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Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana and colleagues are preparing for a larger resident undergraduate population in the spring term.
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After a successful fall term, but with coronavirus protocols still in place, an attempt to accommodate more undergraduates in residence
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Three aspirants for election to the Board of Overseers, under its new rules limiting petition candidates
University data from Harvard coronavirus dashboard
Surging coronavirus cases force move to all-remote instruction.
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Cover of Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds by Paul Farmer and Photograph of Paul Farmer
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The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.
Rebecca Henderson
How to reform capitalism to confront climate change and extreme inequality, with economist and McArthur University Professor Rebecca Henderson
In a year like no other, read a selection of Harvard Magazine stories on the forces that will shape the presidential election outcome.
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Professor of government Dustin Tingley (bottom right), faculty director of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching and deputy vice provost for advances in learning, introduces HILT conference panelists (clockwise from top left): Sherri Ann Charleston, Anthony Jack, María Luisa Parra, and Clint Smith.
Screen capture by Harvard Magazine/LGThe Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference considers classroom inclusion and equity.
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The Undergraduate considers friendships on and away from campus.
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A selection of our readers’ and writers’ favorite longform profiles
From left: Yvette Efevbera, Natalie Unterstell, and Megan Red Shirt-Shaw
Photographs courtesy of Harvard Forward
Three aspirants for election to the Board of Overseers, under its new rules limiting petition candidates
Cover of Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds by Paul Farmer and Photograph of Paul Farmer
Photograph of Paul Farmer by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communication
The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.
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Colorful bow ties from The Andover Shop
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Harvard Square venues offer warmth, cheer, and appetizing fare.
At first glance, Hammond’s Gloucester home could be mistaken for a transplanted European castle.
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Gothic surroundings, spiritualism, and science: Hammond Castle Museum’s eclectic appeal
Armenian Heritage Park
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Scavenger-hunting in historic Boston
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Lawrence S. Bacow
President Bacow on the engaged upside to online teaching and learning
Educational, financial, political, and values issues challenge Harvard’s leaders—and the University community.
Illustration by Amelia Flower/Folio Art
The Undergraduate considers friendships on and away from campus.
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A selection from the Forbes Pigment Collection
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Harvard’s world-famous collection of colors can now be enjoyed from home.
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Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”
At first glance, Hammond’s Gloucester home could be mistaken for a transplanted European castle.
Photograph by Lovely Valentine Photography/Courtesy of Hammond Castle
Gothic surroundings, spiritualism, and science: Hammond Castle Museum’s eclectic appeal
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Crimson receiver and returner Andrew Fischer breaks loose for a 58-yard run in the second quarter—one of several huge plays on the day.
Photograph by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
A sensational performance leads Harvard over Yale.
Carroll Lowenstein
Photograph courtesy of Peter MeeA performance for the ages—in just nine throws
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Master Yon Lee leads a beginner tai chi course on the MAC Quad.
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The healing of Master Yon Lee
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A Civil War image and an Empire State Building homage
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Students, faculty, and staff adjust to a changed landscape.
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Sellers at the John Brown Fort, at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
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William Sellers aims to expose a new generation to America’s origins.
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Mollusks of amazing diversity—some deadly—are on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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Lawrence Lessig thinks American democracy requires a constitutional overhaul to counter the “economy of influence.”
A bicentennial exhibition features the little-known, masterful animal artistry of Edward Lear.
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Letters on E.O. Wilson, Senator Franken, dating data, Overseers, lecture lessons, softball, basketball, taxes, lilacs, and primate research
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James Robinson says that in the modern period, greedy leaders and institutional corruption, rather than geography, explain why some nations fail.
An innovative course yields new products, services, and experiences that model the possible future of libraries.
Kathryn Edin of Harvard Kennedy School explains why more and more American children are born out of wedlock.
New England Regional
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Moments for reflection and projection during the 361st Commencement, in Harvard's 375th anniversary year
An oratorical omnium gatherum, from Donald Berwick and Derek Bok to Margaret Marshall and Fareed Zakaria
Meet the director of Harvard Medical School's new Center for Primary Care.
In a fiscally constrained era, faculty-administration tensions arise.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences deploys new rules and procedures surrounding financial conflicts of interest.
Memorial Church's new minister, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other Harvardians in the news
Headlines from Harvard history
Spring sports wrap-up
Montage
<i>Rocksteady</i>, a film directed by Mustapha Khan '84, explores the culture of stock car races.
Robert Proctor’s <i>Golden Holocaust</i> urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
Four women and eight men were chosen.
Four seniors are bound for Britain.
New records are announced on Commencement afternoon.
A literary scholar, an East Asia expert, a trailblazing biologist, and a specialist on international relations are honored.
Shared Interest Group happenings in July and August
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Mollusks of amazing diversity—some deadly—are on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.