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Professor Charles Lieber in his lab at 12 Oxford Street
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The pioneering chemist of bio-compatible transistors and other nanoscale wonders receives Harvard's highest faculty honor.
Cafe Algiers in Harvard Square
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Another independent business has been forced to leave the Square.
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Professor Charles Lieber in his lab at 12 Oxford Street
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The pioneering chemist of bio-compatible transistors and other nanoscale wonders receives Harvard's highest faculty honor.
Andrew Womack excavating within kiln at Qijiaping in excavation unit T1 on May 15, 2017.
Photograph by Rowan Flad
Field notes from a summer archaeological expedition
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Berkman Klein researchers find censorship of Wikipedia is declining.
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College students collaborate on tech projects at HackHarvard.
Courtesy of Major League Hacking
On the draws and limitations of college hackathons
Membership in any and all unrecognized student social organizations would be prohibited.
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From left: Sam (Annie Parisse), Nick (Nat Faxon), Ethan (Keegan-Michael Key), Lisa (Cobie Smulders), Marianne (Jae Suh Park), Max (Fred Savage), and Felix (Billy Eichner)
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The real tragedy underlying Friends from College stems from the indignities of the post-recession economy.
Tracy K. Smith
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The announcement comes at a busy time for the writer, who is at work on two operas and will soon publish her fifth verse collection, Wade in the Water.
Fred Glimp in Massachusetts Hall, 1996
Photograph by Jim Harrison
The long-serving dean and vice president was a proud member of the College’s “Great Middle Class.”
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A summer exhibit at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (above) highlights abstract art…
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Lincoln offers rich history, nature trails, local food, and art.
End of the Line, Cleveland Circle (2012), by Kate Sullivan
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A Boston Athenaeum print exhibit reveals “a distinctive sense of place.”
Lone paddlers take in the sunset
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Paddling the Merrimack in Lowell and Lawrence
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College students collaborate on tech projects at HackHarvard.
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On the draws and limitations of college hackathons
Readers comment on linguistics and sign language, academic class gaps, “Fair Harvard,” final clubs, and more.
President Drew Faust
President Drew Faust on scientific research and federal funding
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The entrance to the Naples Conservatory retains its former title, “Royal Conservatory.”
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A day at the Naples Conservatory
From left: Sam (Annie Parisse), Nick (Nat Faxon), Ethan (Keegan-Michael Key), Lisa (Cobie Smulders), Marianne (Jae Suh Park), Max (Fred Savage), and Felix (Billy Eichner)
Photograph by David Lee/Netflix
The real tragedy underlying Friends from College stems from the indignities of the post-recession economy.
The renovated Wimbledon House
Photograph by Iwan Baan
The Graduate of School of Design opens its renovated Wimbledon House.
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Post-Title IX, more women have entered competitive sports like basketball.
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How Title IX expanded women’s opportunities in sports
Lone paddlers take in the sunset
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Paddling the Merrimack in Lowell and Lawrence
Jade Miller
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The 1932 solar eclipse, the Naval Training School, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Stephen Peabody, 1809, by John Johnston
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The diary of a “unexceptional collegian”—attending class, or not
The Radcliffe Institute’s garden oasis
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“Fair Harvard,” liberal arts Soviet-style, campus oases, and more
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Jaunts to Nashville and Italy aside, Master of None stays, and is filmed, in New York City. On set in the subway, castmates Lena Waithe (left) and James Ciccone confer with co-creators Aziz Ansari and Yang.
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