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Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
4.6.18
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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.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The decorated author is best known for her novels and feminist writing.
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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.
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Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
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The Undergraduate chooses a concentration.
The son and nephew of MLB players, Quinn Hoffman ’20 has played the game for as long as he can remember.
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For Quinn Hoffman, baseball is the family business.
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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
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.”
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
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Cycling the Neponset River Greenway
Sleeper’s summer home sprawls across Eastern Point, with views of Gloucester Harbor.
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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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Ideas for the president-elect’s consideration, from costs and partnerships to Allston and admissions
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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
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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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Jim and Deb Fallows in his hometown, Redlands, California
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James and Deborah Fallows explore “what the hell is happening in America.”
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The digital tools advertisers rely on can be easily manipulated to influence public opinion on politics.
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Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
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New research proves that couples should spend money to increase quality time spent together.
At Jefferson Laboratory, Nobel Prize winners gather to remember one of their own.
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Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now defends science from modern-day foes.
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Observations from Twitter prove that even the smallest news outlets can shape public opinion.
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Research with infants suggests the ability to understand abstract relationships.
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