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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
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
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
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Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair
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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
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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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Documentarian Lance Oppenheim explores life in The Villages.
Radhika Jones
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Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair
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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
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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March-April 2014
Letters
Letters on loving L.A., Robert Frost, Keystone XL, and more
A letter from the editor
A letter from President Faust
The College Pump
Treasure
In this Issue
“Third-stage” learners using a novel Harvard curriculum engage social challenges.
Letters
Letters on loving L.A., Robert Frost, Keystone XL, and more
A letter from the editor
A letter from President Faust
Right Now
Sarah Richardson presents a history of the sex chromosomes in science and culture.
With changed policies and food supply systems, healthy foods would cost less.
New England Regional
John Harvard's Journal
Renovating the Inn at Harvard for student swing space as College House renewal scales up
The “handyman” dean who runs continuing education and University extension
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Dunster House redesign, the University’s benefits costs, primate-care penalties, spatiotemporal thinking, and more
Rakesh Khurana, a scholar of leadership development and psychology, becomes Harvard College dean.
Montage
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s "fighting faith" in liberalism, revealed in his letters
Alumni
Election ballots will be mailed on April 1.
The 2013 honorees
An update from the Commencement Office
The Harvard Alumni for Agriculture Shared Interest Group
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