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A group of protesters holding signs marches past a gated entrance on a sunny day.

Graduate Student Union Schedules Strike

The work stoppage will begin October 27, unless a final bargaining session next week yields an agreement.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photograph of redeveloped Boston Government Center, 1971

Ann Forsyth reviews “Saving America’s Cities” by Lizabeth Cohen

In the history of urban renewal, a glimmer of the possibilities of social policy today

by Ann Forsyth

An illustration depicts the torso of a patient as teams of tiny, Lilliputian physicians run tests and examinations.

Isaac Kohane studies exceptional responders

Do patients who defeat cancer hold biological secrets?

by Bennett McIntosh

Elizabeth Thomas shown on her couch at home with her own small dogs, Chapek and Kafka, and her son’s large dog, Clover, whom she watches when he is away.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas profile

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’s “laser beam” insights into the lives of animals and humans

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Photograph of electrical engineering and applied math associate professor Na Li

An electrical engineer and applied mathematician, in brief

For a star electrical engineering professor, it's all about systems.

by Jacob Sweet

Photograph of Alice Hill

HAA president Alice Hill

Harvard Alumni Association president Alice Hill ’81, Ph.D. ’91

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photograph of Hansjörg Wyss

Hansjörg Wyss boosts biologically inspired engineering

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.

by Jonathan Shaw

Mike Burke riding his bike in Cambridge

Harvard registrar Mike Burke used to bike to work

The registrar as long-distance rider

by Jacob Sweet

Portrait photo of admissions stalwart Dwight Miller

Dwight Miller, longtime Harvard admissions officer, retires

College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.

by John S. Rosenberg

The author and fellow activists at a Divest Harvard rally this past April: (from left) Caleb Schwartz ’20, Flores-Jones, Anand Bradley ’19, Owen Torrey ’21, Eva Rosenfeld ’21, and Sophia Higgins ’21

The Undergraduate considers activism, in college and after

An activist on activism, in college and after

by Isa Flores-Jones

Photograph of Julie Chung and Drew Pendergrass

New Ledecky Fellows for 2019-2020

The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.