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Winthrop House interim faculty deans Mary Herlihy-Gearan and Mark Gearan
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After a tumultuous semester, Mark and Mary Herlihy-Gearan take up the reins.
A screenshot from Curricle, a new tool for exploring the curriculum. The word “curricle” refers to light, open, two-wheeled horse-pulled carriages popular during the nineteenth century. Schnapp chose the name because the word “curricle”—like the English word “curriculum”—derives from the Latin “curriculum,” meaning “race,” “running,” or “chariot.” “Curricle” as a platform name thus invokes the metaphor of the curriculum as an academic vehicle and journey.
Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.
Prineha Narang (right), assistant professor of computational materials science, works with a student at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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The Office of Technology Development hosts a Palo Alto venture-capital night for Harvard startups.
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A screenshot from Curricle, a new tool for exploring the curriculum. The word “curricle” refers to light, open, two-wheeled horse-pulled carriages popular during the nineteenth century. Schnapp chose the name because the word “curricle”—like the English word “curriculum”—derives from the Latin “curriculum,” meaning “race,” “running,” or “chariot.” “Curricle” as a platform name thus invokes the metaphor of the curriculum as an academic vehicle and journey.
Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.
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A new study quantifies the global impact of declines in a single nutrient in a single crop, and hints at wider impacts.
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A screenshot from Curricle, a new tool for exploring the curriculum. The word “curricle” refers to light, open, two-wheeled horse-pulled carriages popular during the nineteenth century. Schnapp chose the name because the word “curricle”—like the English word “curriculum”—derives from the Latin “curriculum,” meaning “race,” “running,” or “chariot.” “Curricle” as a platform name thus invokes the metaphor of the curriculum as an academic vehicle and journey.
Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.
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Evelyn Richmond and Arsen Charles
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Evelyn Richmond ’41 and Arsen Charles ’42 led the 2019 alumni parade.
Bridget Terry Long
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New HGSE dean Bridget Terry Long seeks to “expand, double down, and deepen our impact.”
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Your guide to the best summertime activities
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(1 of 6) W.E.C. Eustis’s library, with its bay window overlooking the locust alléePhotograph by Eric Roth/Courtesy of Historic New England
Historic New England’s Eustis Estate
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Kay KennyPhotographer Kay Kenny’s work illuminates the night
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An admissions scandal further damages the reputation of selective institutions of higher education.
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Prince Shōtoku at Age Two, a thirteenth-century Japanese icon made of wood with inlaid quartz eyesImage courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial and promised gift of Walter C. Sedgwick in memory of Ellery Sedgwick Sr. and Ellery Sedgwick Jr., 2019.122.
A Harvard Art Museums exhibit reunites a thirteenth-century Japanese icon with artifacts it once held.
As a performer, Lauderdale is often the center of attention. With Meow Meow, he embraces a supportive role.
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Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale is at his best bringing people together.
The master architects: Hall for Worship of the Ancestors, Beijing, early fifteenth century with many later repairs
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Recent books with Harvard connections
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Frank Doyle, in full ref attire, is fluent in Newton’s laws of motion—and the laws of the game.
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On the weekends, SEAS dean Frank Doyle steps out of his office and onto the pitch.
Red Rocks Conservation Area, in Gloucester, Massachusetts
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Rock climbing in Greater Boston—and beyond
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A hen turkey and her seven poults have settled near the eastern end of Harvard Yard.
Stephen Jay Gould
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Country dance, saving homework from a burning car, and Stephen Jay Gould on 9/11
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Ellen N. La Motte as a young woman
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Brief life of a bold activist: 1873-1961
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Letters
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A letter from the editor
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The College Pump
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Innovation guru Clayton Christensen on spreading his gospel, the Gospel, and how to win with the electric car
Harvard scholars recall the Tiananmen era and ponder its continuing impact
Letters
Humanities hubris, hoop humor, undergraduate prolixity
A letter from the editor
A letter from President Faust
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The University’s 363rd Commencement, featuring George H. W. Bush, Aretha Franklin, Michael R. Bloomberg, and more
At the 363rd Commencement, honorary degrees for George H. W. Bush, Michael R. Bloomberg, Aretha Franklin, Isabel Allende, Joseph Stiglitz, and more
Class of 2014 careers and concerns, hockey jersey for the Corporation's senior fellow, degrees conferred, and more
President Drew Faust on universities' role, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on tolerance, and a seventieth reunion puts learning and life in perspective
Fun during Commencement week: Salman Kahn on the luxe Business School, Mindy Kaling on why law rocks, Michael R. Bloomberg on strong-armed fundraising, and a helmeted Latinist
The temperature rises as students, faculty members, and administrators disagree on University investments in fossil-fuel producers.
Harvard historian of science Naomi Oreskes takes on climate-change skeptics.
Harvard reacts to sexual assaults with new policies and a task force to address issues of campus culture.
Adopting a College honor code, addressing e-mail privacy, moving from courses to credits, and more
National Academy scientists, Pulitzer Prize-winner, Radcliffe Fellows, and more
Fundraising launches for the Business, Dental, Divinity, and Kennedy Schools
Harvard Business School’s Chao Center, College admissions, endowment managers’ compensation, and more
Harvard crew has a winning season
Montage
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
Peabody Terrace Children’s Center celebrates a golden anniversary.
Newly elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association
Four seniors have won scholarships to study at Cambridge University.
A “great show of commitment to the community of Harvard and Radcliffe”
The Harvard Alumni for Mental Health Shared Interest Group
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