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Portraits top to bottom: Robert P. Young Jr and Edward Manfield
Clockwise from left: Photograph by Gary Blakeley/123RF Stock Images; courtesy of the Michigan Supreme Court, courtesy of the Iowa Supreme Court
Edward Mansfield, Robert Young are up for consideration.
Lawrence S. Bacow
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
A community letter as the new administration begins
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Illustration by James Yamasaki
Developmental psychologists find a surprising relationship between age and emotional understanding.
Solar panels on the roof and fixed shading on the windows suggest that this is no ordinary wood-shingled house.
Photograph by Stu Rosner
The Center for Green Buildings and Cities aims to reduce energy used to heat and cool buildings to nearly zero.
Elsie Sunderland
Photograph by Stu RosnerElsie Sunderland traces the flows of human pollutants in the oceans. They come back to bite us.
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FYRE’s student steering committee
Photograph courtesy of FYRE
Harvard begins a program to acclimate freshmen from “historically marginalized communities.”
A FOP group looks out over a lake in New Hampshire, August 2015.
Photograph courtesy of FOP
Kenton Shimozaki ’19 reflects on lessons learned at Harvard’s First-Year Outdoor Program.
Photograph of gymsuit by Kevin Grady/Radcliffe Institute
Lest young ladies’ “tides” be deranged
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A rehearsal scene from The Squirrel Plays
Courtesy of Olivia Munk
A graduate’s foray into the “real world” of fringe theater
Chai confers with a colleague in SPiNE’s Yangon office.
Photograph courtesy of SPiNE
Practicing architecture in Myanmar
Amory, Francis, Sandi, and Alex Blake pause briefly for a family portrait…
Photograph by Lynn Donaldson
Working a cattle ranch and tree nursery in Big Sky country
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MAA MoCA is housed in a repurposed industrial mill conplex in North Adams, Masachusetts.
Photograph courtesy of MASS MoCA
MASS MoCA’s summer smorgasbord
The daylily garden
Photograph courtesy of the Heritage Museums and Gardens
Cape Cod’s Heritage Museums & Gardens
The splendid interior of the Methuen Memorial Music Hall.
Photograph by Len Levasseur
Seasonal concerts at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall
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A rehearsal scene from The Squirrel Plays
Courtesy of Olivia Munk
A graduate’s foray into the “real world” of fringe theater
Chai confers with a colleague in SPiNE’s Yangon office.
Photograph courtesy of SPiNE
Practicing architecture in Myanmar
Soyoung Lee
Photograph by Audrey Kotkin
Korean art expert Soyoung Lee will join the museums in September.
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Harvard Athletics overhauls coaches’ compensation.
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
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
Late winter and early spring highlights
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Courtesy of Penelope Laurans
Attendance artifact, women’s work, and “Fair Harvard” redux
Photograph of gymsuit by Kevin Grady/Radcliffe Institute
Lest young ladies’ “tides” be deranged
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July-August 2018
Portrait of Moorfield Storey by John Singer Sargent, 1917. Charcoal on paper
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of James Moorfield Storey
Brief life of a patrician reformer: 1845-1929
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Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.
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William Fitzsimmons and Thomas Dingman outside the Freshman Dean’s Office
Photograph by LC/Harvard Magazine
This summer, Tom Dingman will retire after 13 years as dean of freshmen and a 45-year career at Harvard.
Detail of the entryway of the A.D. Club, a male final club
Photograph by Daderot/Wikipedia
Other implementation plans are also announced by the College.
Bill Gates
Image courtesy of OnInnovation/Flickr
The Microsoft co-founder talked about his life as a philanthropist—and answered myriad student questions.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Photograph by Dawani Olatunde/Wani Olatunde Photography
The decorated author is best known for her novels and feminist writing.
Photograph by Lydia Carmichael/HM
First-Gen policies, Smith Center services, and more University news
Course credit toward fast-tracking the A.B. is eliminated.
News briefs, from green-energy goals and a move to course preregistration to final-club final sanctions