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Harvard Breaks Away
For many students, the end of exams today means a chance to extend the short winter break and think about
Islamic Banking Database Unveiled
More than 100 participants gathered in Harvard Hall Monday afternoon to hear experts discuss Islamic banking and unveil the world's
Nobel Winner Huber Explores Proteins
A full house gathered in Science Center D yesterday afternoon to hear Nobel prize-winner Robert Huber speak about his research
Study Finds Proteins That May Kill Cancer
More than 200 people packed the Fairchild Biochemistry Lecture Hall Friday afternoon to hear Children's Hospital researcher M. Judah Folkman
Study Finds Correlation Between Income, Mortality
Income inequality has a significant correlation with mortality rates in the United States, according to a recent study by researchers
Researchers Say Schools Cannot Rely on Industry
Harvard Medical School researchers warned in a recent study that universities should not rely on corporate research funding as a
University Battles to Stop Funding Cuts
In what president Neil L. Rudenstine calls "the most critical moment in federal funding of higher education since the Second
Smoking: A Kid's Disease?
Cigarettes are "not a safe product" and are a threat to young people, said the head of the Food and
Luminaries Remember JFK
A panel of four prominent liberals discussed ways to get the U.S. "moving forward again" before a full house at
Harvard Administrators Join Youth Health Conference
What does it take to bring three mayors, eight deans, 16 presidents, the head of the Centers for Disease Control,
Scientists Develop New Way to Detect Mutations
Researchers at Harvard Medical School reported last Wednesday the discovery of a faster, more specific technique to locate defective genes
E.O. Wilson Makes Ants Into Public TV Stars
Harvard's world-renowned expert on ants cast his favorite subjects as the stars of a public television documentary that aired Tuesday
Studies Change Common Theories on AIDS
Infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) triggers a nearly constant battle between two giants: the body's immune system and
Mayr: Going Strong At 90
Ernst Mayr, Agassiz professor of zoology, emeritus, is affectionately known as Darwin's modern day bulldog. And at 90 years of
Alum Named Chem Society President
Columbia University chemistry professor Ronald C. Breslow '52 last month was elected president of the world's largest scientific society. Breslow,
