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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

Priscilla and Brett Donham live happily in a smaller, leaner domicile.

The downsizing movement: meet people who live in, and with, less

Downsizing gains popularity.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Getting them while they’re young: tiny cigarette packs, meant for children to incorporate into their play with dolls or toy soldiers

"Golden Holocaust," by Robert N. Proctor, advocates the abolition of cigarettes

Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.

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Nations fail due to institutional corruption, not geography, says James Robinson

James Robinson says that in the modern period, greedy leaders and institutional corruption, rather than geography, explain why some nations fail.

Videos of student projects from Jeffrey Schnapp's "Library Test Kitchen" course

Watch videos of Library Test Kitchen student projects, including a WiFi cold spot, a Neo-Carrel sleeping chair, and “library friend” Biblio.

The Neo-carrel does triple duty as chair, laptop stand, and comfortable napping station.

Jeffrey Schnapp's Library Test Kitchen course tries out new ideas for libraries

An innovative course yields new products, services, and experiences that model the possible future of libraries.

by Jonathan Shaw

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Paul Finnegan elected a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation

Paul Finnegan joins the Harvard Corporation, expanding its ranks to 11.

Jonathan L. Walton

Harvard’s new Memorial Church minister, Jonathan Walton, and other newsmakers

Memorial Church's new minister, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other Harvardians in the news

Perfection isn't perfect: an undergraduate perspective on its human cost

The Undergraduate considers the human cost of perfection.

by Isabel Ruane

At home, far from home: New Zealander brothers James (left) and Sam O’Connor in Newell Boathouse

Sam and James O'Connor, stalwarts of the Harvard heavyweight crew

The brothers O'Connor, from New Zealand, row on the Harvard varsity heavyweight crew.

by Craig Lambert

<b>The Blue Classes:</b> The Class of 2012 has revived the "class color" tradition (see "<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/11/harvard-class-colors-and-trademark-clothing">Curious Colors</a>"); theirs is blue. On Class Day, members of the class of 1955 displayed their class banner (also blue) to honor the graduating seniors and guest speaker Barney Frank, whose College class (1961) is blue, too.

Harvard 2012 Commencement humor human interest

Commencement moments and people—pleasing, surprising, and funny