Quakers quash Crimson hopes of a third straight Ivy championship.
On the enduring value of natural history museums and the study of life’s species
The intellectually extraordinary but decentralized system needs administrative, financial, and technological reorganization, according to the Task Force on University Libraries.
Harvard’s Medal of Honor winners and other alumni veterans, living and dead, were honored by President Drew Faust and U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Casey during a Memorial Church service.
The annual report on faculty development and diversity shows gains for women, but slow progress for black and Latino professors. Further progress, ironically, may come from senior-faculty retirements.
Our roundup also includes items on the percentage of new Harvard M.B.A.s entering finance, Harvard’s role in conflict mediation in Iraq, “Netflix for dresses,” and a stylish professor of engineering.
Bioengineering professor David Edwards aims to provide a physical and conceptual space for maximizing creativity.
Harvard remains at the top of the Ivy heap. So does Penn.
Eliot Spitzer, J.D. ’84, is scheduled to speak next week as part of a lecture series on institutional corruption.
Our news roundup also includes items on the dying trees of Martha’s Vineyard; financial incentives for innovation; and more on ROTC.
Our news roundup also includes a Faust interview, a Mankiw column, and a novel satirizing the world of bestselling novels.
Video clips reveal the strategy orchid bees use to maintain stability when flying in turbulent conditions.
A new book of photographs tells Harvard Square’s history since the 1950s. Test your own Square knowledge for a chance to win a copy of the book.
Sixty paintings once adorned the altarpiece of a Franciscan church in the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro. View illustrations from the modern-day reconstruction.
Top Producer, by Norb Vonnegut ’80, is a thriller set on Wall Street. Listen to excerpts from an interview with its stockbroker author.
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