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...result of Groopman's journey is How Doctors Think (Houghton Mifflin; 307 pages), an engagingly written book that is must reading for every physician who cares for patients and every patient who wishes to get the best care. Groopman says patients can prompt broader, sharper and less prejudiced thinking by asking doctors open-ended questions and learning to identify some of their common thinking mistakes...
...devote more time to writing. “Teaching at Harvard if anything probably interrupted his poetry,” Pearl said, noting it was one of the reasons Longfellow left. CELEBRATE As part of Harvard’s commemoration of the poet’s birthday, Houghton Library is presenting an exhibition entitled, “Public Poet, Private Man: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at 200.” The exhibition, which runs from Jan. 16 to April 24, presents Longfellow “as a consummate literary professional,” according to a posting at the exhibit...
...Harvard University Art Museums announced Friday that Senior Fellow of the Harvard Corporation James R. Houghton ’58 and wife Maisie K. Houghton ’62 have endowed the contemporary art curatorship currently held by Helen Molesworth. Molesworth was tapped by the University last year to serve as the first full curator for contemporary art at the Art Museums. She began her duties earlier this month. “The Houghtons’ gift is both financially and symbolically important,” Molesworth said, adding that the endowment “displays a strong commitment...
...House, where Faust currently maintains an office. The balloons spelled out “3-7-1,” the number of years Harvard University has existed with a man in the president’s office. Faust was set to eat breakfast yesterday with James R. Houghton ’58, the senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation. She also had meetings scheduled with Interim President Derek C. Bok and her Radcliffe staff members. —Staff writer Claire M. Guehenno can be reached at guehenno@fas.harvard.edu...
...Houghton said that Thomas R. Cech, the president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and one of the final candidates for the presidency, took himself out of the running very late into the search...