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More women in science, and a steady increase in Asian-American admits
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Are data from massive open online courses a crystal ball into the future of online education?
Data from Science Magazine/Chart by Lydia S.C. Rosenberg
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Lapis lazuli pigment entrapped within the dental calculus on the lower jaw of a medieval woman.
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Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.
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The immune systems of “elite controllers” point to HIV’s vulnerabilities.
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Are data from massive open online courses a crystal ball into the future of online education?
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Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
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The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
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“None of my friends are going to The Game, which is evidenced by the fact that we’re at IHOP deliberating whether our crêpes should come with lingonberry, and not on a shuttle into Boston.”
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After the harvest, Kelby Russell, who makes cold-climate white wines, stands in a vineyard overlooking New York’s Seneca Lake.
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Why the vineyards of New York called Kelby Russell home
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In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
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Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
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An example of a quipu from Peru's Nazca Province
Gift of Robert Woods Bliss, 1942 © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, PM# 42-28-30/4532
“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA
A miniature version of a New England high-post bed (ca. 1750-1765), with historically accurate bed furnishings by Natalie Larson
Object on loan courtesy of Natalie and Bruce Larson
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A Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum exhibit reveals how we once slept.
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Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
Affirmative action, donor and staff preferences, and other Harvard College admissions challenges
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Lapis lazuli pigment entrapped within the dental calculus on the lower jaw of a medieval woman.
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Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
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Tubing at Nashoba Valley Ski Area
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Best snow-tubing spots around Greater Boston
Cook’s tour: Harvard wideout Jack Cook leaves Yale’s Deonte Henson in the dust on a third-quarter, 15-yard touchdown. The score gave the Crimson a 28-24 lead, which it would not surrender.
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A resilient, crowd-pleasing football season, with talented sophomores surfacing
Cook’s tour: Harvard wideout Jack Cook leaves Yale’s Deonte Henson in the dust on a third-quarter, 15-yard touchdown. The score gave the Crimson a 28-24 lead, which it would not surrender.
Photograph by Tim O’Meara/The Harvard CrimsonOn the fiftieth anniversary of That Game, Harvard really does beat Yale.
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When the Law School made thin ice…and other headlines from Harvard’s history
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Re-landscaping Massachusetts Hall, making the entrance to Harvard Yard more welcoming
Quarterback Frank Champi ’70 is carried off the field as the Yale game ends.
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The immediate post-Game coverage, and an update on that famous headline
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