The Harvard University Gazette: February 16, 2006

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February 16, 2006

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Top stories for
February 16, 2006

Professorship Challenge Fund set in motion
Harvard donors aim to increase faculty resources across University

HBS raises nearly $600 million
First-ever capital campaign a record breaker

Three Harvard affiliates receive prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarships

End of the fossil fuel era?
Author doubts reserve estimates

Ties that bind may prove to be a lifeline
HMS study shows spousal illness can be bad for your health

Winter in a Pakistani medical tent
Three HSPH students and an HMS fellow greeted the new year by dispensing medicine and care in the mountains of Pakistan

HLS students spend winter break assisting New Orleans hurricane victims


Pakistani winter	Shut out	Classroom religion

Drugs for hyperactive sperm?
A research team led by Harvard Professor of Cardiology and Neurobiology David Clapham have isolated the protein found in the most determined human sperm, and it could lead to new contraceptives. Above, as a sperm wiggles along, an electrode measures how much electric current is generated by the activity. The orange color marks a protein that provides the hyperactivity needed to swim to an egg.
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Other stories

	Soros Fellows announced; nearly half from Harvard
	Fromm Festival promises cutting-edge compositions
	Peter Godfrey-Smith appointed professor of philosophy

Top stories for February 16, 2006

Top stories for
February 16, 2006