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In admissions lawsuit, a test for affirmative action at Harvard and in higher education
Raj Chetty
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Chetty is a global leader in research on inequality and social mobility.
Martha Minow
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Former Law School dean receives Harvard’s highest academic appointment.
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Developmental psychologists find a surprising relationship between age and emotional understanding.
Solar panels on the roof and fixed shading on the windows suggest that this is no ordinary wood-shingled house.
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The Center for Green Buildings and Cities aims to reduce energy used to heat and cool buildings to nearly zero.
Elsie Sunderland
Photograph by Stu RosnerElsie Sunderland traces the flows of human pollutants in the oceans. They come back to bite us.
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A FOP group looks out over a lake in New Hampshire, August 2015.
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Kenton Shimozaki ’19 reflects on lessons learned at Harvard’s First-Year Outdoor Program.
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Chai confers with a colleague in SPiNE’s Yangon office.
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Amory, Francis, Sandi, and Alex Blake pause briefly for a family portrait…
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Working a cattle ranch and tree nursery in Big Sky country
Tom Morello at a 2016 show in Inglewood, California
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The splendid interior of the Methuen Memorial Music Hall.
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Seasonal concerts at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall
If I was standing alone I wouldn’t stand it at all (2017)
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Practicing architecture in Myanmar
Soyoung Lee
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Korean art expert Soyoung Lee will join the museums in September.
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Keith Gessen’s second novel deftly interweaves politics and personal history.
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Harvard Athletics overhauls coaches’ compensation.
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Cycling the Neponset River Greenway
Harvard sprinter Gabby Thomas ’19
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Attendance artifact, women’s work, and “Fair Harvard” redux
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March-April 2013
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On activism, litigation, and social change in America
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In the plant's tendrils, L. Mahadevan and colleagues discover a new type of spring.
New study reveals just how many years of life are added by varying levels of exercise.
New England Regional
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At its centennial, Harvard University Press continues publishing books, while vastly expanding its digital products.
Harvard proposes moving the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to the University’s expanded campus.
The pediatric psychiatrists’ book depicts emergency-room experiences with mentally ill children.
Harvard College imposes penalties severe following investigation of undergraduate academic misconduct
HarvardX, edX, and online teaching and learning proliferate.
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Three Fellows offer a briefing on the effects of reforming the University's senior governing board.
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Montage
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
The "Literally Psyched" columnist on Sherlock Holmes, perception, and mental prowess
Alumni
Author Philip Slater explains his views on the world
2013 Candidates for Harvard University Overseers and HAA elected directors
Harvard alumni are honored for service to clubs and Shared Interest Groups
Instructions for degree candidates and others
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