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Massachusetts transportation officials plan to rebuild Turnpike at grade—opening Harvard parcels.
Are data from massive open online courses a crystal ball into the future of online education?
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Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
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More women in science, and a steady increase in Asian-American admits
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Are data from massive open online courses a crystal ball into the future of online education?
Data from Science Magazine/Chart by Lydia S.C. Rosenberg
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Lapis lazuli pigment entrapped within the dental calculus on the lower jaw of a medieval woman.
Photograph by Christina Warinner
Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.
An example of a quipu from Peru's Nazca Province
Gift of Robert Woods Bliss, 1942 © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, PM# 42-28-30/4532
“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA
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Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
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The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
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“None of my friends are going to The Game, which is evidenced by the fact that we’re at IHOP deliberating whether our crêpes should come with lingonberry, and not on a shuttle into Boston.”
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After the harvest, Kelby Russell, who makes cold-climate white wines, stands in a vineyard overlooking New York’s Seneca Lake.
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Why the vineyards of New York called Kelby Russell home
Liz Glynn
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In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
Bess Wohl
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Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
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An example of a quipu from Peru's Nazca Province
Gift of Robert Woods Bliss, 1942 © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, PM# 42-28-30/4532
“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA
A miniature version of a New England high-post bed (ca. 1750-1765), with historically accurate bed furnishings by Natalie Larson
Object on loan courtesy of Natalie and Bruce Larson
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A Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum exhibit reveals how we once slept.
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The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
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Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
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Lapis lazuli pigment entrapped within the dental calculus on the lower jaw of a medieval woman.
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A serene and snowy moment in historic Portland
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Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”
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Alongside a huge applied-sciences center, a toehold for art-making
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Tubing at Nashoba Valley Ski Area
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Best snow-tubing spots around Greater Boston
Cook’s tour: Harvard wideout Jack Cook leaves Yale’s Deonte Henson in the dust on a third-quarter, 15-yard touchdown. The score gave the Crimson a 28-24 lead, which it would not surrender.
Photograph by Tim O’Meara/The Harvard Crimson
A resilient, crowd-pleasing football season, with talented sophomores surfacing
Cook’s tour: Harvard wideout Jack Cook leaves Yale’s Deonte Henson in the dust on a third-quarter, 15-yard touchdown. The score gave the Crimson a 28-24 lead, which it would not surrender.
Photograph by Tim O’Meara/The Harvard CrimsonOn the fiftieth anniversary of That Game, Harvard really does beat Yale.
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When the Law School made thin ice…and other headlines from Harvard’s history
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Re-landscaping Massachusetts Hall, making the entrance to Harvard Yard more welcoming
Quarterback Frank Champi ’70 is carried off the field as the Yale game ends.
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The immediate post-Game coverage, and an update on that famous headline
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March-April 2011
Letters
Coup in Iran, Obama's democracy, squash
The College Pump
Treasure
In this Issue
Ubiquitous on film and TV, Wallace Shawn writes plays that pack the house—with 20.
Letters
Coup in Iran, Obama's democracy, squash
Right Now
Integrated reporting gives stakeholders information about the sustainability of a corporation’s business.
Calestous Juma sees agricultural innovation as a catalyst to promote development.
Polygyny has mainly negative consequences for women, children, and unmarried young men—and is linked to violence among nations.
New England Regional
For your consideration: alternatives to the traditional lawn
John Harvard's Journal
Searches are under way for new Fellows of Harvard College and for a successor to Steven E. Hyman.
Helen Shenton and a new University-wide management will reshape the libraries for the digital future.
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith and his colleagues refocus on their educational mission.
The former smoker turned anti-smoking guru directs Harvard School of Public Health's Center for Global Tobacco Control.
Headlines from Harvard history
University Professorship for Paul Farmer, ROTC after DADT, admissions angst, a higher-education update, and other University news
The Undergraduate takes a chance on a hard and unfamiliar course.
Montage
Analyzing cognition and behaviors to explore how individuals and organizations conduct themselves relative to ethical standards
New collections of poems, prose, and correspondence by Elizabeth Bishop
Law School alumna Dawn LaRochelle left her law practice to become a caterer and restaurateur.
At its sesquicentennial, a fresh, revealing narrative of the advent of the Civil War
Recent books with Harvard connections
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
A special event on April 6 for reunion-year alumni and their families
The slates of nominees for the Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association are ready.
The Harvard Alumni Association honors outstanding service to, and innovation by, Harvard clubs and Shared Interest Groups.
An update on Harvard matriculants in the 112th Congress
A sampling of Harvard Club events around the country
Shared Interest Group early spring events
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