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  What’s Up Comes Down, and Vice Versa
  
  Massachusetts transportation officials plan to rebuild Turnpike at grade—opening Harvard parcels.
  
  1.14.19
  
  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
  
  Can MOOCs Predict the Future of Online Education?
  
  Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
  
  1.10.19
  
  Statue of John Harvard
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  College Admits 13.4 Percent of Early-Action Applicants
  
  More women in science, and a steady increase in Asian-American admits
  
  12.13.18
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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
  
  Can MOOCs Predict the Future of Online Education?
  
  Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
  
  1.10.19
  
  Lapis lazuli pigment entrapped within the dental calculus on the lower jaw of a medieval woman.
  Photograph by Christina Warinner
  
  Manuscripts Illuminated…by Women
  
  Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.
  
  1.9.19
  
  A formal wartime portrait
  Photograph from the Mathew Brady Collection/Library of Congres
  
  Ulysses S. Grant
  
  Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
  
  January-February 2019
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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
  
  Can MOOCs Predict the Future of Online Education?
  
  Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
  
  1.10.19
  
  Illustration by Michael Parkin/Folio Art
  
  Who Belongs at Harvard?
  
  The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
  
  January-February 2019
  
  Photograph by River North Photography/iStock
  
  Harvard-Yale at IHOP
  
  “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.”
  
  11.21.18
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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.
  Photograph by Robyn Wishna
  
  Grace Notes
  
  Why the vineyards of New York called Kelby Russell home
  
  January-February 2019
  
  Liz Glynn
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  Artistic Capital
  
  In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
  
  January-February 2019
  
  Bess Wohl
  Photograph by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images
  
  “Here and Then Gone”
  
  Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
  
  January-February 2019
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  Why Resolutions Work Best in Winter
  
  January-February 2019
  
  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
  Photograph courtesy of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
  
  Bedding Down in Early America
  
  A Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum exhibit reveals how we once slept.
  
  January-February 2019
  
  A serene and snowy moment in historic Portland
  Photograph courtesy of Corey Templeton Photography
  
  “Beyond Lobsters and Lighthouses”
  
  Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”
  
  January-February 2019
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  A formal wartime portrait
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  Ulysses S. Grant
  
  Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
  
  January-February 2019
  
  What Legacy?
  
  Affirmative action, donor and staff preferences, and other Harvard College admissions challenges
  
  January-February 2019
  
  Illustration by Michael Parkin/Folio Art
  
  Who Belongs at Harvard?
  
  The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
  
  January-February 2019
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  Lapis lazuli pigment entrapped within the dental calculus on the lower jaw of a medieval woman.
  Photograph by Christina Warinner
  
  Manuscripts Illuminated…by Women
  
  Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.
  
  1.9.19
  
  Photograph from the OxBlue Construction Cameras
  
  Arts Arrive in Allston
  
  Alongside a huge applied-sciences center, a toehold for art-making
  
  January-February 2019
  
  Philip J. Deloria
  Photograph by Jim Harrison
  
  Native Modern
  
  Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
  
  January-February 2019
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  Tubing at Nashoba Valley Ski Area
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  Sliding Down the Slopes
  
  Best snow-tubing spots around Greater Boston
  
  January-February 2019
  
  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
  
  Finishing with a Flourish
  
  A resilient, crowd-pleasing football season, with talented sophomores surfacing
  
  January-February 2019
  
  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
  
  Football 2018: Harvard 45, Yale 27
  
  On the fiftieth anniversary of That Game, Harvard really does beat Yale.
  
  11.16.18
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  When the Law School made thin ice…and other headlines from Harvard’s history
  
  January-February 2019
  
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  Sculpting Hallowed Ground
  
  Re-landscaping Massachusetts Hall, making the entrance to Harvard Yard more welcoming
  
  January-February 2019
  
  Quarterback Frank Champi ’70 is carried off the field as the Yale game ends.
  Photograph by Gary Mottola
  
  From the Archives: 1968, When “Harvard Beats Yale”
  
  The immediate post-Game coverage, and an update on that famous headline
  
  11.15.18
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  Cryptic Puzzle: “Coach”
  
  12.14.15
  
  Harvard Puzzles by John de Cuevas
  
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Research

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.