Elizabeth Gudrais

| November-December 2009

Elisa Nabel makes a film about childhood and innocence in Rwanda

In Rwinkwavu, Rwanda, Elisa Nabel ’11 makes a film about childhood and innocence.

Rashmi Jasrasaria ’10 investigated several topics, including some research that involved visiting partner organizations of the Arusha Project, the nongovernmental organization (NGO) that was hosting her as a researcher. Here, she is shown with two children who attend the Baraa Orphanage and Nursery School, whose directors are both HIV-positive.

| November-December 2009

Rashmi Jasrasaria focuses on HIV prevention and women's empowerment in Tanzania

Rashmi Jasrasaria ’10 focuses on HIV prevention, sexual health, and women's empowerment in Arusha, Tanzania.

The University of Ghana campus

| November-December 2009

At the University of Ghana, Audrey White studies the history of the slave trade

At "slave castles" and the University of Ghana, Audrey White ’10 researches the slave trade.

Features | November-December 2009

The social-engagement initiative combines studies with service

The social-engagement initiative in the department of African and African American studies combines studies with service.

In her research, Anat Keinan asks people to reflect on their regrets over choices made in the near and distant past.

Right Now | September-October 2009

The Poor Payoff of Pleasure Postponed

Why a little self-indulgence makes sense.

Gawande in his various environments: in his office at the Harvard School of Public Health

Features | September-October 2009

Atul Gawande: surgeon, health-policy scholar, and writer

Atul Gawande, surgeon and health-policy scholar, never expected to be a literary voice of medicine.

Brain images show the differences in activity patterns between the two groups of subjects that professor of psychology Jill Hooley examined. The brains of recovered depressed subjects (left) had more active amygdalae while listening to criticism than did the brains of subjects who had never been depressed. The brains of the latter showed more activation in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (center) and the anterior cingulate cortex (right) compared to brains of subjects with a history of depression.

Right Now | July-August 2009

How Depression Lingers

After depression patients recover, their brains still process criticism differently.

Request a spot on Stellina’s Italian-style back terrace.

New England Regional | July-August 2009

Al Fresco Dining

Warm-weather oases in and around Harvard Square

Part of the Perseus molecular cloud, as seen through the Smithsonian’s MMT telescope in Arizona. Self-gravitating structures—dense areas where stars are forming—appear as dark spots. The L1448 region is located in the upper-right quadrant of the image.

Right Now | May-June 2009

Perseus in 3-D

New three-dimensional PDF technology allows Harvard astronomers—and you—to explore worlds hundreds of light-years away.

Right Now | May-June 2009

"Dissing Evolution"

Energy is the key to understanding human evolution—and to saving ourselves and our planet, says Daniel Lieberman.

In Yup’ik lore, the crane—depicted in the mask above—connotes stealth, power, and insight. The human face on the bird’s belly represents its <em>yua,</em> or spirit—the part of the animal that understands, and can relate to, humans. The porcelain “teeth” that border the face are a reminder to use one’s innate gifts to good effect, or risk being consumed by them. The porcelain “bones” hanging from the wings ward off evil spirits; wooden rings represent this world and the spirit world.

Montage | May-June 2009

Mnemonic Masks

Inspired by his Yup’ik heritage, Phillip Charette educates through his art.

Right Now | March-April 2009

Our Psychotropic Lives

History professor Daniel Lord Smail explores the role of psychotropic mechanisms in human evolution and history.