Oldest Ever? Walter Seward, LL.B. ’24, turned 109 in October, making him the oldest living—and longest lived—Harvard alumnus known. He was… Comings and Goings Harvard clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual gatherings. Following is a list of University-affiliated speakers appearing at local… Harvard@Home The University’s on-line learning initiative has released one new segment that offers highlights from the student-run “International… Alumni Networks Crimson Compass, a new on-line alumni career network developed by the HAA to replace Professional Connection, is available for free to all… Olympic Fever “Harvard in the Olympics,” an alumni college offered by the HAA and the Harvard Varsity Club, features alumni discussing their… Old-Fashioned Warmth To walk into the rambling, 1849 Greek Revival farmhouse at Sunday Farm in Middlefield, Massachusetts, is to enter an earlier century. On a cold… Changing of the Guard After almost three years of attentive service to alumni in general as Harvard Magazine’s class-notes editor, Lisa Rotondo Hampton… Back to top The College Pump Blockheads "Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Benjamin Franklin’s father thought of sending his boy… Back to top Treasure Word to Live By Hiram S. Hunn ’21 came to Cambridge in 1931 to celebrate his tenth reunion. In Harvard Yard he discovered workmen razing Appleton Chapel…

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