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How the polar vortex produced rapid evolution in lizards
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The combination of certain factors can determine whether a city is plagued with disease, or is a hub for innovation.
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HarvardX transforms a popular course in epidemiology to serve a global audience.
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Advocating support for first-generation Harvard students
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Stemberg men's basketball coach Tommy Amaker (left) introduced James Brown '73 (center) and Harry Edwards before a press conference on Wednesday in the Murr Center's Hall of History.
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Sociologist Harry Edwards and broacaster James Brown weigh protest and progress in sports, and in Harvard basketball.
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The Canterbury Shakers’ enduring appeal
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Celeste Ng’s nimble second novel traces a cross-cultural drama in her Midwestern hometown.
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Crimson tide: Senior defensive back Tobe Eziokoli (26), senior quarterback Joe Viviano (4), junior defensive tackle Scott Garrison (74), senior offensive lineman DJ Mott (71) and junior running back Noah Reimers (24) got a running start on Harvard's 144th football season.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletic CommunicationsThe Crimson drops its first season opener since 2011.
Stemberg men's basketball coach Tommy Amaker (left) introduced James Brown '73 (center) and Harry Edwards before a press conference on Wednesday in the Murr Center's Hall of History.
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Sociologist Harry Edwards and broacaster James Brown weigh protest and progress in sports, and in Harvard basketball.
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Under coach Tjerk van Herwaarden, Harvard field hockey ascends.
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Harvard experts provide access to Vietnamese sources on the war.
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September-October 2017
To simply say that the White Cliffs of Dover are made of chalk would miss the point of Life at the Edge of Sight: A Photographic Exploration of the Microbial World. The chalk giving the famous cliffs their white appearance was formed from the exoskeletons of plated marine microbes called coccolithophores.
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Harvard experts provide access to Vietnamese sources on the war.
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Allen’s new book excoriates both the justice system and a parallel universe of gang rule.
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How the polar vortex produced rapid evolution in lizards
The world’s most famous fruit-plucking: detail from Hugo van der Goes, The Fall (after 1479)
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Stephen Greenblatt explores the myths and meanings of Adam and Eve.
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The Business School’s Nancy Koehn analyzes the personal stakes that propel leaders.
To simply say that the White Cliffs of Dover are made of chalk would miss the point of Life at the Edge of Sight: A Photographic Exploration of the Microbial World. The chalk giving the famous cliffs their white appearance was formed from the exoskeletons of plated marine microbes called coccolithophores.
All images from Life at the Edge of Sight: A Photographic Exploration of the Microbial World, by Scott Chimileski and Roberto Kolter. Copyright ©2017 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
On Earth, microbes run the show.
Derek Bok and other scholars weigh in on improving universities and colleges—and why that’s hard to do.
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The Bay of Bengal is central for this South Asia scholar.