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Michael Mina holds up a rapid test during a Zoom call with journalists
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Rapid COVID-19 tests, of the kind that Michael Mina has been advocating since last year, are finally approved for home use.
Harvard's acceptance rate drops as applications rise.
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Harvard admits a record-low 3.4 percent of applicants
William "Bill" Kristol.
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Bill Kristol discusses the future of the Republican Party and the survival of American constitutional democracy.
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A professor and a marketing professional have teamed up to raise awareness of the climate problem through the nonpartisan, nonprofit Potential Energy Coalition.
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A professor and a marketing professional try a new tack in climate-change communications.
Harvard Computers and Radcliffe students in 1925
Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Library ArchivesAlumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.
Harvard Law School students Anna Vande Velde and William Roberts
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Law SchoolA Law School report offers the City of Boston recommendations for reform.
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Harvard's acceptance rate drops as applications rise.
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Harvard admits a record-low 3.4 percent of applicants
Cabot House members cheered up the wintry Quad with their hand-crafted ice lanterns.
Photograph courtesy of Cabot House faculty dean Ian Miller and resident dean Meg Lockwood.
Undergraduate Houses experiment and innovate in attempts to revive the effervescence that once characterized their student communities.
March 2018, Randolph Courtyard: The author (center) and her two future roommates, Sreya at left and Pranati at right, have just run over from the Yard on Housing Day, having learned they’d been assigned to Adams House.
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The College’s annual “Housing Day” dramas, conducted online.
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Loeb House, where the governing boards convene
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The annual election of Overseers and alumni association directors is under way.
Harvard Computers and Radcliffe students in 1925
Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Library ArchivesAlumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.
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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Turning your al fresco space into a springtime oasis
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Nielsen's portraits reflect the early experiences of real people striving to protect themselves from COVID-19 and respond to the new pandemic-era.
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Richard Nielsen: “This is Not a Gag,” at MASS MoCA
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March 2018, Randolph Courtyard: The author (center) and her two future roommates, Sreya at left and Pranati at right, have just run over from the Yard on Housing Day, having learned they’d been assigned to Adams House.
Photograph courtesy of Meena Venkataramanan.
The College’s annual “Housing Day” dramas, conducted online.
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Harvard Computers and Radcliffe students in 1925
Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Library ArchivesAlumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.
A still from The Painter and the Thief
From the filmA short list of fine
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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.
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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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