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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

Dean Julio Frenk (left), Ali Ülker (middle), and Gökhan S. Hotamisligil (right). Ülker was presented with a picture of HSPH’s founders: George Whipple, William Sedgwick, and Milton Rosenau.

$24-Million HSPH Gift supports research into metabolic diseases such as diabetes

Gift establishes the Ülker Center for Nutrient, Genetic, and Metabolic Research.

William Deresiewicz (left) and his host, Mahindra Humanities Center director Homi K. Bhabha

William Deresiewicz tackles “Twenty Questions” at Harvard

At Harvard, the Ivy League critic faces faculty and student interlocutors.

by Olivia Munk

MacArthur winners (top row) Jacob Lurie and Jennifer Eberhardt; (second row, from left) Joshua Oppenheimer and Craig Gentry

Harvard Faculty member, three alumni win MacArthur genius grants

Professor Lurie and graduates Eberhardt, Oppenheimer, and Gentry are awarded $625,000 fellowships.

Journalist Nicholas Kristof in conversation with President Drew Faust in Sanders Theatre

Times columnist Nicholas Kristof speaks with Harvard president Drew Faust

The Harvard president touches on key issues in higher education.

FDR (first row, second from left) and his roommate Lathrop Brown (first row, far right) pose with fellow Glee Club members in the fall of their freshman year.

“The Roosevelts,” and Harvard

Historian Geoffrey Ward provides a Crimson backdrop for the new Ken Burns miniseries.

A screen shot of the class of 2018's Instagram Scavenger Hunt posts.

Harvard freshmen tackle an Instagram scavenger hunt

On a scavenger hunt, freshmen find their sense of home.

Hampden Hall, at 8 Plympton Street, is one of the Harvard-owned buildings in the Square sheltering Dunster House residents this year.

Harvard's Dunster House community adjusts to relocation.

The Dunster House community adjusts to relocation.

by Francesca Annic...

Undergraduate Council vice president Sietse Goffard ’15 (at left) and president Gus Mayopoulos ’15 present the freshmen with their class banner.

Freshman convocation for Harvard College class of 2018

Applause and advice at Harvard’s Freshman Convocation

James Watkins ’16 participates in an individual wrestling competition in Mongolia.

A Harvard undergraduate reflects on traveling and working in Mongolia

An undergraduate travels and works in Mongolia

by James Watkins

During Ramadan in Tunis, an undergraduate observes, the mood is celebratory and marked by a spirit of generosity. The photograph shows the audience dancing during a late-night traditional concert held at the Roman amphitheater in Carthage, Tunis.

A Harvard undergraduate recounts fasting during Ramadan in Tunis

Experiencing the ways religious observance affects daily life in another country

by Aman Rizvi