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Shield of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
During the pandemic, a virtual fellowship year looms.
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Tests in macaques show robust protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus induced by either vaccines or natural infection.
I. Glenn Cohen, faculty director of Zero-L, as he appears in the online orientation to law school.
Courtesy Harvard Law SchoolAn online orientation encourages enrollment at an anxious moment for students—and universities.
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Tests in macaques show robust protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus induced by either vaccines or natural infection.
Essential workers at highest risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection include cab drivers and police officers.
Photograpy by iStockNearly half of early COVID-19 transmission was work-related—a cautionary note as the economy reopens.
Evelynn Hammonds and Paul Farmer
A conversation on health disparities, with Paul Farmer and Evelynn Hammonds
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A selection of stories covering the admission of women, the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, the rise of women in the faculty ranks, Harvard’s first woman president, and more
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Our favorite stories on the legal minds reshaping American law
From left: David L. Evans, Leila T. Fawaz, and Joseph J. O'Donnell
The Harvard Alumni Association recognizes three individuals for their extraordinary service to the University.
Discover a new series to watch in quarantine, or read about the creator behind your favorite show, in this selection of our TV stories
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(1 of 3) Exhibits, like this replica of a textile-mill floor, reveal long days of grueling work on dangerous mill machinery.Photograph courtesy of the Museum of Work & Culture
Woonsocket’s historic French-Canadian community
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(1 of 3) Lawman Captain Harry Love and two of his California Rangers (the state’s first law-enforcement agency), circa 1853Photograph courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum
“Gold Rush: Daguerreotypes of Early California,” at the Peabody Essex Museum
Bright-red clackers helped public-health degree candidates promote hand-washing on Commencement morning in 2019.
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Harvard’s 369th Commencement goes virtual.
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The author is first row, second from left; Professor Mel Chen is second row, second from right.
Screenshot courtesy of Julie Chung“The ‘ideal’ classroom never existed anyway, at least not in a perfectly equitable manner,” writes Julie Chung ’20.
A YouTube screenshot from the author’s virtual lab course
“The biggest obstacle to our collective learning is the elephant in the room: a global pandemic, taking place amid existing inequalities,” writes Drew Pendergrass ’20.
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Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPACWidener Library’s overlooked designer
InThis is Love,filmmakers John Alexander and JC Guest document Rudy Love’s scattered, euphoric, tumultuous life.
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John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.
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Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard Public Affairs and Communications, Harvard UniversityMcDermott will join Harvard from the University of Chicago July 1.
With 2020 winter sports ending early and the spring collegiate season wiped out almost entirely, we look back at some Crimson highlights from past years.
Senior forward Chris Lewis led the Crimson in rebounding, en route to an All-Ivy League Second Team selection.
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Injuries—and the coronavirus—lead to disappointing basketball seasons.
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Bunting Fellows in conversation, circa 1964-1972; Tillie Olsen, holding a cup, is at right.
Photograph by Olive Pierce (circa 1964-1972). Copyright © the Pierce family. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University
From “women’s confinement” to “women’s liberation” at the Radcliffe Institute
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InThis is Love,filmmakers John Alexander and JC Guest document Rudy Love’s scattered, euphoric, tumultuous life.
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John Alexander films the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.
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July-August 2013
Letters
Letters on online gender equity, e-mail investigations, Dean John Monro, and more
A letter from the editor
A letter from President Faust
The College Pump
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Letters
Letters on online gender equity, e-mail investigations, Dean John Monro, and more
A letter from the editor
A letter from President Faust
Right Now
A project to map the brain is "the biggest challenge of the century."
The part of the brain that stores memories also actively predicts the future behavior of others.
Creative partnerships between government, non-profits, and investors may lead to more effective social services spending.
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From the pages of the <i>Harvard Alumni Bulletin</i> and <i>Harvard Magazine</i>
Harvard Law School’s Wasserstein Caspersen Clinical center is a beautiful gathering space.
Highlights from the second University-wide Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching conference
A snapshot of new alliances in online education
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences considers “consultation, communication, and governance.”
President Faust responds to concerns about the University’s e-mail policies.
The new Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science seeks a better basis for drug development.
A Baker Library | Bloomberg Center exhibit helps commemorate women’s history at the school.
Harvard news: the Marathon bombing, earnings update, galvanizing gifts, primate-center closure, and more
Montage
An excerpt from Reuben Brower’s <i>The Fields of Light: An Experiment in Critical Reading</i>
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
New members of the Board of Overseers and new elected directors of the HAA
Four seniors have won scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2013-2014 academic year.
The Class of 1988 raised an all-time-record Harvard-reunion gift of $115 million.
Shared Interest Group events in July and August
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