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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.
Photograph by Lydialyle Gibson/Harvard Magazine
A Kennedy School discussion on new evidence and historical precedents in Michael Brown's death
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Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
The legal historian will become dean on July 1.
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.
Photograph by Lydialyle Gibson/Harvard Magazine
A Kennedy School discussion on new evidence and historical precedents in Michael Brown's death
A polling site at Cambridge Queen’s Head
Photograph by Marina Bolotnikova/Harvard Magazine
The outcome means that thousands of graduate students can begin collective bargaining with the University.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Photograph by Dawani Olatunde/Wani Olatunde Photography
The decorated author is best known for her novels and feminist writing.
Wim Wenders speaking at Sanders Theatre on April 2
Photograph courtesy of the Mahindra Humanities Center
Wim Wenders delivers the final installment in the 2018 Norton Lectures on Cinema.
Ladder faculty counts in the the faculty of arts and sciences, 1998 to 2017
Courtesy of the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development & Diversity
Progress and barriers to diversifying Harvard’s faculty
Clayton Spencer, a contributor to The Chronicle’s forum on women in the academy
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Harvard women’s perspective on power, norms, and harassment
Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
The legal historian will become dean on July 1.
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.
Photograph by Lydialyle Gibson/Harvard Magazine
A Kennedy School discussion on new evidence and historical precedents in Michael Brown's death
A polling site at Cambridge Queen’s Head
Photograph by Marina Bolotnikova/Harvard Magazine
The outcome means that thousands of graduate students can begin collective bargaining with the University.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Photograph by Dawani Olatunde/Wani Olatunde Photography
The decorated author is best known for her novels and feminist writing.
Wim Wenders speaking at Sanders Theatre on April 2
Photograph courtesy of the Mahindra Humanities Center
Wim Wenders delivers the final installment in the 2018 Norton Lectures on Cinema.
Ladder faculty counts in the the faculty of arts and sciences, 1998 to 2017
Courtesy of the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development & Diversity
Progress and barriers to diversifying Harvard’s faculty
Clayton Spencer, a contributor to The Chronicle’s forum on women in the academy
Photograph courtesy of Bates College
Harvard women’s perspective on power, norms, and harassment
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