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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

Harvard College admission rate falls to 5.8 percent

Admissions rate edges down slightly—in Cambridge and throughout the Ivy League.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Anthony Lewis Dies at 85

The former New York Times columnist and author defended and celebrated the First Amendment.

"All Things Considered" host Melissa Block talks about the show.

Melissa Block '83, host of the NPR show All Things Considered, spoke about it at the Radcliffe Institute.

HSPH and the World Health Organization team up to challenge Big Tobacco globally

World experts team up for a two-day conference on tobacco control in developing countries.

Support for Science: Harvard’s Faust at AAAS; Broad's Lander wins $3 million

President Faust promotes it; Eric Lander gets a windfall.

The failed effort to enact cap and trade legislation to fight global warming

A distinguished panel considers why Congress failed to pass economy-wide measures to cap carbon emissions.

Harvard programs bring students together with inmates and their neighborhoods

Courses and programs bring Harvard students and scholars face-to-face with inmates and the communities they come from.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Harvard's Faust, Dean Jay Harris speak to faculty about cheating investigation

Harvard leaders address College cheating investigation

Rebecca Nadler, giant slalom NCAA champion

Rebecca Nadler is Harvard's first NCAA gold medalist in skiing.

by Craig Lambert

The Undergraduate reflects on mentoring and community

The Undergraduate reflects on mentoring and community.

by Kathryn C. Reed