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Smith Campus Center, one of the tangible results of The Harvard Campaign
Photograph by Jim HarrisonThe University reveals the results for its record-setting fund drive.
H. Luke Shaefer directs the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions—now partnering with Harvard to address economic mobility in Detroit.
Photograph courtesy of Poverty Solutions/University of MichiganJoint efforts aim at alleviating poverty and fighting the opioid epidemic.
From left, Presidents M. Roy Wilson, M.D. ’80, of Wayne State University and Lawrence S. Bacow of Harvard and Mary Kramer, director of the economic-development forum, speaking on higher education in Detroit on September 14.
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and CommunicationsPresident Bacow listens (and builds partnerships) in Michigan.
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Could place-based policies solve regional economic and social problems?
Illustration by Martin Hargreaves
In the antebellum South, slavery was paired with modern business practices.
Durba Mitra
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Harvard’s first professor appointed solely in gender studies
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“Connections” and “Transformations” are both organized around frequent critique sessions,…
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Design courses enlarge the College curriculum.
At Harvard African Students Association’s Africa Night (from left): Tom Osborn ’20 of Kenya; Joshua Benjamin ’21, of Phoenix, Arizona (whose ancestors are Angolan but were first brought to Charleston, South Carolina, in the late seventeenth century); Tawanda Mulalu ’20 of Botswana; and Mfundo Radebe ’20 of South Africa
Photograph by Christabel Narh
The Undergraduate looks at Harvard through an African filter.
Isa Flores-Jones and Catherine Zhang
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The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
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Sandler relishes having her office within MoMA.
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Solving legal challenges at MoMA
Recollections and Reflections from the Harvard class of 1957—a benchmark reunion project
In the 1980s, future U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ’86 and future Stemberg Family Coach Tommy Amaker faced off on the basketball court, Amaker as a Duke point guard and Duncan as a Harvard forward. This image of the two greeted attendees at a Kennedy School Forum event with Duncan.
Photograph courtesy of David TannenwaldArne Duncan ’86 discusses education, politics, and Harvard basketball at the Institute of Politics.
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Creative Classes in Cambridge and Boston
Every human-powered vehicle must stand the test of traveling on asphalt, through mud, and into the Merrimack River.
Photograph by Lucinana Calvin/Courtesy of the Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race
Watch human-powered machines prevail—or not—in Lowell.
Diners, bar-loungers, and chefs share one big room at Comedor.
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An intimate place for Chilean-American food in Newton
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At Harvard African Students Association’s Africa Night (from left): Tom Osborn ’20 of Kenya; Joshua Benjamin ’21, of Phoenix, Arizona (whose ancestors are Angolan but were first brought to Charleston, South Carolina, in the late seventeenth century); Tawanda Mulalu ’20 of Botswana; and Mfundo Radebe ’20 of South Africa
Photograph by Christabel Narh
The Undergraduate looks at Harvard through an African filter.
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Jorie Graham’s challenging lyrics use language to give readers the experience of the poem.
(Click to see full image) “Stop Police Killings, Selma, 1965,” by Steve Schapiro
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Aquisition of Photographs. 2018.115A fresh look at the writer’s work and influences
Sandler relishes having her office within MoMA.
Photograph courtesy of Alexis Sandler
Solving legal challenges at MoMA
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Turnover: Having intercepted a Brown pass, Harvard senior defensive back Wesley Ogsbury (1) wends his way upfield on a 21-yard return that led to a Crimson field goal.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletic CommunicationsAn unexpectedly tough win in Providence
We have handoff: After receiving the ball from quarterback and classmate Jake Smith, Harvard sophomore running back Aaron Shampklin scanned the line for an opening—the kind that he ran through all afternoon.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Courtesy of Harvard Athletic CommunicationsA strong start, and for Crimson running back Aaron Shampklin, a breakout day
In the 1980s, future U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ’86 and future Stemberg Family Coach Tommy Amaker faced off on the basketball court, Amaker as a Duke point guard and Duncan as a Harvard forward. This image of the two greeted attendees at a Kennedy School Forum event with Duncan.
Photograph courtesy of David TannenwaldArne Duncan ’86 discusses education, politics, and Harvard basketball at the Institute of Politics.
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Joshuah Brian Campbell ’16 serenades a boogieing President Drew Faust at her pre-retirement party in Sanders Theatre.
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Spiders and ties, “Fair Harvard” encore, and Faust’s farewell
Students at the Graduate School of Design created the lion’s share of posters used by student activists in 1969.
Poster courtesy of the Harvard University Archives
An exhibit on Harvard in 1969 opens at Pusey Library this fall.
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The “Tenth Justice” and the polarization of the Supreme Court
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Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.
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Zara Zhang
Steiner Fellow
Zara Zhang ’17, the Steiner Undergraduate Editorial Fellow for the summer of 2015, is a Currier House resident and psychology concentrator from Changchun, China.
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What Makes Teams Tick
A new study finds that the most successful research teams are grounded in a group identity.
How Harvard Has Changed How I Eat
Harvard students’ unparalleled passion for free food is something that I found unbelievable at first.
A Houghton Library postcard designed to attract undergraduates in computer science to its resources
Courtesy of Emilie Hardman.
Internet-era Students, Meet Rare Books
The Houghton Library undergraduate fellowship supports a summer immersion in its collections.
Cynthia Cheung, You-Myeong Kim '17, Kunho Kim '17, and Brad Riew '17 in San Francisco in July 2014, at the beginning of their cross-country road trip.Photography courtesy of Kunho Kim
An Adventure On Wheels
In 20 States On Wheels, Harvard students celebrate wheelchair travel.
Disturbed, Not Surprised: Students Respond to Sexual-Conduct Survey
Findings suggest a lack of faith in Harvard’s administration
The use of mobile phone data (left) proved more accurate for estimating the spatial spread of dengue fever than a traditional diffusion model (right).
Graphic from Impact of human mobility on the emergence of dengue epidemics in Pakistan, published by PNAS
Big Data Takes on Dengue Fever
A School of Public Health study uses cell-phone records to predict the spread of dengue fever.
Among the contributors (clockwise from top left): Ellen Chubin Epstein, Adam Fratto, Renee Covi, Steven Erlanger, Lina S. Scroggins, Lynda Cohen Loigman, Viet D. Dinh, and Susan D. Wojcicki
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How To Harvard—Advice From 14 College Alumni
Harvard Magazine asked recent reunioners to reflect on their undergraduate experience.
Erin Moore and her bicultural guide (below)
Photograph by Fiona Saunders
A Lover of All Things English
Erin Moore ’98 clarifies Britishisms and Americanisms in That’s Not English.
Illustration by Mike Lester
“Cowboy Doctors” and Health Costs
Overly aggressive physicians account for significant healthcare cost, according to a recent study.
Fossil river deltas on Mars, such as this one in Eberswalde Crater, bear many similarities to river deltas on Earth. Such features suggest that Mars once had flowing liquid water on the surface, motivating study of the planet’s early climate.
Photograph by NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
New Light on Ancient Mars Climate
Researchers suspect ancient Martian climate was cold and icy.
The iconic John Harvard statue
Photograph by Jorge Salcedo/iStock
How Clean Is John Harvard?
To touch or not to touch—that is the question.
A pop-up version of Alice by artist Robert Sabuda that contains two complete, accurate decks of play cards
Photograph courtesy of the Houghton Library/Harvard College Library
New York, NY: Little Simon, c2003. Typ 2070.03.7636. Gift, William H. Bond, 2004.
Celebrating Alice
Houghton Library exhibition chronicles 150 years of Alice in Wonderland.
In the film, David Thorpe does voice exercises designed to make him sound "less gay."
Photograph courtesy of IFC Films
A Gay Man Asks A Tough Question
David Thorpe’s new film Do I Sound Gay? de-stigmatizes the “gay voice.”
Chinese high-school students taking pictures of the John Harvard statue
Photograph by Zara Zhang/Harvard Magazine
When Harvard Becomes “Ha Fu”
How Harvard is regarded in China, America’s largest source of international students