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(1 of 4) The large-screen HELIX system, here deployed in Henry Leitner's Computer Science 1 class, makes it possible for an instructor to teach students who are physically present and see students attending class online, without being confined to a small computer screen at a fixed lectern location; the camera follows the professor and assures that he can be seen effectively by “roomies” and “Zoomies” in a hybrid course.
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences tests hybrid classrooms and other pandemic adaptations.
From left to right: Walter K. Clair, Nancy-Beth Gordon Sheerr, Preston N. Williams.
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Alumni Association announces Harvard Medalists.
Michael Mina holds up a rapid test during a Zoom call with journalists.
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Rapid COVID-19 tests, of the kind that Michael Mina has been advocating since last year, are finally approved for home use.
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Knoll in the field
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Andrew Knoll on the planet’s past—and fraught future
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Petitioning campaigns are a vital complement to democratic voting.
Illustration by Dan Page
Ellen Langer rejects binary thinking, embracing instead a “third way.”
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The team with mentors (from left): Kale Catchings, Percy Green, Saul Glist, Robin McDowell, Catie Barr, Jamala Rogers, and the author.
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The Undergraduate learns about making knowledge mutual.
Harvard's acceptance rate drops as applications rise.
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Harvard admits a record-low 3.4 percent of applicants
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From left to right: Walter K. Clair, Nancy-Beth Gordon Sheerr, Preston N. Williams.
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Alumni Association announces Harvard Medalists.
Eileen Costello says working at a hospital like BMC “is the reason I went to medical school.”
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A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.
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The evocative Love Potion
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A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
Piattini's sunken patio on Newbury Street, in Boston
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Boston's Piattini Wine Café
A 1983 Houston Astros jersey worn by pitcher Joe Niekro
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The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
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The team with mentors (from left): Kale Catchings, Percy Green, Saul Glist, Robin McDowell, Catie Barr, Jamala Rogers, and the author.
Photograph courtesy of Che R. Applewhaite
The Undergraduate learns about making knowledge mutual.
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The evocative Love Potion
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A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
Marilyn Booth
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Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
Maggie Shipstead
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Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
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A 1983 Houston Astros jersey worn by pitcher Joe Niekro
Courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum/Milo Stewart Jr. B-50-83
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
Martin S. Feldstein
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Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles
For the energetic Rueb, raising an athlete’s floor is as important as raising his ceiling.
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Andrew Rueb’s experience on the professional tennis circuit informs his coaching.
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Martin S. Feldstein
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Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles
Photograph courtesy of the Brookline Preservation Commission
Classy masks, dapper archaeologist, saving H.H. Richardson’s house
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Vikram Patel, left, speaks with family members of a farmer in Maharashtra, India, who committed suicide.
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Martin S. Feldstein
Photograph by Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles
Solomon Gate in its typical open position
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
Photograph by Molly Malone
A legendary route’s disputed distance
Photograph courtesy of the Brookline Preservation Commission
Classy masks, dapper archaeologist, saving H.H. Richardson’s house
The Board of Editors for volume 70 of the Harvard Law Review (1956-1957), immortalized on the steps of Austin Hall. The author, only the third woman admitted to Review membership, stands in the fourth row, at upper left.
Photograph courtesy of Nancy Boxley Tepper/reproduction by KLK Photography
An alumna looks back.