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Standing in the middle of Harvard Yard, it is easy to imagine that within a two-mile radius, there are historic homes, multimillionaires, labs with scientists researching cures for cancer, and technology companies working to make our world faster. From the perspective of that history and entrepreneurial spirit, the possibilities for a positive life seem endless...
Sarah Sue Williamson, the director of the Master in Public Administration program at the Kennedy School of government, died on May 27 after a four-month battle with cancer. She was 59. Williamson will be remembered at the Kennedy School for her laughter and her caring, motherly attitude. “You couldn’t sit and not smile if you heard Sue laughing in the building,” said Joseph J. McCarthy, the Kennedy School’s senior associate dean and director of degree programs. “It reminded me of a kind of tidal...
...Point of Hopes”, “Point of Dreams” and “The Armor of Light”—as well as a short story called “The Carmen Miranda Gambit.” Barnett died this May from breast cancer that spread to her brain. “What a rare and wonderful partnership they had,” Sturgis says. “It just crackled with energy—they inspired not only each other but all of us who were lucky enough to be in the vicinity...
...have been, sports always managed to make the miles disappear. And while I’d rather have been there beside him, our speculation about pitching staffs and playoff potential brought back the same feeling I know we shared those nineteen years ago.Before Dad lost his battle with cancer last July, we had one last chance to share the living room. The Yankees were jockeying with the Red Sox for first place at the time, and we were admittedly a bit nervous. But as the days passed, and as we sat together watching, the Bombers caught fire, winning nine...
...says Leder, who abandoned initial plans to practice clinical medicine to work in the laboratory.Since the landmark experiment that deciphered codons of the standard genetic code, Leder has also made breakthrough contributions to oncology, including the creation and patenting of OncoMouse, a genetically modified mouse designed for cancer research. “His early work helped him establish himself,” said Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Philip A. Sharp, director of the McGovern Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Leder’s research eventually focused on cloning and efforts to isolate genes and describe their structure...