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Commencement Information 2012
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The proposed performing arts center, as seen from across North Harvard Street.
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The project will also include Harvard housing.
Ieva Jusionyte spoke at the Radcliffe Institute on the effect of American firearms on Mexican society.
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On the “exit wounds” of America’s gun industry in Mexico
Sarah Karmon, new HAA executive director
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An HAA veteran will succeed Philip Lovejoy as executive director.
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Ieva Jusionyte spoke at the Radcliffe Institute on the effect of American firearms on Mexican society.
Screenshot by Harvard Magazine
On the “exit wounds” of America’s gun industry in Mexico
Tulip trees of Eastern North America and Eastern Asia, which last shared a common ancestor 14 million years ago.
Photographs by William (Ned) Freedman
Exploring the “plant humanities” at Harvard’s Dumbarton Oaks
Hansjörg Wyss
Courtesy of The Wyss Foundation
The philanthropist makes a fourth gift to support basic and translational research.
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At Freshman Convocation, the class of 2026 banner is unfurled for the first time.
Photograph by Lydialyle Gibson/Harvard Magazine
Speakers’ remarks reflect the urgencies of a turbulent time.
Harvard Business School
Photograph by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
Ten percent of MBA students to receive full tuition scholarships
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Sarah Karmon, new HAA executive director
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An HAA veteran will succeed Philip Lovejoy as executive director.
Hansjörg Wyss
Courtesy of The Wyss Foundation
The philanthropist makes a fourth gift to support basic and translational research.
Ben S. Bernanke
Photograph in the public domain
Three scholars honored for work on banking and financial crises.
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Twins (Subway), 2018, by Jordan Casteel
Courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York. © Jordan Casteel
A new exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Downtown’s snowy pedestrian mall
Photograph by LEXPIX/iStock images
Exploring Burlington, Vermont
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The proposed performing arts center, as seen from across North Harvard Street.
Courtesy of Harvard University
The project will also include Harvard housing.
Twins (Subway), 2018, by Jordan Casteel
Courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York. © Jordan Casteel
A new exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Seligson’s “gallery” above her sofa at home
Photograph courtesy of Judith Seligson
Painter Judith Seligson’s creative juxtapositions
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(1/5) DOG DAY AFTERNOON Yale's Handsome Dan XIX and a Harvard University Police dog wondered what the ruckus was all about.
Photographs by Julian Giordano/The Harvard Crimson
A tough finish to a quirky season
SPREADING THE WEALTH Enjoying one of the best days for a quarterback in Harvard annals, Charlie Dean (11) surveys the Penn defense. The Crimson senior signal-caller riddled the Quakers, completing 29 of 38 passes for 316 yards and four touchdowns while connecting with nine receivers.
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Dean passes the Quakers silly—and Eli’s coming!
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(1/4) CRUNCH TIME Harvard's Joe Young is converged upon by a beehive of Columbia tacklers. The Crimson senior wideout snared three passes, one for 22 yards.
Photograph by Angela Dela Cruz/The Harvard CrimsonSloppy play and a wily Lion create a nightmarish loss.
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The official portrait captures its subject’s “intensity and even restlessness.”
Photograph by Jon Chase/HPAC
Celebrating the twenty-seventh president—and assessing his legacy
George Reisner, 1924
Photograph courtesy of Peter Der Manuelian
Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942
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Torbert at work, San Francisco 49ers vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, TIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville, November 2021
Photograph by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
A Harvard Law alum puts his degree to work on the field
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Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums/Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg
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This folding fan enfolds two sacred mountains.
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