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Massachusetts transportation officials plan to rebuild Turnpike at grade—opening Harvard parcels.
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
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Statue of John Harvard
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More women in science, and a steady increase in Asian-American admits
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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
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Lapis lazuli pigment entrapped within the dental calculus on the lower jaw of a medieval woman.
Photograph by Christina Warinner
Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.
Illustration by John Holcroft
Economist William Kerr argues for streamlining immigration to attract high-skilled talent from abroad.
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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
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Illustration by Michael Parkin/Folio Art
The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
Photograph by River North Photography/iStock
“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
Photograph by Evelena Ruether/Liz Glynn Studio
In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
Bess Wohl
Photograph by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images
Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
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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
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
A Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum exhibit reveals how we once slept.
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Illustration by Michael Parkin/Folio Art
The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
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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Lapis lazuli pigment entrapped within the dental calculus on the lower jaw of a medieval woman.
Photograph by Christina Warinner
Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.
Cellist and teacher Laurence Lesser is celebrating his forty-fifth year at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Photograph by Andrew Hurlbut
A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning
Journal from Houghton Library/Photograph by Harvard Library Imaging Services
Houghton Library, MS Eng 1610, vol. 2, frontispiece
…and a possible clue in the stacks
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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.
Photograph by Tim O’Meara/The Harvard Crimson
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
Photograph by Harvard Magazine/JC
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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Ethics and the dawn of decision-making machines
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Illustration by Davide Bonazzi
Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.
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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
Cellist and teacher Laurence Lesser is celebrating his forty-fifth year at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Photograph by Andrew Hurlbut
Inside WHRB, a self-portrait
Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
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
Cellist and teacher Laurence Lesser is celebrating his forty-fifth year at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Photograph by Andrew Hurlbut
Inside WHRB, a self-portrait
Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
