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January-February 2011
Daniel Lieberman on the Evolution of the Human Head
How the shape of our skulls evolved, and what that reveals about us
Brief life of Harvard CIA agent who helped install the shah of Iran
Brief life of a Harvard conspirator: 1916-2000
Harvard scholars study the Amazon rainforest under global climate change
Students grapple with the fate of the rainforest in a changing climate.
Matthew Nock studies suicide and self-injury
Understanding suicide and self-injury
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Charles Lieber's nanoscale transistors can enter cells without harming them
Chemist Charles Lieber and his colleagues have developed a nanoscale transistor so small it can enter, probe, and communicate with cells without harming them.
Amartya Sen proposes a measure of poverty that looks beyond income
A multidimensional poverty index, based on the ideas of Amartya Sen, reveals a different map of the world's poor.
A video game for anger management and emotional control
At Children's Hospital Boston, a video game offers emotionally explosive youths methods of self-control.
John Harvard's Journal University news
The Harvard Corporation revises its operations and organization
The senior governing board revises its "composition, structure, and practices."
Profile of new Harvard squash coach Mike Way
A new squash coach has arrived from Canada.
Harvard 2010 report on faculty development and diversity
Highlights from a recent report on faculty development and diversity
Faculty retirement incentive: one-quarter of eligible professors accept offer
A quarter of the eligible senior faculty accept Harvard's retirement offer.
Planning a Digital Public Library of America
Leaders of research libraries, foundations, and national cultural institutions gathered at Harvard to discuss the feasibility of creating a national digital library.
Task force recommends coordinated management structure for Harvard libraries
The Task Force on University Libraries recommends a coordinated management structure for the entire system.
Headlines from Harvard history
Headlines from Harvard history
Harvard's 2010 fiscal year financial report
The University's annual financial report portrays an institution adapting to an era of reduced revenues and expenses.
Harvard issues bonds to refinance debt and pay for capital projects
The University's offerings will refinance debt and finance various capital projects.
Roundup of recent Harvard news
HBS building boomlet and innovation lab, Rhodes and Marshall Scholars, HMS Center for Primary Care, studying "institutional corruption," and other University news
A Harvard Law School and Harvard College Mother-Daughter Duo
The Undergraduate and her law-student mom ponder career choices.
Harvard Magazine recognition awards
Recognition for three distinguished contributors
The Harvard-Yale football game, 2010
A spectacular kickoff return inspirits another triumph over Yale.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
The film "Black Swan" has Harvard creators behind it
A tense thriller, with ballerinas
Quotation Q&A
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Storytelling with Sondheim: a profile of librettist John Weidman
Librettist John Weidman writes books for the best.
Excerpt from Tony Hiss, "In Motion: The Experience of Travel"
"In Motion: The Experience of Travel," by Tony Hiss, makes the case for mindful attention to one's environs—even the most ordinary.
Jack Rakove reviews Pauline's Maier's "Ratification," on the U.S. Constitution
The great experiment in constitution-making
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Profile of singer-songwriter David Berkeley
Singer David Berkeley's songs glow with a strange light.
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Profile of former prison librarian Avi Steinberg, author of "Running the Books"
Avi Steinberg's memoir of life as a prison librarian
A roster of Harvard alumni in the 112th Congress
An update on alumni on Capitol Hill
A gathering of Harvard Asian American Alumni from across six decades
A three-day summit draws more than 400 participants from across six decades.
A report from the Harvard Arab Alumni Association's 2010 gathering
The fourth annual gathering focuses on the global economy in the Middle East.
Harvard Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association hosts alumni conference
Harvard's Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association hosts its first alumni conference.
Harvard Commencement 2011 preliminary information
Early information on Commencement
HAA Shared Interest Group news
Shared Interest Group winter events
Space architect Constance Adams finds creative solutions for extreme problems
Constance Adams seeks creative solutions for extreme problems, and new ideas for this planet.
Daniel Rasmussen's "American Uprising" covers the largest U.S. slave revolt
Daniel Rasmussen's new book rescues the forgotten facts of the largest slave revolt in U.S. history.
Meet the young alumnae behind Her Campus
Stephanie Kaplan, Windsor Hanger, and Annie Wang founded and run the popular Internet site Her Campus.
January-February 2011 class notes and obituaries
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Harvardians promote diversity through art and football
Steven Coit's portraits diversify Harvard's walls, and the 1947 football team defies racism.
Inuit art at Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
For centuries, a simple technology permitted people to survive the Arctic.
