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Claire Chase (left, on contrabass flute) and students (Jessica Shand, Jennifer Wang, Mai Nguyen, and Taiga Ultan), all on flutes, play a work by Vijay Iyer during the ArtLab's opening celebration.
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The ArtLab debuts.
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A changed playing field as graduate student union, Harvard negotiate
K. Michael Hays, Sarah Whiting, and faux fireplace at the GSD fireside chat
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A fireside chat with the architects, landscape architects, and urban planners
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The question is no longer if, but when and how.
A crow holds a stick tool during its downtime from the experiment.
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Surprising research about highly adept birds making and using tools
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The class of 2023 displays its class year banner for the first time.
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First-year Convocation for the class of 2023
Dwight Miller
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College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.
The author and fellow activists at a Divest Harvard rally this past April: (from left) Caleb Schwartz ’20, Flores-Jones, Anand Bradley ’19, Owen Torrey ’21, Eva Rosenfeld ’21, and Sophia Higgins ’21
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An activist on activism, in college and after
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Upsolve co-founder Rohan Pavuluri (right) and summer staffer Nick Brown are Crimson activists helping those in the red.
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Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.
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(1 of 3) Hansjörg Wyss
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The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.
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(1 of 8) The “Rocking Horse Graveyard,” in Lincoln, Massachusetts— “It’s a fun, whimsical thing with a flea- market feel,” Ocker says. “But at night it’s one of the creepiest sights on the planet.”
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Exploring New England’s more unusual sites with J.W. Ocker
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(1 of 6) A child’s horse-drawn carriage dating to1907, from the Wenham Museum’s new exhibit
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Equestrian life and sports on the North Shore
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(1 of 6) The market as a community gathering point
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Boston Public Market’s year-round cornucopia
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Lawrence S. Bacow
President Bacow describes Harvard’s multifaceted approach to “a defining challenge of our time.”
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Claire Chase (left, on contrabass flute) and students (Jessica Shand, Jennifer Wang, Mai Nguyen, and Taiga Ultan), all on flutes, play a work by Vijay Iyer during the ArtLab's opening celebration.
Photograph by Karen Philippi/Courtesy of the ArtLab
The ArtLab debuts.
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(1 of 4) Mak designed lighting for a 2019 staging of The Bridges of Madison County by the Philadelphia Theater Company.Photograph by Rich Hein
Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories.
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(1 of 2) In “Reneepoptosis,” by animator Renee Zhan, three versions of the artist go on a quest for God, traversing an unfamiliar terrain that turns out to be her own body.Film still courtesy of Renee Zhan
Animator Renee Zhan finds self-discovery in strange landscapes.
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All right, Jack: Harvard senior wideout Jack Cook snared a team-high seven receptions, including an 80-yard touchdown pass-and-run, tied for fourth-longest scoring toss in Crimson history.
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A late Crimson run wasn't enough to overcome a slow start.
Just another hurdle: Leaping over guard Eric Wilson (68), Harvard running back Aaron Shampklin sails through a hole last season against Princeton. Shampklin had a breakout season in 2018, leading the Ivy League in rushing with 105.3 yards per game.
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Prospects, rules changes, a Rose Bowl centennial, pro players, a return from a shattering injury—and a tragic loss
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(1 of 6) A child’s horse-drawn carriage dating to1907, from the Wenham Museum’s new exhibit
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Equestrian life and sports on the North Shore
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Dwight Miller
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College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.
Julie Chung and Drew Pendergrass
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The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
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David Damrosch’s literary global reach
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Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.
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Claire Chase (left, on contrabass flute) and students (Jessica Shand, Jennifer Wang, Mai Nguyen, and Taiga Ultan), all on flutes, play a work by Vijay Iyer during the ArtLab's opening celebration.
Photograph by Karen Philippi/Courtesy of the ArtLab
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The ArtLab debuts.
9.20.19
William F. Lee, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation
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Senior fellow William F. Lee on the University’s priorities during President Lawrence S. Bacow’s first year
Transitions, appointments, and honors
Semma Therapeutics CEO Bastiano Sanna with Xander University Professor Douglas Melton, scientific founder of the startup. The company is working to commercialize a diabetes therapy.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Robust licensing revenue and corporate alliances boost translational research.
Are data from massive open online courses a crystal ball into the future of online education?
Data from Science Magazine/Chart by Lydia S.C. Rosenberg
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Coming together: Greater Boston biomedical and life-sciences panelists (from left) Eric Lander (Broad Institute), Vasant Narasimhan (Novartis), and Laurie Glimcher (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), with moderator Susan Hockfield (MIT)
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
A $200-million gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation paves the way.
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A survey of the University’s annual financial report
A growing, and more scientific, professoriate and a budget breakthrough
