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President Maia Sandu
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Photograph by Martha Stewart/Courtesy of Harvard Law SchoolLoretta Lynch at Law School Class Day
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honorands (clockwise from top left) Neil Harris, John Kamm, Vicki Sato, and Robert Zimmer
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Four alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.
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This image of Sagittarius A*, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, is the first direct visual evidence of the presence of this supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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Scientists affiliated with the Event Horizon Telescope publish the first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Steven Goldstein, emeritus professor of government at Smith College, with moderator Christopher Li, director of research at the Indo-Pacific Security Project and fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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The East Asian implications of the Russia-Ukraine War
This plaque, placed on Wadsworth House in 2016, began Harvard’s public recognition of its legacy of slavery. The report issued today significantly deepens and broadens that understanding.
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A searching examination of the places kept “outside history,” and steps to come to terms with the University’s past
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The ROTC graduates salute the flag during the national anthem
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Eight graduates commissioned into the armed services at ROTC ceremony
Michelle Wu
Photograph by Jim HarrisonThe Boston mayor shares her story at the College’s Class Day 2022.
From left: Noah Harris, Lindsay Sanwald, Benjamin Porteous, and Caroline Engelmayer
Photographs (from left to right) Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC, and Kris Snibbe/HPAC; Jon Chase/HPAC; Rose Lincoln/HPACThree 2022 graduates—and one from 2020—do the honors.
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Photograph by Martha Stewart/Courtesy of Harvard Law SchoolLoretta Lynch at Law School Class Day
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honorands (clockwise from top left) Neil Harris, John Kamm, Vicki Sato, and Robert Zimmer
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Four alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.
Katie Lapp
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPACAfter more than a decade, an institutional voice departs.
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Deer Island’s giant steel eggs and wind turbines
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The strange, haunting magic of Boston Harbor's Deer Island
Ruby Red horsechestnut (Aesculus x carnea ‘Briotii’)
Photograph by William “Ned” Friedman/The Harvard Arnold Arboretum
Lesser-known plants with tricks up their sleeves (or, rather, stems)
Untitled, c.2000
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How the artist saw community—and the world
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President Bacow on maintaining University values while adopting the best lessons learned during the pandemic
The gains and losses from changes in Commencement and “shopping week”
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Erin Kelly and Salamishah Tillet honored for “searing” and “stylish” writing in biography and criticism
The 2022 Harvard Horzions scholars
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Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
The film poster for DASH
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Actor and producer Alex Molina on filming a feature-length thriller in a single take
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As an assistant coach at the University of Michigan, Moore helped lead the Wolverines to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight.
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She succeeds Kathy Delaney-Smith, who led the Crimson for 40 seasons.
Weld Boat House
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Comprehensive modernization to begin this year
Kathy Delaney-Smith
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In her final season, the Harvard women’s basketball coach stays “in the moment."
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Portrait of Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson, ca. 1922
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Brief life of a dauntless educator: 1887-1951
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days
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Acrobat Anna Soltys Morse takes flight.
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An economic analyst of sports dissects the assumptions behind Boston's bid for the 2024 Olympics.
Letters
A letter from the editor
Scarcity, energy options, David Ferry, home schooling, and more
A letter from President Faust
Right Now
The Harvard Football Players Health Study aims to treat athletes’ medical problems, from head injuries to torn ACLs.
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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.
A Gen Ed course teaches a booklover about science, and her parents.
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Singer Candice Hoyes reinterprets Duke Ellington songs in her new album On a Turquoise Cloud.
Newly elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association
Four Harvard seniors have won scholarships to study at Cambridge University
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