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  A screenshot from Curricle, a new tool for exploring the curriculum. The word “curricle” refers to light, open, two-wheeled horse-pulled carriages popular during the nineteenth century. Schnapp chose the name because the word “curricle”—like the English word “curriculum”—derives from the Latin “curriculum,” meaning “race,” “running,” or “chariot.” “Curricle” as a platform name thus invokes the metaphor of the curriculum as an academic vehicle and journey.
  
  Curricle, the Course Catalog Matrix
  
  Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.
  
  7.17.19
  
  Prineha Narang (right), assistant professor of computational materials science, works with a student at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  Photograph by Eliza Grinnell, SEAS
  
  Harvard Entrepreneurs’ Summer Road Trip
  
  The Office of Technology Development hosts a Palo Alto venture-capital night for Harvard startups.
  
  7.12.19
  
  Harvard Sanctions Professor Roland Fryer Severely
  
  Prominent economist placed on leave for two years, then on probation.
  
  7.10.19
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  A screenshot from Curricle, a new tool for exploring the curriculum. The word “curricle” refers to light, open, two-wheeled horse-pulled carriages popular during the nineteenth century. Schnapp chose the name because the word “curricle”—like the English word “curriculum”—derives from the Latin “curriculum,” meaning “race,” “running,” or “chariot.” “Curricle” as a platform name thus invokes the metaphor of the curriculum as an academic vehicle and journey.
  
  Curricle, the Course Catalog Matrix
  
  Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.
  
  7.17.19
  
  Photograph by Barcin/iStock
  
  As Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Rises, Nutrient Content of Rice Falls
  
  A new study quantifies the global impact of declines in a single nutrient in a single crop, and hints at wider impacts.
  
  7.9.19
  
  From the Archives: The Market-Model University
  
  Humanities in the age of money
  
  6.12.19
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  A screenshot from Curricle, a new tool for exploring the curriculum. The word “curricle” refers to light, open, two-wheeled horse-pulled carriages popular during the nineteenth century. Schnapp chose the name because the word “curricle”—like the English word “curriculum”—derives from the Latin “curriculum,” meaning “race,” “running,” or “chariot.” “Curricle” as a platform name thus invokes the metaphor of the curriculum as an academic vehicle and journey.
  
  Curricle, the Course Catalog Matrix
  
  Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.
  
  7.17.19
  
  Illustration by Matt Chinworth
  
  Documentary Styles
  
  The Undergraduate takes a chance with film.
  
  July-August 2019
  
  Sofie Fella
  Photograph by Jim Harrison
  
  Try, Try Again
  
  Rugby’s freshman scorer Sofie Fella
  
  July-August 2019
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  Dance theater company ANIKAYA’s The Conference of the Birds explores movement, self-knowledge, and human interdependence.
  Photograph by Gary Alpert
  
  Dance in Translation
  
  Choreographer Wendy Jehlen’s “dance diplomacy”
  
  July-August 2019
  
  As a performer, Lauderdale is often the center of attention. With Meow Meow, he embraces a supportive role.
  Photograph by Autumn de Wilde
  
  Cabaret and Cooperation
  
  Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale is at his best bringing people together.
  
  July-August 2019
  
  From left: Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland, Dan H. Fenn Jr., Tamara Elliott Rogers
  Photographs from left by: Jim Harrison; Kris Snibbe/HPAC; Jim Harrsion
  
  The 2019 Harvard Medalists
  
  For extraordinary service to the University
  
  July-August 2019
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  (1 of 6) W.E.C. Eustis’s library, with its bay window overlooking the locust allée
  Photograph by Eric Roth/Courtesy of Historic New England
  
  A Bridge to the Past
  
  Historic New England’s Eustis Estate
  
  July-August 2019
  
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  Pink Cactus
  Kay Kenny
  
  Painting with Flashlights
  
  Photographer Kay Kenny’s work illuminates the night
  
  July-August 2019
  
  Community-focused jazz concerts in the Seaport
  Photograph courtesy of the Boston Jazz Festival
  
  Live Jazz in the Seaport
  
  The Boston Jazz Fest offers local and international artists.
  
  July-August 2019
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  Thinner Ice
  
  An admissions scandal further damages the reputation of selective institutions of higher education.
  
  July-August 2019
  
  Illustration by Matt Chinworth
  
  Documentary Styles
  
  The Undergraduate takes a chance with film.
  
  July-August 2019
  
  Stuart Schreiber sits “where I go to talk to my mother,” by the memorial paver that he had installed for her at Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway.
  Photograph by Jim Harrison
  
  Truth: A Love Story
  
  A scientist discovers his own family’s secrets.
  
  July-August 2019
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  Prince Shōtoku at Age Two, a thirteenth-century Japanese icon made of wood with inlaid quartz eyes
  Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial and promised gift of Walter C. Sedgwick in memory of Ellery Sedgwick Sr. and Ellery Sedgwick Jr., 2019.122.
  
  Seven-Hundred-Year-Old Secrets
  
  A Harvard Art Museums exhibit reunites a thirteenth-century Japanese icon with artifacts it once held.
  
  6.17.19
  
  Alexander Rehding
  Photograph by Stu Rosner
  
  Alexander Rehding
  
  The Peabody professor of music, in brief
  
  July-August 2019
  
  Dance theater company ANIKAYA’s The Conference of the Birds explores movement, self-knowledge, and human interdependence.
  Photograph by Gary Alpert
  
  Dance in Translation
  
  Choreographer Wendy Jehlen’s “dance diplomacy”
  
  July-August 2019
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  Sofie Fella
  Photograph by Jim Harrison
  
  Try, Try Again
  
  Rugby’s freshman scorer Sofie Fella
  
  July-August 2019
  
  Frank Doyle, in full ref attire, is fluent in Newton’s laws of motion—and the laws of the game.
  Photograph by Jim Harrison
  
  Science Dean, Soccer Judge
  
  On the weekends, SEAS dean Frank Doyle steps out of his office and onto the pitch.
  
  July-August 2019
  
  Red Rocks Conservation Area, in Gloucester, Massachusetts
  Photograph by Vladislav Sevostianov
  
  Peak Experiences
  
  Rock climbing in Greater Boston—and beyond
  
  May-June 2019
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  It’s Baby Turkey Season in Cambridge
  
  A hen turkey and her seven poults have settled near the eastern end of Harvard Yard.
  
  6.11.19
  
  Illustration by Mark Steele
  
  Yesterday’s News
  
  Headlines from Harvard’s history
  
  July-August 2019
  
  Stephen Jay Gould
  Photograph by Richard Howard/The LIFE Images Collection
  
  The “Great Asymmetry”
  
  Country dance, saving homework from a burning car, and Stephen Jay Gould on 9/11
  
  July-August 2019
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  Remaking the Grid
  
  March-April 2019
  
  A Harvard Magazine Tradition Ends
  
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  2.17.16
  
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A screenshot from Curricle, a new tool for exploring the curriculum. The word “curricle” refers to light, open, two-wheeled horse-pulled carriages popular during the nineteenth century. Schnapp chose the name because the word “curricle”—like the English word “curriculum”—derives from the Latin “curriculum,” meaning “race,” “running,” or “chariot.” “Curricle” as a platform name thus invokes the metaphor of the curriculum as an academic vehicle and journey.

Curricle, the Course Catalog Matrix

Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.

7.17.19

Latest News

A screenshot from Curricle, a new tool for exploring the curriculum. The word “curricle” refers to light, open, two-wheeled horse-pulled carriages popular during the nineteenth century. Schnapp chose the name because the word “curricle”—like the English word “curriculum”—derives from the Latin “curriculum,” meaning “race,” “running,” or “chariot.” “Curricle” as a platform name thus invokes the metaphor of the curriculum as an academic vehicle and journey.

Curricle, the Course Catalog Matrix

Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.

7.17.19 | News

From the Archives: Unwelcome Mats

In industrial nations worldwide, a fin de siècle hysteria builds over immigration.

7.17.19 |

Prineha Narang (right), assistant professor of computational materials science, works with a student at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Photograph by Eliza Grinnell, SEAS

Harvard Entrepreneurs’ Summer Road Trip

The Office of Technology Development hosts a Palo Alto venture-capital night for Harvard startups.

7.12.19 | News

Harvard Sanctions Professor Roland Fryer Severely

Prominent economist placed on leave for two years, then on probation.

7.10.19 | News

Photograph by Barcin/iStock

As Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Rises, Nutrient Content of Rice Falls

A new study quantifies the global impact of declines in a single nutrient in a single crop, and hints at wider impacts.

7.9.19 | Research

Harvard Dismisses Fencing Coach for Conflict of Interest

Peter Brand dismissed

7.9.19 | News

From the original cover in 1997: John Dockery ’66, the only alumnus to earn a Super Bowl ring (click the white arrow on the right to see full image), displays mementos of his varsity sport. Such three-letter men have given way to single-sport stars like Naomi Miller ’99, a striker on the women’s soccer team. Updated 6/26/19: In 2013, Matt Birk ’98 became the second alumnus to earn a Super Bowl ring, playing for the Baltimore Ravens.

From the Archives: The Professionalization of Ivy League Sports

The rise of specialization, year-round competition, proprietary training, and recruiting in student athletics

6.28.19 | Sports

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A screenshot from Curricle, a new tool for exploring the curriculum. The word “curricle” refers to light, open, two-wheeled horse-pulled carriages popular during the nineteenth century. Schnapp chose the name because the word “curricle”—like the English word “curriculum”—derives from the Latin “curriculum,” meaning “race,” “running,” or “chariot.” “Curricle” as a platform name thus invokes the metaphor of the curriculum as an academic vehicle and journey.

Curricle, the Course Catalog Matrix

Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.

7.17.19 | News

From the Archives: Unwelcome Mats

In industrial nations worldwide, a fin de siècle hysteria builds over immigration.

7.17.19 |

Prineha Narang (right), assistant professor of computational materials science, works with a student at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Photograph by Eliza Grinnell, SEAS

Harvard Entrepreneurs’ Summer Road Trip

The Office of Technology Development hosts a Palo Alto venture-capital night for Harvard startups.

7.12.19 | News

Harvard Sanctions Professor Roland Fryer Severely

Prominent economist placed on leave for two years, then on probation.

7.10.19 | News

Photograph by Barcin/iStock

As Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Rises, Nutrient Content of Rice Falls

A new study quantifies the global impact of declines in a single nutrient in a single crop, and hints at wider impacts.

7.9.19 | Research

Harvard Dismisses Fencing Coach for Conflict of Interest

Peter Brand dismissed

7.9.19 | News

From the original cover in 1997: John Dockery ’66, the only alumnus to earn a Super Bowl ring (click the white arrow on the right to see full image), displays mementos of his varsity sport. Such three-letter men have given way to single-sport stars like Naomi Miller ’99, a striker on the women’s soccer team. Updated 6/26/19: In 2013, Matt Birk ’98 became the second alumnus to earn a Super Bowl ring, playing for the Baltimore Ravens.