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A screen shot from the closing moments of the 2020 virtual degree-granting ceremony (a technologically enabled singing of “Fair Harvard”)—an exercise now being replicated in some form for a second consecutive pandemic spring
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The 370th degree-conferral will be online for the second consecutive year—with Ruth Simmons as guest speaker.
Kate Murtagh, chief compliance officer and managing director of sustainable investing at Harvard Management Company
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard University.
Harvard Management Company issues its first report on the “net-zero” greenhouse-gas emissions goal.
As expected, the anti-affirmative-action advocate appeals after losing in lower court rounds.
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Harvard development partner Tishman Speyer’s proposed massing and configuration of buildings for the first phase of construction on the Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.
From Tishman Speyer's Project Notification Form filing.
Tishman Speyer details the first phase of the “enterprise research campus”—and points to a doubling of the project’s ultimate size.
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
The Undergraduate balances childhood and maturity.
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Prospective candidates and their diverse views of Harvard’s future and the Board’s role
The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.
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Turning your al fresco space into a springtime oasis
A short list of fine
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“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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A short list of fine
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In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
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David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
Photograph by Molly Malone
A legendary route’s disputed distance
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From the archives
Elizabeth Hinton
Photograph by Stu Rosner
Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.
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