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Astronaut performing an experiment inside the International Space Station.

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Speak at Harvard in June

The American Navy SEAL, born to immigrants, is a doctor and a space traveler.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner’s lecture on beauty prompts an undergraduate epiphany

Howard Gardner, the French Revolution, and I

by Olivia Munk

Martha McSally, M.P.P. ’90, Republican of Arizona, who won her House race on December 17, became the fifth alumna elected to the 114th Congress.

Harvard alumni elected to the 114th Congress

Harvard’s GOP contingent expands in the new Congress.

See you. A much-admired pair of legs and shoes disappear into a window above the shops on Haight Street, San Francisco. The Reichardts have seen it all.

Baez, Dylan, and more vignettes from Harvard’s class of 1964

Baez, Dylan, and more vignettes from Harvard’s class of 1964

A grinning Staropoli celebrates after winning the NAPA Auto Parts 150 in Irwindale, California, last year.

Racer Patrick Staropoli strives for Nascar

A Harvard summa aims for NASCAR.

by Steve Potter

Plan for the new rear entry—a key to rationalizing the club’s interior spaces and use

The Harvard Club of Boston undergoes renovations.

The Harvard Club of Boston undergoes renovations.

Joan Kane on King Island

To poet Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, abandoned King Island is a potent creative source

For Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, an abandoned island is a potent creative source.

by Melanie Wang

Research Query: LSD Testing in the 1950s

A researcher hopes to contact volunteer participants in “truth sera” experiments.

Harvard Latin American Alumni and Friends: Snapshot of a SIG

Harvard Latin American Alumni and Friends

Class notes and obituaries for January-February 2015

Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.

A seven-drawer desk (detail)

Anthony Giachetti makes wood furniture an art form

Anthony Giachetti’s furniture is both functional and timeless.