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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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“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.
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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.
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A legendary route’s disputed distance
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July-August 2014
Letters
Humanities hubris, hoop humor, undergraduate prolixity
A letter from the editor
A letter from President Faust
The College Pump
Treasure
In this Issue
Innovation guru Clayton Christensen on spreading his gospel, the Gospel, and how to win with the electric car
Harvard scholars recall the Tiananmen era and ponder its continuing impact
Letters
Humanities hubris, hoop humor, undergraduate prolixity
A letter from the editor
A letter from President Faust
Right Now
Harvard Squared
John Harvard's Journal
The University’s 363rd Commencement, featuring George H. W. Bush, Aretha Franklin, Michael R. Bloomberg, and more
At the 363rd Commencement, honorary degrees for George H. W. Bush, Michael R. Bloomberg, Aretha Franklin, Isabel Allende, Joseph Stiglitz, and more
Class of 2014 careers and concerns, hockey jersey for the Corporation's senior fellow, degrees conferred, and more
President Drew Faust on universities' role, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on tolerance, and a seventieth reunion puts learning and life in perspective
Fun during Commencement week: Salman Kahn on the luxe Business School, Mindy Kaling on why law rocks, Michael R. Bloomberg on strong-armed fundraising, and a helmeted Latinist
The temperature rises as students, faculty members, and administrators disagree on University investments in fossil-fuel producers.
Harvard reacts to sexual assaults with new policies and a task force to address issues of campus culture.
Harvard historian of science Naomi Oreskes takes on climate-change skeptics.
Adopting a College honor code, addressing e-mail privacy, moving from courses to credits, and more
National Academy scientists, Pulitzer Prize-winner, Radcliffe Fellows, and more
Fundraising launches for the Business, Dental, Divinity, and Kennedy Schools
Harvard Business School’s Chao Center, College admissions, endowment managers’ compensation, and more
Harvard crew has a winning season
Montage
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
Peabody Terrace Children’s Center celebrates a golden anniversary.
Newly elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association
Four seniors have won scholarships to study at Cambridge University.
A “great show of commitment to the community of Harvard and Radcliffe”
The Harvard Alumni for Mental Health Shared Interest Group
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