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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

Clockwise from top left: Susan S. Wallach, Charles W. Collier, Harry L. Parker, Ellen R. Gordon and Melvin J. Gordon

Harvard Medalists 2012: Collier, Gordons, Parker, Wallach

Five honored for outstanding service to the University

Frances Downing Vaughan ’44 and Donald F. Brown ’30 (holding a photo of himself on his graduation day)

Harvard's oldest known alumni, as of Commencement 2012

Harvard’s senior members, at Commencement and elsewhere

John West with his children—Georgia (20 months), Jack (8 years), and Danny (5 years)—at-hand audience members for, and friendly critics of, The Whistle

The Whistle, an interactive venture, aims to capture the sporting kid market

An entrepreneur’s multimedia ESPN for kids, “the next generation of sports fans”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Mark Saltveit displays for the first (and last?) time the World Palindrome Championship trophy.

Palindromist Mark Saltveit, Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner, and a sleuthing architect

A World Palindrome Champion, a sleuthing architect, and Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner

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.

An imagined scene of a meeting between a Spanish expeditionary party and a group of indigenous South Americans.

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

Paul J. Finnegan

Paul Finnegan elected a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation

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