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Statue of John Harvard
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More women in science, and a steady increase in Asian-American admits
Massachusetts Hall
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The University reports on a continuing trend—and commits to improving the community’s culture.
Angela Merkel
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The German chancellor will deliver the Commencement address on May 30, 2019.
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And the problem of bias
Yaron Singer
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Vulnerabilities to manipulation
Philip J. Deloria
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Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
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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
Liz Glynn
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In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
Bess Wohl
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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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Affirmative action, donor and staff preferences, and other Harvard College admissions challenges
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The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
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Making scant (and mute) evidence tell its story: the empress Sabina, sculpted A.D. 136-138
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Recent books with Harvard connections
Cellist and teacher Laurence Lesser is celebrating his forty-fifth year at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning
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Houghton Library, MS Eng 1610, vol. 2, frontispiece
…and a possible clue in the stacks
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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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January-February 2019
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Ethics and the dawn of decision-making machines
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American activists unfurl a banner in front of the Supreme Court.
James M. Thresher/Washington Post/Getty ImagesCapital Punishment’s Persistence
An historian tracks the death penalty’s persistence in America.
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From the Archives: Image and the Arc of Feeling
Jorie Graham’s challenging lyrics use language to give readers the experience of the poem.
Record Hospital veteran Peter Menz tests a rock-and-roll 45.
Photograph by Stu Rosner
A Broadcast Cornucopia
For 75 years, WHRB has moved beyond the “warhorses.”
A Feel for the Water
Charley Butt succeeds the legendary Harry Parker as Harvard's heavyweight men's crew coach.
Tim Mayotte Joins Harvard Tennis
The former Wimbledon semifinalist aims to improve the Crimson squad’s level of play.
The “Wild West” of Academic Publishing
The troubled present and promising future of scholarly communication
Choosing Confidants
Barbers, bartenders, and beauticians are as privy to our secrets as are family and friends.
Rooks and Reverse Layups
Wesley Saunders of basketball excels at anticipation, just as he did in chess.
Iconoclastic Music Educator
Rejecting the “tyranny of competence,” John Payne helps musicians bloom.
Bears, Oars, Metaphors
Novelist and outdoorsman John Casey’s two new books look at teaching writing and his athletic exploits.
Disruptive Genius
Innovation guru Clayton Christensen on spreading his gospel, the Gospel, and how to win with the electric car