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Degas, Renoir, and More on Display at Dumbarton Oaks

November 25, 2008 • Extras

A collection of modern French paintings is being exhibited for the first time at this Harvard-owned museum in Washington, D.C.

Update: Harvard versus Yale

November 24, 2008 • Football

By defeating Yale, Harvard shares the Ivy League crown with Brown.

2008-09 Rhodes Scholars Named

November 24, 2008 • Breaking News

The winners include two Harvard seniors and one doctoral student at the Graduate School of Education.

Bittersweet Victory

November 20, 2008 • Alumni Writers

The Obama win, and the changes in American society it portends, came too late for some. Roger Angell remembers one of them.

Gearing Up for The Game

November 20, 2008 • Harvard in the News

The New York Times reviews “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.”

Law School Alumna Wins National Book Award

November 20, 2008 • Alumni in the News

Annette Gordon-Reed’s book on a slave family owned by Thomas Jefferson takes the nonfiction prize.

Itinerant Scholar

November 20, 2008 • Harvard in the News

The interests of Berkman Center fellow Lewis Hyde include Thoreau; writing poetry; and intellectual property in the digital age—and he manages to draw connections between them.

Harvard’s Dapper Dean

November 20, 2008 • Harvard in the News

The Boston Globe counts Graduate School of Design dean Mohsen Mostafavi among the city’s most stylish denizens.

Landmark Newsstand May Close

November 19, 2008 • Harvard in the News

Out of Town News has opted not to renew its lease, the Crimson reports.

Dean Outlines FAS’s Financial Straits

November 19, 2008 • Breaking News

Dean Michael D. Smith outlined for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences the severe challenges—as much as a $200-million shortfall in revenue—looming in the next year as the endowment declines in value.

From the Presidency to the Cabinet?

November 17, 2008 • Harvard in the News

Stanley Fish asks whether Larry Summers has the people skills to serve as Obama’s Treasury Secretary.

Good Work Goes Beyond a Paycheck

November 17, 2008 • Harvard in the News

Education scholar Howard Gardner’s recipe for professional fulfillment

Crossing the Ultimate Color Line

November 17, 2008 • Harvard in the News

As Barack Obama prepares to take office, Henry Louis Gates Jr. reflects on how far black Americans have come in his lifetime.

Update: Harvard versus Penn

November 17, 2008 • Football

By beating Penn, Harvard sets itself up to win a share of the Ivy crown.

Endowment Issues: Each School's Exposure

November 12, 2008 • Breaking News

Each Harvard unit is exposed to declining endowment values, but to different degrees; the schools’ exposures are detailed, using University data, and FAS’s dean writes to his faculty about an unprecedented financial squeeze.