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What a Key EPA Repeal Means for America’s Climate Future

A Harvard alumni panel examines the impact of the “Endangerment Finding.”

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard physicists Federico Capasso (left) and Steven J. Byrnes are part of a team proposing a new way to harvest renewable energy.

Physicists at Harvard's SEAS envision infared as a renewable energy source

Harvard physicists envision capturing energy from Earth’s emissions to outer space.

Sound waves are produced by the vibrations of physical objects.

Harvard-based Sawyer seminar discusses hearing through the body

Through cat telephones and electronic dance music, scholars discuss the physical basis of sound.

The plate-glass windows in Avis Buchanan’s downtown Washington, D.C., office neatly frame the U.S. Archives building. “It’s the repository of our Constitution," she says. "The Sixth Amendment gives us our existence and we use the Fourth and Fifth and Sixth in our fight on behalf of our clients every day.”

Profile of Avis Buchanan, director of the D.C. Public Defender Service

A profile of Avis Buchanan, director of the D.C. Public Defender Service

by Nell Porter-Brown

John P. “Jack” Reardon

Harvard Alumni Association executive director Jack Reardon to retire

The HAA’s executive director will step down on June 30.

HAA Clubs and Shared Interest Groups Awards

The 2013 honorees

Guidelines for Harvard Commencement Day

An update from the Commencement Office

Moulton (at right) leads a mission in Najaf.

Seth Moulton, Harvard graduate and former Marine, is profiled

A profile of former Marine Seth Moulton ’01, M.B.A.-M.P.P. ’11

by Michael Zuckerman

Harvard Alumni for Agriculture: Snapshot of a SIG

The Harvard Alumni for Agriculture Shared Interest Group

Class notes and obituaries for March-April 2014

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

2014 candidates for Harvard Overseer and HAA elected directors

Election ballots will be mailed on April 1.