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Harvard has already established a foothold in the field of nanotechnology—the study and development of devices on the scale of a nanometer, which is one-millionth of a meter*. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Staff writer Lois E. Beckett can be reached at lbeckett@fas.harvard.edu. CORRECTION *Due to an editing error, the Feb. 1 news article, “Bush Promises Boost for Science,” misstated the size of a nanometer. It is a billionth of a meter, not a millionth...
...managed 25 points—Brown won the meet with 73—the women grabbed 35.5 to finish far behind first place Cornell. The Crimson women had three top finishes on the day, with sophomore Lindsey Scherf, senior Mary Serdakowski, and sophomore Clara Blattler winning the mile, 60-meter hurdles and pole vault, respectively. Scherf edged her competitors with a time of 4:49.79, while Serdakowski’s time of 8.84 earned her the victory. While not finishing in first in any event, junior Stevie DeGroff earned five points for Harvard by placing second in the 200 meter...
...Eric Lynch, who won both the 100- and 500-yard freestyle events. Lynch won the 100-yard event by an incredible 10 seconds, and the 500- by more than 8 seconds.The last Harvard competitor to register multiple wins was diver Danil Rybalko, who took first in both the one-meter and three-meter diving events. Rybalko didn’t face much competition though, as he won the one-meter by 61.95 points and the three-meter by an even greater 83.10 points.The Crimson won two other events Friday. Wollner led a sweep of the top two spots...
...contribution matters,” Davidson said. “Even someone getting fifth place and scoring one point matters.”Sophomore Samantha Papadakis, who is also a Crimson editor, gave the Crimson a boost by winning both diving events. Her first event was the three-meter dive, which she won with a score of 281.48. She then claimed the one-meter dive later in the meet with a score of 260.41.The end of the meet was a true battle. Harvard was only able to finish second in the 100 yard butterfly, with O’Connor taking...