May 1, 2001

Off the Shelf

Recent books with a Harvard accent

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Graduates celebrate joyfully, wearing caps and gowns, with some waving and smiling.

Inside Harvard’s Most Egalitarian School

The Extension School is open to everyone. Expect to work—hard.

Older man in a green sweater holds a postcard in a warmly decorated office.

How a Harvard Hockey Legend Became a Needlepoint Artist

Joe Bertagna’s retirement project recreates figures from Boston sports history.

Modern building surrounded by greenery and a walking path under a blue sky.

A New Landscape Emerges in Allston

The innovative greenery at Harvard’s Science and Engineering Complex

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Rough ocean waves crashing against each other under a stormy sky.

Politics and Law

Readers Respond to Our ‘Law in a Lifeboat’ Survey

A sampling of answers about a moral dilemma

Firefighters battling flames at a red building, surrounded by smoke and onlookers.

Harvard History

Yesterday’s News

How a book on fighting the “Devill World” survived Harvard’s historic fire.

Cozy nook with a patterned rug and various colorful pillows against wooden walls.

Harvard History

At Harvard’s Beck-Warren House, Ghosts Speak Many Languages

The quirky 1833 home now hosts Celtic scholars.