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EXTRA! Radcliffe: A New Incarnation



May-June 1999 Issue
Cover photomontage
by Jim Gipe

Right Now
  Slow light, portraying messy problems, "fingerprinting" criminals' DNA, Paleolithic fast food

Departments
  Editor's Letter
Technology takes off

Cambridge 02138
Communications from our readers - with links to the original articles (a great introduction to recent pieces)

Lagniappe
Full disclosure in a class report

Harvard Health
Dispelling the myths of aging

Commencement & Reunion Guide
Robes and regalia, classmates remembered, cuisine for the occasion, and a schedule of events

The Browser
The life and work of a computer-sciences pioneer, bugs are us, and a Rameau opera-ballet

The Alumni
M(usical) D(octor) in the house, Overseer and HAA elections, Harvard medalists, on-line services, 1999's class marshals, and more

The College Pump
John Harvard's fleeting toes

Treasure
The first class album


Features

 
COVER ARTICLE


New communications technologies are transforming how we work, the way we live, and the very fabric of business--yet the changes have barely begun. A Harvard Magazine roundtable on where we are, and what lies ahead




Reforming the nation's schoolrooms by the numbers
by Frederick Mosteller

When the Bubble burst: cautionary lessons from a spectacular investment boom--and bust
by Christopher Reed



Brief life of a practical mystic: 1863-1948
by Elizabeth Cazden



Probing deep within the brain, researchers discover how the cerebellum works, and pursue the mysteries of consciousness and mental illness
by Jonathan Leonard



Rape and sweatshops provoke student protests, keeping research data confidential, the University Campaign's last laps, a quarter-century of arts, tenured women in the humanities, recalling a civil-rights giant, University Hall's life and hard times, reorganizing a deanship, Sargent on display, teaching kids to cook, networked undergraduates, the baseball "Boss," a championship season on ice, and a sports roundup








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