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Debbie Bial
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Harvard alumna Debbie Bial's Posse Foundation and a “new national leadership pipeline”
6.8.17
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An artistic rendering of the future WE ALL installation
Courtesy of the Graduate School of Design
The “WE ALL” art installation aims to foster connections between Harvard and Allston.
President Drew Faust
An expected transition, as the University’s twenty-eighth president plans to conclude her service.
Tracy K. Smith
Photograph © Rachel Eliza Griffiths
The announcement comes at a busy time for the writer, who is at work on two operas and will soon publish her fifth verse collection, Wade in the Water.
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Gull eggs and a recently hatched chick
Photograph by M.C. Stoddard
Adaptations for flight may have driven the shape of birds’ eggs.
Bacillus subtilis
Image by Jezperklauzen/iStock
Harvard researchers review how gut bacteria can transform ingested compounds.
Paolo Benato and his research team designed exosuits like this one, worn by a study participant, to improve mobility.
Courtesy of Paolo Bonato
Two Harvard research groups design exosuits to improve mobility.
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President Drew Faust
An expected transition, as the University’s twenty-eighth president plans to conclude her service.
Meme by Lydia Carmichael/Harvard Magazine
The Undergraduate dives into meme culture.
Jade Miller
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic CommunicaitonsTrack and field, golf, crew, tennis
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Tracy K. Smith
Photograph © Rachel Eliza Griffiths
The announcement comes at a busy time for the writer, who is at work on two operas and will soon publish her fifth verse collection, Wade in the Water.
Fred Glimp in Massachusetts Hall, 1996
Photograph by Jim Harrison
The long-serving dean and vice president was a proud member of the College’s “Great Middle Class.”
Children’s grotto cave at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Texas
Images from The Magic of Children’s Gardens: Inspiring Through Creative Design, by Lolly Tai. Used by permission of Temple University Press. © 2017 by Temple University. All Rights Reserved.
Beach reading, the West, segregation, gardening with children, and more
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A summer exhibit at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (above) highlights abstract art…
Photograph courtesy of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Lincoln offers rich history, nature trails, local food, and art.
End of the Line, Cleveland Circle (2012), by Kate Sullivan
Courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum
A Boston Athenaeum print exhibit reveals “a distinctive sense of place.”
Lone paddlers take in the sunset
Photograph courtesy of UMass Lowell Kayak Center
Paddling the Merrimack in Lowell and Lawrence
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Readers comment on linguistics and sign language, academic class gaps, “Fair Harvard,” final clubs, and more.
President Drew Faust
President Drew Faust on scientific research and federal funding
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Post-Title IX, more women have entered competitive sports like basketball.
Courtesy of Schlesinger Library
How Title IX expanded women’s opportunities in sports
An artistic rendering of the future WE ALL installation
Courtesy of the Graduate School of Design
The “WE ALL” art installation aims to foster connections between Harvard and Allston.
Tracy K. Smith
Photograph © Rachel Eliza Griffiths
The announcement comes at a busy time for the writer, who is at work on two operas and will soon publish her fifth verse collection, Wade in the Water.
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Post-Title IX, more women have entered competitive sports like basketball.
Courtesy of Schlesinger Library
How Title IX expanded women’s opportunities in sports
Lone paddlers take in the sunset
Photograph courtesy of UMass Lowell Kayak Center
Paddling the Merrimack in Lowell and Lawrence
Jade Miller
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic CommunicaitonsTrack and field, golf, crew, tennis
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Illustration by Mark Steele
The 1932 solar eclipse, the Naval Training School, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Stephen Peabody, 1809, by John Johnston
Photograph by American Antiquarian Society
The diary of a “unexceptional collegian”—attending class, or not
The Radcliffe Institute’s garden oasis
Photograph by Thomas Earle/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
“Fair Harvard,” liberal arts Soviet-style, campus oases, and more
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Andrew LeClerc in his home garden
Photograph by Stu Rosner
In understanding schizophrenia, genes have “an awful lot to say.”
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This 1939 acetate disc of Ezra Pound’s full recording bears a handwritten annotation that reads “’Altaforte’ not to be played” and scratch marks to prevent the poem from being played accidentally.
Photograph by Christina DavisPound, On the Record
A Carpenter Center exhibition traces the history of a once-banned poem.
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Tracy K. Smith
Photograph © Rachel Eliza Griffiths
The announcement comes at a busy time for the writer, who is at work on two operas and will soon publish her fifth verse collection, Wade in the Water.
Fred Glimp in Massachusetts Hall, 1996
Photograph by Jim Harrison
The long-serving dean and vice president was a proud member of the College’s “Great Middle Class.”
Four from the class of 2017 are off to the other Cambridge.
The annual election results
Leon Starr and Rhoda Lesser Diamond brave the inclement weather on Commencement Day.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
The oldest graduates at Commencement
Honorees include an architect, athletics enthusiast, and longtime University administrator.
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honorees (from left) Russell A. Mittermeier, Sarah P. Morris, Thomas F. Pettigrew, and Richard Sennett
Photograph by Tony Rinaldo/Courtesy of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Honorands whose contributions to society emerged from graduate study
Debbie Bial
Photograph by Robert Adam Mayer
Harvard alumna Debbie Bial's Posse Foundation and a “new national leadership pipeline”