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Protesters march holding signs in a public square with buildings and trees in the background.

Harvard Graduate Workers Begin Strike

In the second walkout in six months, union leaders call for better pay and benefits and a stronger grievance process.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Sophia Roosth

Harvard professor Sophia Roosth examines how synthetic biology is remaking life

Historian of science Sophia Roosth on resurrecting extinct species.

Michael R. Bloomberg

Michael R. Bloomberg named 2014 Harvard Commencement speaker

The Business School alumnus counts education and combatting climate change among his passions.

Photograph © Sonya Etchison/Dreamstime

Social medicine’s lessons for a first-year Harvard Medical School student

A medical student learns about SNAP and social medicine.

by J Bradley Segal

Justin Kaplan at home

A tribute to Justin Kaplan

In tribute to an old friend

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