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Debate elicits ideas from an apolitical, science-based call to action, to a lower-carbon-footprint endowment portfolio.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has a formal motion to divest from fossil-fuel production.
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From among three finalists, a partner is expected to be chosen by the end of December.
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A new center aims to bring cutting-edge medicines “from laboratory to approved therapy.”
In 2017, then-Harvard president Drew Faust and Harvard Law School professor Annette Gordon-Reed unveiled a monument dedicated to people enslaved by law school benefactor Isaac Royall Jr.
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The president announces a $5-million initiative.
The exhibit's centerpiece re-creates the table setting of a formal dinner held for freshmen of the Harvard Class of 1913.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.© President and Fellows of Harvard College.
“Resetting the Table,” a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum, examines American food traditions.
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The group of protestors at its largest, before the arrival of police reinforcements.
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Student protestors for fossil-fuel divestment delay the second half of The Game.
Alumni share their moving stories through the first interest-group “class report.”
Results from the second campus survey of sexual misconduct show that sexual assault and harassment remain serious problems at institutions of higher education nationwide.
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Jayson Toweh and Thea Sebastian, petitioners for the Board of Overseers ballot on the Harvard Forward slate
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An emerging, expansive view of socially responsive endowment investments
Alumni share their moving stories through the first interest-group “class report.”
Young alumni and others advance an agenda of governance change and divestment from fossil-fuel investments.
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Local artisans specializing in bespoke holiday treasures
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(1 of 7) Bow Street’s festive courtyard lit up at night.Photograph by Emily Tirella/Courtesy of Bow Market
Somerville’s Bow Market makes its mark.
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(1 of 3) “God’s Trombones, Harlem,” 2009
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“The Sound of My Soul: Frank Stewart’s Life in Jazz,” at Harvard
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President Bacow describes the potential for Harvard’s new Allston campus to benefit both gown and town.
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(1 of 14) Sporting staid bowlers, early Harvard Band members pose for a formal portrait.Courtesy of the Harvard University Band
The Harvard Band celebrates a century.
Sublime seaweed: nature photographer Josie Iselin’s cyanotype of Pikea californica
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Recent books with Harvard connections
President and supporter: Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, pardoned by President Trump
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…and don’t always forgive
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Four score: With Yale's Melvin Rouse II in vain pursuit, Harvard's Aidan Borguet heads for the goal line. The Crimson freshman back rushed for a series single-game record 269 yards and amassed four touchdowns on only 11 carries.
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Harvard falls to Yale in The Game 2019.
Doink! Harassed by Harvard’s Adam Shepherd (86), Penn’s Jake Haggard punts the ball into the back of teammate Ben Padon. The kick traveled only seven yards and the Crimson turned the miscue into a field goal.
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Another loss for the hapless Crimson
Batch Catch: Having beaten Columbia's Fara'ad McCombs, Crimson junior wide receiver James Batch prepares to reel in a first-quarter touchdown pass.
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Another crushing defeat for Harvard.
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Paul Lee ’46 holds the replica Little Red Flag in this 2012 photograph. Surrounding him (clockwise from upper left) are Spencer Ervin ’54, Jeffrey Lee ’74, and Stephen Goodhue ’51.
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Who’ll carry the traditionalists’ Little Red Flag?
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(1 of 14) Sporting staid bowlers, early Harvard Band members pose for a formal portrait.Courtesy of the Harvard University Band
The Harvard Band celebrates a century.
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Brief life of a black radical: 1872-1934
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American activists unfurl a banner in front of the Supreme Court.
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An historian tracks the death penalty’s persistence in America.
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Four score: With Yale's Melvin Rouse II in vain pursuit, Harvard's Aidan Borguet heads for the goal line. The Crimson freshman back rushed for a series single-game record 269 yards and amassed four touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Photograph by Tim O'Meara/The Harvard Crimson
Harvard falls to Yale in The Game 2019.
11.24.19
Debate elicits ideas from an apolitical, science-based call to action, to a lower-carbon-footprint endowment portfolio.
From left, Adam Serwer, Danielle Allen, and Jeffrey Goldberg.
Photograph by Lydialyle Gibson/Harvard Magazine
An Institute of Politics discussion on the possibility of reconciliation in American public discourse
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has a formal motion to divest from fossil-fuel production.
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Source: Harvard Enterprise Research Campus Master Plan
Courtesy Harvard Allston Land Company
From among three finalists, a partner is expected to be chosen by the end of December.
Jayson Toweh and Thea Sebastian, petitioners for the Board of Overseers ballot on the Harvard Forward slate
Photograph by Harvard Magazine/JC
An emerging, expansive view of socially responsive endowment investments
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Illustration courtesy of the Harvard Gazette
A new center aims to bring cutting-edge medicines “from laboratory to approved therapy.”
Four score: With Yale's Melvin Rouse II in vain pursuit, Harvard's Aidan Borguet heads for the goal line. The Crimson freshman back rushed for a series single-game record 269 yards and amassed four touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Photograph by Tim O'Meara/The Harvard Crimson
Harvard falls to Yale in The Game 2019.
Debate elicits ideas from an apolitical, science-based call to action, to a lower-carbon-footprint endowment portfolio.
From left, Adam Serwer, Danielle Allen, and Jeffrey Goldberg.
Photograph by Lydialyle Gibson/Harvard Magazine
An Institute of Politics discussion on the possibility of reconciliation in American public discourse
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has a formal motion to divest from fossil-fuel production.
Click on image to see in full
Source: Harvard Enterprise Research Campus Master Plan
Courtesy Harvard Allston Land Company
From among three finalists, a partner is expected to be chosen by the end of December.
Jayson Toweh and Thea Sebastian, petitioners for the Board of Overseers ballot on the Harvard Forward slate
Photograph by Harvard Magazine/JC
An emerging, expansive view of socially responsive endowment investments
Click on arrow at right to see full image
Illustration courtesy of the Harvard Gazette
A new center aims to bring cutting-edge medicines “from laboratory to approved therapy.”
Four score: With Yale's Melvin Rouse II in vain pursuit, Harvard's Aidan Borguet heads for the goal line. The Crimson freshman back rushed for a series single-game record 269 yards and amassed four touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Photograph by Tim O'Meara/The Harvard Crimson
Harvard falls to Yale in The Game 2019.
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Education policy should focus on schools as a whole, not individual teachers, argues Susan Moore Johnson.
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(1 of 7) Sheila Jordan performs with the Yoko Miwa Trio at The Mad Monkfish, in Cambridge.Photograph by Janice Tsai
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A look at the live-music scene: traditional trios to experimental student performers
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