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The world's first Victorian passive house, at 60 Stearns Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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The acclaimed poet and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will speak at the annual meeting on June 4—and other graduation-week speakers are announced.
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(1 of 4) The large-screen HELIX system, here deployed in Henry Leitner's Computer Science 1 class, makes it possible for an instructor to teach students who are physically present and see students attending class online, without being confined to a small computer screen at a fixed lectern location; the camera follows the professor and assures that he can be seen effectively by “roomies” and “Zoomies” in a hybrid course.
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences tests hybrid classrooms and other pandemic adaptations.
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Petitioning campaigns are a vital complement to democratic voting.
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Ellen Langer rejects binary thinking, embracing instead a “third way.”
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The Undergraduate learns about making knowledge mutual.
Harvard's acceptance rate drops as applications rise.
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Harvard admits a record-low 3.4 percent of applicants
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The world's first Victorian passive house, at 60 Stearns Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photograph by Kristina DeMichele/Harvard Magazine.
HBS alumna Betsy Harper develops the first net-zero-energy, Victorian “passive house” in the world.
Kevin Young
Photograph by Leah L. Jones, Photographer, National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
The acclaimed poet and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will speak at the annual meeting on June 4—and other graduation-week speakers are announced.
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Alumni Association announces Harvard Medalists.
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The evocative Love Potion
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A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
Piattini's sunken patio on Newbury Street, in Boston
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A 1983 Houston Astros jersey worn by pitcher Joe Niekro
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The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
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The team with mentors (from left): Kale Catchings, Percy Green, Saul Glist, Robin McDowell, Catie Barr, Jamala Rogers, and the author.
Photograph courtesy of Che R. Applewhaite
The Undergraduate learns about making knowledge mutual.
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The world's first Victorian passive house, at 60 Stearns Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photograph by Kristina DeMichele/Harvard Magazine.
HBS alumna Betsy Harper develops the first net-zero-energy, Victorian “passive house” in the world.
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The evocative Love Potion
Image courtesy of Alexander Gassel and the Museum of Russian Icons
A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
Hat courtesy of the Houghton Library. Photograph by Jim Harrison
Two explorers strip to stay aloft.
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A 1983 Houston Astros jersey worn by pitcher Joe Niekro
Courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum/Milo Stewart Jr. B-50-83
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
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Andrew Rueb’s experience on the professional tennis circuit informs his coaching.
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Filmmakers working on a documentary about Partners In Health, the nonprofit founded in 1987 by Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl, among others, seek photos or video depicting the early days of the organization, before its official founding, including images that students may have taken on PIH-related travels. Contact Martha Eidsness Mitchell at [email protected] for details.
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The evocative Love Potion
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Alexander Gassel retrospective at the Museum of Russian Icons
Maggie Shipstead
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An illuminated page showing Abu Zayd and his friend al-Harith, narrator of the Impostures, arriving in a village, from a copy of the Maqamat (“Impostures”) created in Baghdad in 1237 by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti. No portrait of al-Hariri is known to exist.
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The evocative Love Potion
Image courtesy of Alexander Gassel and the Museum of Russian Icons
Alexander Gassel retrospective at the Museum of Russian Icons
Maggie Shipstead
Photograph courtesy of Maggie Shipstead
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An illuminated page showing Abu Zayd and his friend al-Harith, narrator of the Impostures, arriving in a village, from a copy of the Maqamat (“Impostures”) created in Baghdad in 1237 by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti. No portrait of al-Hariri is known to exist.
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