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Emma Dench, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Photograph coutresy of Harvard University
Harvard continues to change with the coronavirus.
Indoor gatherings increase the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
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Seasonality and SARS-CoV-2
The Engine’s logo
Courtesy MIT
Neighboring institutions collaborate in a venture-capital firm seeing to tackle tough technological challenges.
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In a year like no other, read a selection of Harvard Magazine stories on the forces that will shape the presidential election outcome.
Indoor gatherings increase the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
Art by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine; images by iStock.
Seasonality and SARS-CoV-2
Caroline Buckee
Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.
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Professor of government Dustin Tingley (bottom right), faculty director of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching and deputy vice provost for advances in learning, introduces HILT conference panelists (clockwise from top left): Sherri Ann Charleston, Anthony Jack, María Luisa Parra, and Clint Smith.
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The Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference considers classroom inclusion and equity.
Illustration by Amelia Flower/Folio Art
The Undergraduate considers friendships on and away from campus.
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Harvard professional schools continue (mostly) online learning during the next semester—and other indicators for 2021.
Michael Fabiano, A.L.M. ’16, in the AP newsroom.
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The AP’s Michael Fabiano on the 2020 election
Ross Douthat sees American society stagnating amid tired culture wars and a gridlocked political system.
Photograph by Stu Rosner
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval
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Colorful bow ties from The Andover Shop
Photograph courtesy of The Andover Shop
Harvard Square venues offer warmth, cheer, and appetizing fare.
At first glance, Hammond’s Gloucester home could be mistaken for a transplanted European castle.
Photograph by Lovely Valentine Photography/Courtesy of Hammond Castle
Gothic surroundings, spiritualism, and science: Hammond Castle Museum’s eclectic appeal
Meadow with Poplars (circa 1875)
Claude Monet/Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts
Winter exhibits at the Museum of Fine Arts
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Illustration by Amelia Flower/Folio Art
The Undergraduate considers friendships on and away from campus.
Lawrence S. Bacow
President Bacow on the engaged upside to online teaching and learning
Educational, financial, political, and values issues challenge Harvard’s leaders—and the University community.
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Photograph by Fabrizio Amoroso/Aperture
Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”
At first glance, Hammond’s Gloucester home could be mistaken for a transplanted European castle.
Photograph by Lovely Valentine Photography/Courtesy of Hammond Castle
Gothic surroundings, spiritualism, and science: Hammond Castle Museum’s eclectic appeal
Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums/Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg
This folding fan enfolds two sacred mountains.
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Ric Zimmerman
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A late drive leads to a legendary ’66 win over Dartmouth.
In 2012, Colton Chapple ’13 threw five touchdowns in Harvard's 39-34 loss to Princeton. Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
An all-time performance in an all-time loss
Charles Brickley
Photo collage by Harvard Magazine/JC. Photograph in the public domain.
A Harvard great with an all-time boot
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Master Yon Lee leads a beginner tai chi course on the MAC Quad.
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/HPAC
The healing of Master Yon Lee
Photograph courtesy of W. Todd Groce
A Civil War image and an Empire State Building homage
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Sellers at the John Brown Fort, at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
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William Sellers aims to expose a new generation to America’s origins.
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In early July, heavy equipment had its way with the football field inside Harvard Stadium. Work crews removed the natural grass and, below, began laying in a sand and gravel drainage system, a substratum for the new artificial turf being installed (see "The Stadium, Returfed," July-August, page 74). The football team will play its first home game on the new field against Holy Cross on September 16.
