The College Pump

"Doonesbury" comic nominating Duke for Harvard president

The College Pump | May-June 2024

Honorands Three

Three honorands connected in time through Wilbur and Orville Wright, the fathers of aviation

by Primus VI

Historic photograph of Charles Follen Cabot, Civil War soldier, standing, in uniform

The College Pump | November-December 2020

Likenesses

A Civil War image and an Empire State Building homage

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Photograph of Café Pamplona, now out of business

The College Pump | September-October 2020

Crystal Balls

Prognostications on disease defense, China, deficits, and sweat

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Photograph of Nelson Mandela receiving honorary degree and University Marshal Rick Hunt

The College Pump | July-August 2020

The Coronavirus Spring

Campus and Commencement without people, social distance, Dr. Fauci, and a meaningful password

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Image of sign on Adams House faculty dean residence

The College Pump | May-June 2020

Boats and Coats

Houseboating in Boston Harbor, Apthorp North, and clothing counts

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Photograph of Samuel Eliot Morison

The College Pump | March-April 2020

Giants

Morison, Handlin, and a new view of the Mem Hall fire

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Photograph of Peter Ashton and field team in Borneo

The College Pump | January-February 2020

From Borneo to Rodeo

Trekking, shuttling, and semi-friending

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Painting of Amos A. Lawrence, 1887, by Eastman Johnson.

The College Pump | November-December 2019

Life Lessons

Expansive CVs, and extracurricular insights

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Photograph of hen turkey and poults in Harvard Yard

The College Pump | September-October 2019

Summer in the City

Turkeys, tourists, traditions, tranquility

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The College Pump | July-August 2019

The “Great Asymmetry”

Country dance, saving homework from a burning car, and Stephen Jay Gould on 9/11

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The College Pump | May-June 2019

Paper Persists

Resesarchers’ lengthy labors, “Diploma Riots,” supporting young scholars

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