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Photograph by Meena VenkataramananWhat’s changed—and what hasn’t
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“Elise has made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election that have no basis in evidence,” Harvard Kennedy School dean Doug Elmendorf wrote.
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Despite vaccines, Harvard scientists warn, more-transmissible variants make COVID-19 harder to control.
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As the country isolates, are we all alone?
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Though WHRB had to initiate its newest members over Zoom, each student picked a traditional five-character radio name.
Extracurriculars cope despite COVID-19.
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Responses to Harvard Magazine’s questionnaire about the University’s challenges and opportunities—and Overseers’ role in leading the institution forward
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“Elise has made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election that have no basis in evidence,” Harvard Kennedy School dean Doug Elmendorf wrote.
Top row, left to right: Christiana Goh Bardon, Mark J. Carney, Kimberly Nicole Dowdell, Christopher B. Howard. Bottom row, left to right: María Teresa Kumar, Raymond J. Lohier Jr., Terah Evaleen Lyons, Sheryl WuDunn
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Nominating committee slate announced, as Harvard Forward slate seeks petition signatures.
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Highlighting 250 years of women in fashion
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Berkshire East offers majestic views of the Deerfield River Valley. (1 of 8)Photograph courtesy of Berkshire East and Tino Specht
Skiing, snow tubing, and more in Western Massachusetts
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Our editors choose their favorite stories from the year.
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A curator takes a fresh look at portraits of aristocratic European women.
Jeff Schaffer (in the center) on the set of Curb Your Enthusiasm with its star, Larry David, and fellow cast members
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TV writer and producer Jeff Schaffer on how to be funny
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Highlighting 250 years of women in fashion
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An adept passer and gritty defender, Zeng also finished fifth in the Ivy League in service aces.
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Volleyball captain Sandra Zeng’s defensive focus
Roberts pauses during a visit to the Watertown Riverfront Park Braille Trail, not far from his home.
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David Roberts: A lifetime of adventures, risks, and rewards
Crimson receiver and returner Andrew Fischer breaks loose for a 58-yard run in the second quarter—one of several huge plays on the day.
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A sensational performance leads Harvard over Yale.
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“Women in Science” on display
The Board of Editors for volume 70 of the Harvard Law Review (1956-1957), immortalized on the steps of Austin Hall. The author, only the third woman admitted to Review membership, stands in the fourth row, at upper left.
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A new center for engineering and applied sciences—finally
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Scarcity, energy options, David Ferry, home schooling, and more
A letter from President Faust
The College Pump
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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.
Harvard Squared
John Harvard's Journal
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.
Montage
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
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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