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Statue of John Harvard
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More women in science, and a steady increase in Asian-American admits
Massachusetts Hall
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The University reports on a continuing trend—and commits to improving the community’s culture.
Angela Merkel
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The German chancellor will deliver the Commencement address on May 30, 2019.
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Illustration by Matt Kenyon
Economists revisit an unsettled economic policy.
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
Illustration by John Holcroft
Economist William Kerr argues for streamlining immigration to attract high-skilled talent from abroad.
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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.
Photograph by Robyn Wishna
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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Tubing at Nashoba Valley Ski Area
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Best snow-tubing spots around Greater Boston
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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Affirmative action, donor and staff preferences, and other Harvard College admissions challenges
A formal wartime portrait
Photograph from the Mathew Brady Collection/Library of Congres
Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
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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
Philip J. Deloria
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Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
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Tubing at Nashoba Valley Ski Area
Photograph courtesy of Nashoba Valley Ski Area
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.
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On the fiftieth anniversary of That Game, Harvard really does beat Yale.
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Illustration by Mark Steele
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.
Photograph by Gary Mottola
The immediate post-Game coverage, and an update on that famous headline
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Philip J. Deloria
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Philip J. Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
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American activists unfurl a banner in front of the Supreme Court.
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An historian tracks the death penalty’s persistence in America.
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