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A negative investment return and annual spending reduce the endowment’s value 5.1 percent.
The National Book Foundation rolled out its list of 40 nominees (including 8 Harvard affiliates) from September 12 to 15. Last week, the National Humanities Medal also announced the honorands for its 2015 award year.
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
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After the Harvard Republican Club publicly repudiated Donald Trump, students reflect on the group’s future.
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As Jerry Mitrovica demonstrates, the weight of ice sheets in polar regions can actually flatten the earth’s rocky mantle, altering the speed of the planet’s rotation and changing sea levels.
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Connecting climate change to the planet’s shifting crust
Nancy Rosenblum in her Greenwich Village apartment building
Portrait by Robert Adam Mayer
Nancy Rosenblum studies neighbors and the power of proximity.
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After the Harvard Republican Club publicly repudiated Donald Trump, students reflect on the group’s future.
Lavietes-to-be: a rendering of the renovated entry façade, scheduled for player and fan use by the beginning of the 2017-2018 season.
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A mid-course change in Allston yields renovated basketball facilities.
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The National Book Foundation rolled out its list of 40 nominees (including 8 Harvard affiliates) from September 12 to 15. Last week, the National Humanities Medal also announced the honorands for its 2015 award year.
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
Kenji Yoshino ’91, president of the Board of Overseers
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Moves to online voting—but raises threshold to petition for a place on the ballot.
Paul Zeitz visiting with Proof School students last fall
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Workers flood the cranberry bog, then collect and bag the berries that float to the top.
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Learn how New England’s iconic berries are cultivated at this annual event.
Sevan’s Murat and Nuran Chavushian hold up a batch of feta.
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Ethnic markets serve up a world of food.
The Saugus Iron Works sits on a tidal basin about a 10-minute drive off Interstate 95.
Photograph courtesy of the National Park Service
The Saugus Iron Works highlights early U.S. industrial history
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Saint Barbara, attributed to the “Ghent Associates” of the Master of Mary of Burgundy, from a book of hours-missal, c. 1485-1490
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A new exhibit highlights how medieval monasticism’s “cult of the book” transmitted beauty and knowledge to the modern world.
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Although I respected my oncologists for the important role they played in my cancer treatment, I found the wide and varied “turf” that exceptional nurses cover astounding.
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The National Book Foundation rolled out its list of 40 nominees (including 8 Harvard affiliates) from September 12 to 15. Last week, the National Humanities Medal also announced the honorands for its 2015 award year.
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
Advocate editors playing to the camera circa 1900-1910
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The Harvard Advocate turns 150.
Could Science Prove There’s a God? (2014) is part of artist Judith Brodsky's ongoing series about science and philosophy, The Twenty Most Important Scientific Questions of the 21st Century.
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From the beginning, artist and advocate Judith Brodsky felt “pulls in different directions.”
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In his long-awaited first start, quarterback Joe Viviano ’17 displayed splendid field generalship, tossing for 290 yards and three touchdowns while scrambling for another score.
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A fine start to Harvard’s 143rd football season
Lavietes-to-be: a rendering of the renovated entry façade, scheduled for player and fan use by the beginning of the 2017-2018 season.
Courtesy of Bruner/Cott& Associates, Inc.
A mid-course change in Allston yields renovated basketball facilities.
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Anne Cheng anchors Harvard's new golf prowess.
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A distinctive Harvard Magazine voice remembered
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Saint Barbara, attributed to the “Ghent Associates” of the Master of Mary of Burgundy, from a book of hours-missal, c. 1485-1490
Courtesy of Houghton Library/Harvard University
A new exhibit highlights how medieval monasticism’s “cult of the book” transmitted beauty and knowledge to the modern world.
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A negative investment return and annual spending reduce the endowment’s value 5.1 percent.
The National Book Foundation rolled out its list of 40 nominees (including 8 Harvard affiliates) from September 12 to 15. Last week, the National Humanities Medal also announced the honorands for its 2015 award year.
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
Illustration by iStock/KarenBJones
After the Harvard Republican Club publicly repudiated Donald Trump, students reflect on the group’s future.
In his long-awaited first start, quarterback Joe Viviano ’17 displayed splendid field generalship, tossing for 290 yards and three touchdowns while scrambling for another score.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
A fine start to Harvard’s 143rd football season
Dining hall workers rally announcing their strike vote. Courtesy of Unite Here Local 26
After protracted negotiations, Harvard dining hall workers vote to strike.
Saint Barbara, attributed to the “Ghent Associates” of the Master of Mary of Burgundy, from a book of hours-missal, c. 1485-1490
Courtesy of Houghton Library/Harvard University
A new exhibit highlights how medieval monasticism’s “cult of the book” transmitted beauty and knowledge to the modern world.
Lavietes-to-be: a rendering of the renovated entry façade, scheduled for player and fan use by the beginning of the 2017-2018 season.
Courtesy of Bruner/Cott& Associates, Inc.
A mid-course change in Allston yields renovated basketball facilities.
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A negative investment return and annual spending reduce the endowment’s value 5.1 percent.
The National Book Foundation rolled out its list of 40 nominees (including 8 Harvard affiliates) from September 12 to 15. Last week, the National Humanities Medal also announced the honorands for its 2015 award year.
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
Illustration by iStock/KarenBJones
After the Harvard Republican Club publicly repudiated Donald Trump, students reflect on the group’s future.
In his long-awaited first start, quarterback Joe Viviano ’17 displayed splendid field generalship, tossing for 290 yards and three touchdowns while scrambling for another score.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
A fine start to Harvard’s 143rd football season
Dining hall workers rally announcing their strike vote. Courtesy of Unite Here Local 26
After protracted negotiations, Harvard dining hall workers vote to strike.
Saint Barbara, attributed to the “Ghent Associates” of the Master of Mary of Burgundy, from a book of hours-missal, c. 1485-1490
Courtesy of Houghton Library/Harvard University
A new exhibit highlights how medieval monasticism’s “cult of the book” transmitted beauty and knowledge to the modern world.
Lavietes-to-be: a rendering of the renovated entry façade, scheduled for player and fan use by the beginning of the 2017-2018 season.
Courtesy of Bruner/Cott& Associates, Inc.
A mid-course change in Allston yields renovated basketball facilities.
Illustration by Scott Laumann
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Composer Nicholas Britell has written scores for films including Moonlight, A Tale of Love and Darkness, and The Seventh Fire. He is also a pianist and producer (most recently of Whiplash, by Damien Chazelle ’07).
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A film composer's career, from annotating Sneakers to doing “archaeology” for 12 Years a Slave
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