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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

From a vantage point south of Western Avenue in Allston, looking northeast toward Harvard Square, the unfinished science complex dominates the foreground. Beyond it lie athletic fields that may yield to expansion by the School of Public Health, the Graduate School of Education, or other academic enterprises. A business “enterprise research campus” is envisioned south of Western Avenue, across from the high-rise graduate-student housing at One Western Avenue.

Allston work team recommendations endorsed by Harvard Corporation

A multiyear process of planning, community engagement, and prospective development is outlined.

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John Lithgow talks on the arts to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

The actor talks on the arts to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

President Faust looks on as freshmen sign up for TurboVote.

Kennedy School alumni launch TurboVote

Kennedy School alumni launch an online voting program targeting college students.

Harvard students and leaders commemorate September 11

The University community bears witness with music, words, and fellowship.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Students learn about computer skills in a classroom at Christ is the Answer Preparatory School in Adansi-Dompoase, outside Kumasi. According to school proprietor Anthony Kwasi Nyarku, private schools such as his are superior to Ghanaian public schools because the government-run schools are often under-supervised and a strong union protects the sometimes negligent teachers.

An undergraduate volunteer looks at Ghana's growing private-school system

An undergraduate captures Ghana's growing private-school system in photographs.

by Sara Joe Wolansky

The students and a group of farmers walk along a road to a cacao farm in Bonsaaso district, a part of the UN Millennium Villages Project.

An undergraduate documents the impact of rural banking in Ghana

An undergraduate documents the impact of microfinance and rural banking in Ghana.

by Nur Nasreen Ibrahim

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Andy Borowitz helps the Library of America boost American humor

A new anthology of humorous writing joins the shelf of illustrious literary classics.

President Faust’s online welcome to the community

An online welcome to the community

Acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma is recognized in Washington.

The acclaimed cellist, the featured artist at Harvard’s 375th anniversary, is recognized in Washington.

The Mediterranean at Nice.

An undergraduate finds that her attempts to blend in are lost in translation

An undergraduate journalism intern in France gets lost in translation, but found by new friends.

by Nathalie Miraval