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Faculty Set to Vote on Grade Inflation Proposal
Results of the email ballot will be announced on May 20.
David Barrett reports on New York City’s birds
A quest to chronicle New York City’s avian community
What rights do children have in homeschooling?
Elizabeth Bartholet highlights risks when parents have 24/7 authoritarian control over their children.
Harvard Overseer and HAA director elections
The official 2020 slates
The End of Spontaneity
Lauren Fadiman ’21 on being away from college, where one is never alone
Toward a Pharmacology of Resolution
An HMS symposium highlights the immune system’s role in ending inflammation.
A Harvard Senior’s Call to the Home Front
“We are the generation that is coming of age in the COVID-19 crisis,” writes Lauren Spohn ’20. “What can we build? What can we sacrifice? What risks can we take?”
by Lauren Spohn
Deforestation Damages Even the Rainforests That Survive It
The world needs tropical forests—but rainforest destruction continues unabated, and it may be even worse than you thought.
Harvard Overseer Election Postponed
The coronavirus pandemic threatened to disenfranchise alumni balloting.
Harvard College class remote learning
On taking a Harvard Gen Ed class remotely with William C. Kirby
Harvard at Dusk
“I feel lucky that I took for granted my Harvard experience before its abrupt end.”
by Julie Chung