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A Fresh Look at Freshman Week

August 28, 2009 • Web Picks

The Harvard Crimson’s guide for the class of 2013

Lester Named New Yorker Managing Editor

August 28, 2009 • Alumni in the News

Amelia Lester ’05 is a former Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow at Harvard Magazine.

1 A Walk through Garden in the Woods

August 27, 2009 • Extras

Volunteer Al Levin shows off the wildflowers and other native plants at Garden in the Woods.

5 Memories of Ted Kennedy

August 26, 2009 • From the Archives

Kennedy debated Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger ’38 at a special event for the Kennedy School in 1986.

The Late, Lamented Harvard University Press Display Room: A Photo Archive

August 25, 2009 • Extras

The brick-and-mortar bookstore’s closure is a sign of the times, reflecting the University’s downsizing and book sales’ migration online.

1 Katherine Lapp Named Executive Vice President

August 20, 2009 • Breaking News

University of California EVP succeeds Edward C. Forst ’82.

1 TOEFL and Me

August 19, 2009 • Dispatches

Teaching the TOEFL and truths about U.S. college life

2 Phishing for Trust Online

August 19, 2009 • Extras

Phishing pits an organized criminal ecosystem against a jumbled array of private “takedown” firms, domain-name registrars, and ISPs.

Five Medal of Freedom Honorands

August 18, 2009 • Alumni in the News

President Obama confers the Medal of Freedom on Senator Kennedy, Archbishop Tutu, and others.

Gregorian Chants, “Fat Chance,” Global Health, American Food

August 17, 2009 • Breaking News

Harvard’s new undergraduate General Education curriculum takes shape.

Garrett Graff ’03 Appointed Editor of The Washingtonian

August 17, 2009 • Alumni in the News

A recent Harvard College graduate at the helm of a D.C. institution.

1 He Missed Out on Woodstock

August 17, 2009 • Alumni Writers

Michael Winerip reflects on being in the younger generation of boomers.

Italian Connection

August 15, 2009 • Cryptic Puzzles

Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52

Ivy League Football Ramping Up

August 12, 2009 • Football

Ivy League coaches discuss the 2009 football season.

3 Architecture for Everyone

July 24, 2009 • Breaking News

A summer program at the Graduate School of Design aims to attract more minority students to architecture.

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