Tag: Maine

  • Nation & World

    Other countries put lives before guns. Why can’t we?

    Harvard Chan School’s David Hemenway on the rampage in Maine, how ordinary citizens should respond, and the question he hears from horrified students new to the U.S.

    6 minutes
    Law enforcement officers carry rifles outside Central Maine Medical Center.
  • Nation & World

    Growing returns

    Fields of grain are returning to Maine, this time as part of a thriving 21st-century industry.

    5 minutes
    Collage of map and photo of Maine and photo of Betsy Biemann
  • Nation & World

    Destination space

    Jessica Meir, an assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is the latest member of the Harvard community given a chance to head to space, joining moon-walkers and Hubble Space Telescope repairmen as she trains to become a NASA astronaut.

    12 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Words from Wiseman

    The dean of American direct cinema, 81-year-old Frederick Wiseman, offers a summary of his documentary shooting and editing techniques.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Field goals

    Chris LeRoy ’11 is enjoying his first season as a starter — one who “has developed into an All-Ivy caliber player,” according to his coach.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Turning to the wind

    In a quest for cheaper power, HBS professor helps Maine islanders get wind turbine project off the ground.

    4 minutes