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Clockwise from top left: Pardis Sabeti, Dan Barouch, Paul Ridker, David Liu, Marc Lipsitch
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More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored.
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Harvard reports lower revenues and a loss for the year, as the pandemic’s sweeping effects begin to take hold.
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Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”
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Clockwise from top left: Pardis Sabeti, Dan Barouch, Paul Ridker, David Liu, Marc Lipsitch
Image collage by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine.
More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored.
Photograph by Fabrizio Amoroso/Aperture
Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”
Fine particle pollution, like that generated by coal-burning power plants, has been linked to increases in neurological disease.
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Hospitalizations for neurological disease rise with increases in fine particle pollution.
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Professor of government Dustin Tingley (bottom right), faculty director of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching and deputy vice provost for advances in learning, introduces HILT conference panelists (clockwise from top left): Sherri Ann Charleston, Anthony Jack, María Luisa Parra, and Clint Smith.
Screen capture by Harvard Magazine/LGThe Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference considers classroom inclusion and equity.
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Students, faculty, and staff adjust to a changed landscape.
Jorge Campos and Reeda Iqbal
Seniors who’ve enhanced Harvard House life
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Harvard professional schools continue (mostly) online learning during the next semester—and other indicators for 2021.
Michael Fabiano, A.L.M. ’16, in the AP newsroom.
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The AP’s Michael Fabiano on the 2020 election
Ross Douthat sees American society stagnating amid tired culture wars and a gridlocked political system.
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New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval
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Colorful bow ties from The Andover Shop
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Harvard Square venues offer warmth, cheer, and appetizing fare.
At first glance, Hammond’s Gloucester home could be mistaken for a transplanted European castle.
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Gothic surroundings, spiritualism, and science: Hammond Castle Museum’s eclectic appeal
Armenian Heritage Park
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Scavenger-hunting in historic Boston
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Lawrence S. Bacow
President Bacow on the engaged upside to online teaching and learning
Educational, financial, political, and values issues challenge Harvard’s leaders—and the University community.
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The Undergraduate considers friendships on and away from campus.
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Photograph by Fabrizio Amoroso/Aperture
Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”
At first glance, Hammond’s Gloucester home could be mistaken for a transplanted European castle.
Photograph by Lovely Valentine Photography/Courtesy of Hammond Castle
Gothic surroundings, spiritualism, and science: Hammond Castle Museum’s eclectic appeal
Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums/Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg
This folding fan enfolds two sacred mountains.
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In 2012, Colton Chapple ’13 threw five touchdowns in Harvard's 39-34 loss to Princeton. Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
An all-time performance in an all-time loss
Charles Brickley
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A Harvard great with an all-time boot
Eighteen seasons after his final reception for the Crimson, Morris still has a firm hold on almost every significant Harvard pass-catching record. Photograph by Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images
2000-02: a Crimson Wide Receiver's Fab Four
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Master Yon Lee leads a beginner tai chi course on the MAC Quad.
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The healing of Master Yon Lee
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A Civil War image and an Empire State Building homage
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Sellers at the John Brown Fort, at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
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William Sellers aims to expose a new generation to America’s origins.
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A mannerly, serious-minded 364th Commencement, from Drew Faust and Deval L. Patrick to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
President Drew Faust, Governor Deval L. Patrick, and others weigh in during ROTC and Commencement exercises.
Rakesh Khurana, dean of the College, asks hard questions about the mission of a Harvard education.
Lack of access to surgery globally will cost $12.3 trillion during the next 15 years.
A new dean for engineering and applied sciences, a departing public-health leader, the new CFO, top teachers, and more
Endowing engineering and applied sciences, critiquing Gen Ed, addressing sexual assault, and evolving online
Reconstructing the Kennedy School campus, Toni Morrison lectures, inventing venture capital, administrators’ pay, and more
Sharpening your mind during the summer months with a HarvardX course or a faculty profile.
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Newly elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association
Four Harvard seniors have won scholarships to study at Cambridge University
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