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Museums and Collections
New Faces
Steven Coit’s portraits diversify Harvard’s walls, and the 1947 football team defies racism.
12.16.10
Y Is for “Yell”
A sampler from the Harvard University Library’s online collection Reading: Harvard Views of Readers, Readership, and Reading History.
10.19.10
William James: Summers and Semesters
A conference and an exhibition at Houghton Library showcase the legacy of the pioneering psychologist and philosopher.
10.19.10
Gut Renovation
Harvard renews an older building to create new labs in Cambridge for stem-cell research.
10.19.10
Urban Utopias
Two Beijing photographers interpret China’s breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.
8.19.10
Deconstructionism
Gutting the Fogg Art Museum on the way to renovating it
8.19.10
Don’t Eat Amanitas
The Farlow Library’s new online exhibits highlight the death cap mushroom and mycological illustration.
8.19.10
In the Footsteps of William James
An unusual symposium at Harvard and at James’s summer residence this August will remember the life of the psychologist-philosopher.
7.21.10
Rare Odoriferous Plant Blooms at Harvard
A titan arum waxes and wanes.
7.13.10
Rare Titan Arum About to Bloom at Harvard for the First Time
An exotic Indonesian plant may well bloom into a flower more than six feet tall in the next few days.
7.9.10
Clara Darden
Brief life of an overlooked artist: c. 1829-1910. With images of Darden’s masterpieces of river-cane basketry.
7.1.10
Click and Ka-ching
Corporate culture embraces photography.
7.1.10
Updike's Literary Archive: Sneak Preview
Taking a look at the Houghton Library holdings
6.22.10
The Rise of Color
As consumer products grew more colorful, so did the ads. View an image gallery.