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Every March, housing day makes or breaks more than a thousand Harvard freshmen as they discover the fate of their next three years. Whether they tear open their envelopes and cheer over getting Adams, or cry when they find they’ll actually have to come to the Quad sober, there’s one thing every incoming sophomore should be acquainted with: their house’s party suite. FM has compiled a list of the best and the brightest in each house for your convenience. While any of Mather’s low-rise suites could host...
...Merck Vaccines, the company that created the most promising HIV-vaccine candidate to date, which ultimately failed in clinical trials in 2007. (That drug, V520, used a common-cold virus to ferry three synthetic HIV genes into the body to trigger cell-mediated immunity. It was tested in several thousand people, but failed to provide immunity.) "We need to go back to an understanding of the virus and what is susceptible to our immune response. We [as a field] basically glossed over that in our rush to get a vaccine." (See pictures of health care in rural areas...
...Panelists at the event stressed the importance of adaptability and persistence. “In this environment, be resourceful and resilient,” said Bryant S. McBride, the CEO and founding partner of Accrue, a venture capital sports and entertainment firm. “We might hear a thousand ‘Nos,’ but it’s that one ‘Yes!’ that’s important,” Ali said during her address Saturday. —Staff writer Ellen X. Yan can be reached at ellenyan@fas.harvard.edu...
...market and the diversification of students’ career choices outside of the finance and consulting sectors. According to Robin E. Mount, interim director of the Office of Career Services, recruiting at Harvard College fell 10 percent in the fall of 2008 and 19 percent this spring. Six thousand eRecruiting interviews were held on campus this year, she said. “The economy’s sinking, and we weren’t surprised,” Mount said. Students shared similar sentiments about the shrinking job market. Tracy L. Meng ’10 said she secured...
...from victims dispensing quotes ("There's no shame. We're all victims"), an array of New York City characters paraded by to promote their particular causes and enterprises. A drag queen and a court jester from the Imperial Court of New York carried signs advertising a "Night of a Thousand Gowns." They went practically unnoticed as hundreds of reporters, both print and television, chased after anyone who could provide a sound bite on Bernie Madoff...