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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.
Montage by Niko Yaitanes/ Harvard Magazine; images by Unsplash.
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
Photo by Lauren Greenfield ’87
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.
Illustration by Alex Williamson.
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
Photo by Lauren Greenfield ’87
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Tucson, Arizona
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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
Photo by Lauren Greenfield ’87
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Prospective candidates and their diverse views of Harvard’s future and the Board’s role
Patrick Chung
Photograph courtesy of Patrick Chung
The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.
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Turning your al fresco space into a springtime oasis
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From the filmA short list of fine
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Shen Wei in his New York studio, 2014
Photograph by Jeffrey Sturges
“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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A still from The Painter and the Thief
From the filmA short list of fine
documentaries and feature filmsIllustration by Alex Williamson.
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.
Photograph by Molly Malone
A legendary route’s disputed distance
An adept passer and gritty defender, Zeng also finished fifth in the Ivy League in service aces.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletic Communications
Volleyball captain Sandra Zeng’s defensive focus
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Solomon Gate in its typical open position
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
Photograph by Molly Malone
A legendary route’s disputed distance
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<p class="caption">A serpentine proximal tubule (light pink) snakes through the center of a multi-layer network of blood vessels (hot pink), all created using a 3-D printer.</p>
<p class="credit">Image from Scientific Reports</p>Building Toward a Kidney
3-D-printing pioneer Jennifer Lewis aims to fabricate replacement organs.
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January-February 2014
Letters
Letters on patience and learning, Edward Everett, House life
Harvard Magazine's new layout explained
A letter from President Faust
Recognizing two outstanding contributors to the magazine's contents during 2013
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In this Issue
Letters
Letters on patience and learning, Edward Everett, House life
Harvard Magazine's new layout explained
A letter from President Faust
Recognizing two outstanding contributors to the magazine's contents during 2013
Right Now
Two Harvard classics professors create the first Virgil Encyclopedia in English.
New England Regional
John Harvard's Journal
From supporting farmers to probing policy, Harvard people help Myanmar remake its future.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, and Radcliffe Institute detail campaign goals
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
A larger deficit and continuing Harvard financial challenges—amid fundraising and rising expenses
The Harvard Corporation changes, Rhodes Scholars, new University Professor, Nobelists, and more
Montage
Scott Stossel ’91 probes anxiety in a personal, revealing, and funny book about a serious subject.
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
Boston Community Capital's DeWitt Jones promotes affordable housing, energy efficiency, and a mortgage buyback program in low-income communities.
Boston's Dudley Square is a focus of nonprofit community development often led by David Price, executive director of Nuestra Comunidad
Harvard students who help enhance the quality of life in the dorms win Aloian Awards
Claudia Bedrick ’85 of Enchanted Lion Books offers an international array of stories to young children.
The Harvard Architectural and Urban Society_Alumni Shared Interest Group
An ’09 couple, Michael and Allie Schachter, help child victims of human trafficking in India.
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