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The gutted main floor of the Harvard COOP.
Photograph by Kristina DeMichele/Harvard Magazine.Sweeping renovations and consolidation are under way.
Among the findings of a new survey on civic knowledge is that barely half of American adults can name all three branches of government.
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A U.S. Department of Education-funded study, coauthored by Danielle Allen, calls for urgent reinvestment in civic education.
A screen shot from the closing moments of the 2020 virtual degree-granting ceremony (a technologically enabled singing of “Fair Harvard”)—an exercise now being replicated in some form for a second consecutive pandemic spring
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The 370th degree-conferral will be online for the second consecutive year—with Ruth Simmons as guest speaker.
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Noah Evers ’22 and his grandmother Patricia Greenfield ’62, Ph.D. ’66
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Harvard development partner Tishman Speyer’s proposed massing and configuration of buildings for the first phase of construction on the Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.
From Tishman Speyer's Project Notification Form filing.
Tishman Speyer details the first phase of the “enterprise research campus”—and points to a doubling of the project’s ultimate size.
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In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
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Noah Evers ’22 and his grandmother Patricia Greenfield ’62, Ph.D. ’66
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
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The Undergraduate balances childhood and maturity.
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Noah Evers ’22 and his grandmother Patricia Greenfield ’62, Ph.D. ’66
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Prospective candidates and their diverse views of Harvard’s future and the Board’s role
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The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.
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“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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From the filmA short list of fine
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In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
Solomon Gate in its typical open position
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
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David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
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A legendary route’s disputed distance
An adept passer and gritty defender, Zeng also finished fifth in the Ivy League in service aces.
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Volleyball captain Sandra Zeng’s defensive focus
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Solomon Gate in its typical open position
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David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
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A legendary route’s disputed distance
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Harvard playwrights, directors, producers, actors, and artistic directors speculate about theatrical prospects for the future.
Adam Kirsch reads the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library—the latest stage in the “American conquest of the Middle Ages”
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Brains scans reveal that In moral decision-making, people rely on emotion to guide choices in some situations and rationality in others.
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Organic farming and spiritual retreats in a camp-like atmosphere
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The 375th anniversary celebration was wet and muddy, but full of youthful spirit.
The University, still adjusting to the financial crisis, incurs a $130-million deficit and pursues both savings and new revenues.
Harvard's largest faculty narrows its deficit, but faces continuing financial challenges.
Headlines from Harvard's history
A $40-million gift jump-starts a University initiative to adapt learning and teaching to twenty-first-century opportunities and challenges.
A foreign-policy pundit at Commencement, Rhodes and Marshall Scholars, stem-cell center, the Fogg under wraps, and more
The Undergraduate writes about "Reinventing Boston," a course that sends students out to learn about urban progress and problems through immersion in city life.
Women's soccer and men's heavyweight crew have banner seasons.
Details of the ceremony
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A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Popular works by evolutionary biologist and baseball fan Stephen Jay Gould back in print
Arthur Kleinman and colleagues explore the Chinese people's yearnings after a century of upheaval and disasters.
Sociologist Robert J. Sampson documents enduring neighborhood differences in Chicago.
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