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Jim and Deb Fallows in his hometown, Redlands, California
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James ’70 and Deborah Fallows ’71 explore “what the hell is happening in America.”
4.6.18
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Tomiko Brown-Nagin
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The legal historian will become dean on July 1.
At the JFK Jr. Forum on Monday, panelists discussed the case surrounding Michael Brown's death. From left, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Jason Pollock, Lezley McSpadden, Benjamin Crump, Jasmine Rand, and Ashley Spillane.
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A Kennedy School discussion on new evidence and historical precedents in Michael Brown's death
A polling site at Cambridge Queen’s Head
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The outcome means that thousands of graduate students can begin collective bargaining with the University.
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Tomiko Brown-Nagin
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The legal historian will become dean on July 1.
David Shumway Jones
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Historian David Shumway Jones warns that the cost of precision medicine might lead to higher levels of inequality in healthcare.
Dean Stanley Shaw and Dr. Deborah Schrag
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Physicians bring data science to bear on patient health and wellness information.
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Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
Illustration by Wenting Li
The Undergraduate chooses a concentration.
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Illustration by Jason Ford
Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
Linnea Olson, shown with her dog, Kumo, has survived 13 years with lung cancer.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver races her brother Ted and others in Washington, D.C., to kick off a 1975 Special Olympics fundraising coast-to-coast marathon.
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Brief life of a world-changer: 1921-2009
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Cyclists at the Harvest River Bridge, which opened last year on the newest section of the trail
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Cycling the Neponset River Greenway
Sleeper’s summer home sprawls across Eastern Point, with views of Gloucester Harbor.
Photograph by Eric Roth/Courtesy of Historic New England
A sprawling house museum celebrates decorative arts and the creative spirit of Henry Davis Sleeper.
Among the museum's “Ugly Truth” figures are Aunt Jemima and golliwogs.
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The National Black Doll Museum
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The Undergraduate chooses a concentration.
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Understanding the real consequences of the new tax law
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Wim Wenders speaking at Sanders Theatre on April 2
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Wim Wenders delivers the final installment in the 2018 Norton Lectures on Cinema.
Mara Sidmore, artistic director of Applied Theatre Practice at the Bok Center
Photograph by Jim HarrisonA theatre troupe aims for higher ed.
Sunset in Sampela, a village standing a few hundred yards from land in southwestern Indonesia. The nearest sizable island with an airstrip is a two-hour boat ride away.
Photograph by David HuIn Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.
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Cyclists at the Harvest River Bridge, which opened last year on the newest section of the trail
Photograph by Jessica Mink
Cycling the Neponset River Greenway
Harvard sprinter Gabby Thomas ’19
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Late winter and early spring highlights
Seth Towns ’20, the Ivy League Player of the Year, scored a game-high 24 points in the Crimson’s 74-55 victory over Cornell in the Ivy tournament semifinals.
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The basketball teams fall short of the NCAAs.
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David Davidson
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A dining executive on Harvard’s changing food environment
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When teaching was gendered, Porsche populism, and Harvard’s presidential symbolism
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Sunset in Sampela, a village standing a few hundred yards from land in southwestern Indonesia. The nearest sizable island with an airstrip is a two-hour boat ride away.
Photograph by David HuIn Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.
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Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.
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Sellers at the John Brown Fort, at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Photograph by T.J. Kirkpatric
William Sellers aims to expose a new generation to America’s origins.
Jim and Deb Fallows in his hometown, Redlands, California
Photograph by Coco McKown
James ’70 and Deborah Fallows ’71 explore “what the hell is happening in America.”
Eunice Kennedy Shriver races her brother Ted and others in Washington, D.C., to kick off a 1975 Special Olympics fundraising coast-to-coast marathon.
Photograph by Bettmann/Getty Images
Brief life of a world-changer: 1921-2009
Nell Scovell
Photograph by Robert Trachtenberg
TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.
Rapp focused on war crimes and criminals as U.S. ambassador-at-large.
Courtesy of United States Mission Geneva/Wikimedia/Creative Commons
Stephen J. Rapp seeks justice for Syrian victims of war crimes.
Broadsheet is on Kirkland Street in Cambridge.
Photographs by Jane Messinger
An antidote to Starbucksification?
Erica Viscio, a.k.a. “Maul,” slams by opponents on the track.
Photograph by Steve Jurkovic
Harvard ties to the increasingly popular, rigorous sport
A flyer Gorey illustrated for a 1952 Poets' Theatre performance.
Edward Gorey/ Announcement for The Poets’ Theatre performance in Fogg Museum Court, May, 1952/ Offset lithography on paper, 5 1/2 x 14 in./©The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust
Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum