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K. Michael Hays, Sarah Whiting, and faux fireplace at the GSD fireside chat
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A fireside chat with the architects, landscape architects, and urban planners
Yann LeCun
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The physics department confers its Loeb lectureship on an influential non-physicist.
The Lowell House bells, on hiatus during construction, are now open for business.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Historic Lowell House’s renovations bring a mixture of old and new, painstakingly refurbished and constructed.
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The question is no longer if, but when and how.
A crow holds a stick tool during its downtime from the experiment.
Photograph by Dakota McCoy
Surprising research about highly adept birds making and using tools
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The class of 2023 displays its class year banner for the first time.
Photograph by Nina Pasquini
First-year Convocation for the class of 2023
The author and fellow activists at a Divest Harvard rally this past April: (from left) Caleb Schwartz ’20, Flores-Jones, Anand Bradley ’19, Owen Torrey ’21, Eva Rosenfeld ’21, and Sophia Higgins ’21
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An activist on activism, in college and after
Julie Chung and Drew Pendergrass
Photograph by Stu Rosner
The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
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Upsolve co-founder Rohan Pavuluri (right) and summer staffer Nick Brown are Crimson activists helping those in the red.
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Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.
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(1 of 4) Mak designed lighting for a 2019 staging of The Bridges of Madison County by the Philadelphia Theater Company.Photograph by Rich Hein
Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories.
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(1 of 6) The market as a community gathering point
Photograph by Melissa DiPalma
Boston Public Market’s year-round cornucopia
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(1 of 8) The “Rocking Horse Graveyard,” in Lincoln, Massachusetts— “It’s a fun, whimsical thing with a flea- market feel,” Ocker says. “But at night it’s one of the creepiest sights on the planet.”
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Exploring New England’s more unusual sites with J.W. Ocker
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(1 of 6) A child’s horse-drawn carriage dating to1907, from the Wenham Museum’s new exhibit
Photograph courtesy of Peter G. Gwinn/Wenham Museum
Equestrian life and sports on the North Shore
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The author and fellow activists at a Divest Harvard rally this past April: (from left) Caleb Schwartz ’20, Flores-Jones, Anand Bradley ’19, Owen Torrey ’21, Eva Rosenfeld ’21, and Sophia Higgins ’21
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An activist on activism, in college and after
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(1 of 3) Adventures in Purgatory Chasm
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Pleasures to explore in and around Worcester
(click on arrow at right to see full image) A color-paper collage used by Edwin Land to develop an influential theory of color vision
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New Harvard exhibit explores “Visual Science: The Art of Research”
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(1 of 4) Mak designed lighting for a 2019 staging of The Bridges of Madison County by the Philadelphia Theater Company.Photograph by Rich Hein
Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories.
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Just another hurdle: Leaping over guard Eric Wilson (68), Harvard running back Aaron Shampklin sails through a hole last season against Princeton. Shampklin had a breakout season in 2018, leading the Ivy League in rushing with 105.3 yards per game.
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Prospects, rules changes, a Rose Bowl centennial, pro players, a return from a shattering injury—and a tragic loss
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(1 of 6) A child’s horse-drawn carriage dating to1907, from the Wenham Museum’s new exhibit
Photograph courtesy of Peter G. Gwinn/Wenham Museum
Equestrian life and sports on the North Shore
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(1 of 3) Adventures in Purgatory Chasm
Photograph by Normal Barrett/Alamy Stock Photo
Pleasures to explore in and around Worcester
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Dwight Miller
Photograph by Jim Harrison
College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.
Julie Chung and Drew Pendergrass
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The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
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(1 of 4) David Damrosch
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David Damrosch’s literary global reach
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Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.
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Alumni
On April 13, alumni/ae of all classes, their spouses, and their high-school-aged offspring are welcome to visit the College to attend undergraduate classes and meet faculty members.
The HAA will send a brochure promoting the event to all Boston-area reunion classes. If you do not receive a copy but wish to attend, write to Blake Walsh, 124 Mount Auburn Street, sixth floor, Cambridge 02138; call 617-495-2555; or e-mail [email protected].
