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Debate elicits ideas from an apolitical, science-based call to action, to a lower-carbon-footprint endowment portfolio.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has a formal motion to divest from fossil-fuel production.
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Courtesy Harvard Allston Land CompanyFrom among three finalists, a partner is expected to be chosen by the end of December.
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Illustration courtesy of the Harvard GazetteA new center aims to bring cutting-edge medicines “from laboratory to approved therapy.”
In 2017, then-Harvard president Drew Faust and Harvard Law School professor Annette Gordon-Reed unveiled a monument dedicated to people enslaved by law school benefactor Isaac Royall Jr.
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The president announces a $5-million initiative.
The exhibit's centerpiece re-creates the table setting of a formal dinner held for freshmen of the Harvard Class of 1913.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.© President and Fellows of Harvard College.
“Resetting the Table,” a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum, examines American food traditions.
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The group of protestors at its largest, before the arrival of police reinforcements.
Photograph by Kai-Lan OlsonStudent protestors for fossil-fuel divestment delay the second half of The Game.
Alumni share their moving stories through the first interest-group “class report.”
Results from the second campus survey of sexual misconduct show that sexual assault and harassment remain serious problems at institutions of higher education nationwide.
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Jayson Toweh and Thea Sebastian, petitioners for the Board of Overseers ballot on the Harvard Forward slate
Photograph by Harvard Magazine/JCAn emerging, expansive view of socially responsive endowment investments
Alumni share their moving stories through the first interest-group “class report.”
Young alumni and others advance an agenda of governance change and divestment from fossil-fuel investments.
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Local artisans specializing in bespoke holiday treasures
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(1of 6) A vibrant nightclub scene at La FábricaPhotograph by Isabel Lopez/Courtesy of La Fábrica
La Fábrica’s Latin-Caribbean flair
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(1 of 7) Sheila Jordan performs with the Yoko Miwa Trio at The Mad Monkfish, in Cambridge.Photograph by Janice Tsai
A look at the live-music scene: traditional trios to experimental student performers
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Lawrence S. Bacow
President Bacow describes the potential for Harvard’s new Allston campus to benefit both gown and town.
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(1 of 14) Sporting staid bowlers, early Harvard Band members pose for a formal portrait.Courtesy of the Harvard University Band
The Harvard Band celebrates a century.
President and supporter: Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, pardoned by President Trump
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…and don’t always forgive
Colin Cabot takes heart in the traditional skills, like woodworking, that are preserved at Sanborn Mills Farm.
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Promoting craftsmanship and agrarian skills in an idyllic New Hampshire setting
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Four score: With Yale's Melvin Rouse II in vain pursuit, Harvard's Aidan Borguet heads for the goal line. The Crimson freshman back rushed for a series single-game record 269 yards and amassed four touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Photograph by Tim O'Meara/The Harvard CrimsonHarvard falls to Yale in The Game 2019.
Doink! Harassed by Harvard’s Adam Shepherd (86), Penn’s Jake Haggard punts the ball into the back of teammate Ben Padon. The kick traveled only seven yards and the Crimson turned the miscue into a field goal.
Photograph by Tim O’Meara/The Harvard CrimsonAnother loss for the hapless Crimson
Batch Catch: Having beaten Columbia's Fara'ad McCombs, Crimson junior wide receiver James Batch prepares to reel in a first-quarter touchdown pass.
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Another crushing defeat for Harvard.
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Paul Lee ’46 holds the replica Little Red Flag in this 2012 photograph. Surrounding him (clockwise from upper left) are Spencer Ervin ’54, Jeffrey Lee ’74, and Stephen Goodhue ’51.
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Who’ll carry the traditionalists’ Little Red Flag?
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(1 of 14) Sporting staid bowlers, early Harvard Band members pose for a formal portrait.Courtesy of the Harvard University Band
The Harvard Band celebrates a century.
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(1 of 12) Adál Maldonado’s The Passport, 1995, from the series The Spirit Republic of Puerto Rico.Transfer from the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Gift of the artist, 2012.178. © ADзL. Image courtesy of Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum
The ubiquity of movement across man-made borders
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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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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)
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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
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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
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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
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When Harvard Becomes “Ha Fu”
How Harvard is regarded in China, America’s largest source of international students