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  Smith Campus Center, one of the tangible results of The Harvard Campaign
  Photograph by Jim Harrison
  
  Harvard Campaign Totals $9.62 Billion
  
  The University reveals the results for its record-setting fund drive.
  
  9.20.18
  
  H. Luke Shaefer directs the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions—now partnering with Harvard to address economic mobility in Detroit.
  Photograph courtesy of Poverty Solutions/University of Michigan
  
  The Applied Wisdom of the Heartland
  
  Joint efforts aim at alleviating poverty and fighting the opioid epidemic.
  
  9.17.18
  
  From left, Presidents M. Roy Wilson, M.D. ’80, of Wayne State University and Lawrence S. Bacow of Harvard and Mary Kramer, director of the economic-development forum, speaking on higher education in Detroit on September 14.
  Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
  
  Harvard in the Heartland
  
  President Bacow listens (and builds partnerships) in Michigan.
  
  9.17.18
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  Illustration by Jim Frazier
  
  Fixing America’s Heartland
  
  Could place-based policies solve regional economic and social problems?
  
  September-October 2018
  
  Illustration by Martin Hargreaves
  
  Violent Innovations
  
  In the antebellum South, slavery was paired with modern business practices.
  
  September-October 2018
  
  Durba Mitra
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  Durba Mitra
  
  Harvard’s first professor appointed solely in gender studies
  
  September-October 2018
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  “Connections” and “Transformations” are both organized around frequent critique sessions,…
  Image courtesy of Megan Panzano
  
  Thinking about Space
  
  Design courses enlarge the College curriculum.
  
  September-October 2018
  
  At Harvard African Students Association’s Africa Night (from left): Tom Osborn ’20 of Kenya; Joshua Benjamin ’21, of Phoenix, Arizona (whose ancestors are Angolan but were first brought to Charleston, South Carolina, in the late seventeenth century); Tawanda Mulalu ’20 of Botswana; and Mfundo Radebe ’20 of South Africa
  Photograph by Christabel Narh
  
  Take Care of Each Other
  
  The Undergraduate looks at Harvard through an African filter.
  
  September-October 2018
  
  Isa Flores-Jones and Catherine Zhang
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  New Fellows
  
  The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
  
  September-October 2018
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  Sandler relishes having her office within MoMA.
  Photograph courtesy of Alexis Sandler
  
  A Lawyer for Art
  
  Solving legal challenges at MoMA
  
  September-October 2018
  
  NONapathetic
  
  Recollections and Reflections from the Harvard class of 1957—a benchmark reunion project
  
  September-October 2018
  
  In the 1980s, future U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ’86 and future Stemberg Family Coach Tommy Amaker faced off on the basketball court, Amaker as a Duke point guard and Duncan as a Harvard forward. This image of the two greeted attendees at a Kennedy School Forum event with Duncan.
  Photograph courtesy of David Tannenwald
  
  “Generational Pivot”
  
  Arne Duncan ’86 discusses education, politics, and Harvard basketball at the Institute of Politics.
  
  9.13.18
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  Falling for Art
  
  Creative Classes in Cambridge and Boston
  
  September-October 2018
  
  Autumnal mist over Spot Pond
  Photograph by Mike Ryan
  
  The Fells
  
  Just north of Boston, a wild park is filled with forests, lakes, and rocky hills.
  
  September-October 2018
  
  Nighttime in the North End
  Photograph by Dennis Tangney Jr./Getty Images
  
  The Dark Side of Boston
  
  “Stories the Chamber of Commerce doesn’t want you to hear”
  
  September-October 2018
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  Cambridge 02138
  
  Letters on faculty diversity, general education, advanced standing, and more
  
  September-October 2018
  
  Allston Agonistes
  
  Making the most of Harvard’s “ultimate option”
  
  September-October 2018
  
  At Harvard African Students Association’s Africa Night (from left): Tom Osborn ’20 of Kenya; Joshua Benjamin ’21, of Phoenix, Arizona (whose ancestors are Angolan but were first brought to Charleston, South Carolina, in the late seventeenth century); Tawanda Mulalu ’20 of Botswana; and Mfundo Radebe ’20 of South Africa
  Photograph by Christabel Narh
  
  Take Care of Each Other
  
  The Undergraduate looks at Harvard through an African filter.
  
  September-October 2018
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  From the Archives: Image and the Arc of Feeling
  
  Jorie Graham’s challenging lyrics use language to give readers the experience of the poem.
  
  9.20.18
  
  (Click to see full image) “Stop Police Killings, Selma, 1965,” by Steve Schapiro
  Photograph courtesy of Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Aquisition of Photographs. 2018.115
  
  James Baldwin’s America, in Photos
  
  A fresh look at the writer’s work and influences
  
  9.19.18
  
  Sandler relishes having her office within MoMA.
  Photograph courtesy of Alexis Sandler
  
  A Lawyer for Art
  
  Solving legal challenges at MoMA
  
  September-October 2018
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  We have handoff: After receiving the ball from quarterback and classmate Jake Smith, Harvard sophomore running back Aaron Shampklin scanned the line for an opening—the kind that he ran through all afternoon.
  Photograph by Gil Talbot/Courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
  
  Football 2018: Harvard 36, San Diego 14
  
  A strong start, and for Crimson running back Aaron Shampklin, a breakout day
  
  9.16.18
  
  In the 1980s, future U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ’86 and future Stemberg Family Coach Tommy Amaker faced off on the basketball court, Amaker as a Duke point guard and Duncan as a Harvard forward. This image of the two greeted attendees at a Kennedy School Forum event with Duncan.
  Photograph courtesy of David Tannenwald
  
  “Generational Pivot”
  
  Arne Duncan ’86 discusses education, politics, and Harvard basketball at the Institute of Politics.
  
  9.13.18
  
  (Click arrow to see full image) The Game, 1911, ending in a less glamorous tie score than in the 1968 version
  Photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress
  
  The Football Industrial Complex
  
  Boosting the game, and The Game
  
  September-October 2018
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  Illustration by Mark Steele
  
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  Headlines from Harvard’s history
  
  September-October 2018
  
  Students at the Graduate School of Design created the lion’s share of posters used by student activists in 1969.
  Poster courtesy of the Harvard University Archives
  
  A Time of Trauma
  
  An exhibit on Harvard in 1969 opens at Pusey Library this fall.
  
  September-October 2018
  
  Illustration by Taylor Callery
  
  The Political Solicitor General
  
  The “Tenth Justice” and the polarization of the Supreme Court
  
  September-October 2018
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  A Harvard Magazine Tradition Ends
  
  1.12.17
  
  Cryptic Puzzle: “Regatta”
  
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  6.14.16
  
  Cryptic Puzzle: “Gift”
  
  4.18.16
  
  Cryptic Puzzle: “Diversifying”
  
  2.17.16
  
  Cryptic Puzzle: “Coach”
  
  12.14.15
  
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Hub of the (Undergraduate) Universe

March-April 2014

Photograph by Jim Harrison

The Inn at Harvard, shown in late January, is being converted into residential space to accommodate students during House renovation. Dunster is the first scheduled to be closed in toto, after Commencement, for complete renewal during the ensuing 15 months, following completion of pilot projects at Quincy and Leverett. Dunster’s diaspora will house students in existing swing spaces along Massachusetts Avenue; apartment buildings and a renovated frame house (former home of Expository Writing) on Prescott Street; and the repurposed Inn, a hub including common dining and social spaces for House affiliates during their temporary displacements. House renewal will be on the new College dean’s agenda; complete House renewal coverage is available at http://harvardmagazine.com/ tags/house-renewal.