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  A panoramic shot of the Advanced Cold Molecule Electron EDM, a device in the laboratory of Silsbee professor of physics John Doyle that is designed to make measurements of the quantum physical behavior of electrons so precise that the results could change understanding of the Standard Model of particle physics.
  Photograph courtesy of John Doyle/Harvard Research Center for Quantum Optics
  
  A Quantum Science Initiative
  
  Harvard thinks bigger about the odd realm of matter at the very smallest scale.
  
  11.14.18
  
  Harvard Medical School Advances Research with $200-Million Gift
  
  Foundation of Len Blavatnik, M.B.A. ’89, makes record pledge for basic and applied science.
  
  11.8.18
  
  Inside WHRB, a self-portrait
  Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
  
  A Turning Point for WHRB
  
  Harvard radio station’s long-time chairman David Elliott ’64 steps down.
  
  11.2.18
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  A panoramic shot of the Advanced Cold Molecule Electron EDM, a device in the laboratory of Silsbee professor of physics John Doyle that is designed to make measurements of the quantum physical behavior of electrons so precise that the results could change understanding of the Standard Model of particle physics.
  Photograph courtesy of John Doyle/Harvard Research Center for Quantum Optics
  
  A Quantum Science Initiative
  
  Harvard thinks bigger about the odd realm of matter at the very smallest scale.
  
  11.14.18
  
  Harvard Medical School Advances Research with $200-Million Gift
  
  Foundation of Len Blavatnik, M.B.A. ’89, makes record pledge for basic and applied science.
  
  11.8.18
  
  David Reich
  Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
  
  Genetics and the Human Revolution
  
  Can advances in DNA sequencing help explain what makes us human?
  
  10.30.18
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  Illustration by Maya Ish-Shalom
  
  Language Learner
  
  The Undergraduate considers study abroad.
  
  November-December 2018
  
  Happy campers: For their team photo, a day or two after The Game, the Crimson wore practice jerseys, giving them rather a raffish look.
  Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
  
  The Players
  
  How the Crimson squad from the immortal ’68 Game revealed a transforming Harvard
  
  November-December 2018
  
  Richard Montañez
  Photograph courtesy of Harvard University’s Office of Career Services
  
  No Such Thing as Just a Janitor
  
  Flamin’ Hot Cheetos inventor Richard Montañez shares lessons from his rags-to-riches story.
  
  9.27.18
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  Inside WHRB, a self-portrait
  Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
  
  A Turning Point for WHRB
  
  Harvard radio station’s long-time chairman David Elliott ’64 steps down.
  
  11.2.18
  
  The Harvard Ceramics Program show and sale draws about 4,000 people.
  Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Ceramics Program
  
  Creative Gifts
  
  Boston’s open studios, holiday craft fairs, and more
  
  November-December 2018
  
  Millicent Todd Bingham looks over her mother’s shoulder in this double portrait from 1931.
  Photograph courtesy of the Todd-Bingham Picture Collection (MS 496E). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library
  
  Millicent Todd Bingham
  
  Brief life of an unlikely Dickinson scholar
  
  November-December 2018
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  The Harvard Ceramics Program show and sale draws about 4,000 people.
  Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Ceramics Program
  
  Creative Gifts
  
  Boston’s open studios, holiday craft fairs, and more
  
  November-December 2018
  
  Snowy grounds at sunset
  Photograph courtesy of the Trustees
  
  Winter’s Bright Spots
  
  Winterlights and scavenger hunts at the historic Stevens-Coolidge Place
  
  November-December 2018
  
  B & G Oysters
  Courtesy of www.bandgoysters.com
  
  Be Present: Experiential Holiday Gifts for Everyone on Your List
  
  A roundup of creative gift ideas for this holiday season
  
  November-December 2018
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  Cambridge 02138
  
  Letters on President Bacow, the solicitor general, Facebook, and more
  
  November-December 2018
  
  At the Core
  
  Matching Harvard’s money to its mission
  
  November-December 2018
  
  Illustration by Maya Ish-Shalom
  
  Language Learner
  
  The Undergraduate considers study abroad.
  
  November-December 2018
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  A quilt from the Shape/View series: 2015–2017, all works hand-stitched cotton View III 43×57 in.
  Courtesy of the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery
  
  Looking at the Cosmos through a Feminine Lens
  
  Anna Von Mertens depicts the findings of female astronomers using quilts and drawings.
  
  11.8.18
  
  Shaina Taub sings as militant suffragist Alice Paul.
  Photograph by Kevin Grady/Radcliffe Institute
  
  Shaina Taub Shares Suffragists in Song
  
  A seventy-fifth Schlesinger Library anniversary celebration
  
  10.31.18
  
  (Click on arrow at right to see a gallery of images.) Maurice Lalau image for “The Juggler of Notre Dame,” by Anatole France (1924)
  Image courtesy of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
  
  The Juggler’s Tale
  
  A Dumbarton Oaks exhibition connects “an enchanted past” to the human condition.
  
  November-December 2018
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  Last lunge: With senior right guard Larry Allen Jr. (73) keeping Penn defenders at bay, Harvard senior back Charlie Booker nudges the ball over the goal line for the Crimson's first score.
  Photograph by Tim O'Meara/The Harvard Crimson
  
  Football 2018: Harvard 29, Penn 7
  
  A bludgeoning victory in the season’s final road game
  
  11.11.18
  
  Happy hookup: Having beaten Columbia’s Will Allen, Harvard junior wide receiver Jack Cook waits for the pass from senior quarterback Tom Stewart. Cook made the grab and then dashed to the end zone for the longest touchdown pass in Crimson history—92 yards.
  Photograph by Tim O'Meara/The Harvard Crimson
  
  Football 2018: Harvard 52, Columbia 18
  
  A Senior Day, and game, to celebrate
  
  11.4.18
  
  Harvard junior defensive lineman Kelvin Apari pressures Dartmouth’s designated passing quarterback, Derek Kyler. The Big Green tried only 11 passes, completing four for 49 yards.
  Photograph by Tim O’Meara/The Harvard Crimson
  
  Football 2018: Dartmouth 24, Harvard 17
  
  For the third time against a tough foe, too little, too late.
  
  10.28.18
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  (Click on arrow at right to see a gallery of images.) President Bacow delivers his inaugural address.
  Photograph by Jim Harrison
  
  Larry 29
  
  The University’s new leader focuses on challenges to higher education in America.
  
  November-December 2018
  
  Khalil Abdur-Rashid
  Photograph by Jim Harrison
  
  Khalil Abdur-Rashid
  
  The University’s Muslim chaplain
  
  November-December 2018
  
  Illustration by Mark Steele
  
  Yesterday’s News
  
  Headlines from Harvard’s history
  
  November-December 2018
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  A Harvard Magazine Tradition Ends
  
  1.12.17
  
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  Cryptic Puzzle: “Diversifying”
  
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  Cryptic Puzzle: “Coach”
  
  12.14.15
  
  Harvard Puzzles by John de Cuevas
  
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Happy campers: For their team photo, a day or two after The Game, the Crimson wore practice jerseys, giving them rather a raffish look.
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Barry Mazur Awarded National Medal of Science

1.7.13

Barry Mazur

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Gade University Professor Barry Mazur will be awarded the National Medal of Science—one of 12 honorands who will be recognized in a ceremony at the White House early this year. The medal, the nation's highest recognition for scientists and mathematicians, will be conferred by President Barack Obama.

Mazur is a leading number theorist. For a review of his book Imagining Numbers, read “On Mathematical Imagination,” from this magazine’s archives.

Read the Boston Globe story on the National Science medalists here.

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