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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

Nearly 77 percent of students accepted to the class of 2015 enroll

Nearly 77 percent of students enroll, disappointing those on the wait list.

Meet Tiffany Smalley, Harvard's first Wampanoag graduate in 346 years

Tiffany Smalley ’11 follows in the footsteps of Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, A.B. 1665.

Shared Interest Groups for Harvard alumni - Commencement & Reunion 2011

View and submit listings of Shared Interest Group events.

Bin Laden death echoes in Drew Faust's Jefferson Lecture, "Telling War Stories"

President Drew Faust's Jefferson Lecture takes on an unexpected timeliness.

The winning wildlife-crossing design distills multiple habitat types from the surrounding landscape into parallel bands that act as corridors for various animal species. Wide bands provide an open field of view, while narrow forest and shrub bands provide enclosed corridors.

Designing throughways for wildlife

A winning proposal to keep cars and critters apart

Harvard College to name a director of BGLTQ student life

Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds launches a national search for a director.

Sweepstakes: Send us old Commencement photos for a chance to win Harvard glasses

Submit your images from Commencements past for a chance to win a set of Harvard glasses.

Video: Clues in the blood: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics

Video: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics.

In this 3D representation of the relationship between collaboration and mean citation impact in the Longwood Medical Area, each building’s height reflects the number of citations of papers originating in the building, while the color gradient (from gray/low to blue/high) represents the proportion of publications originating from that building in which both first and last authors work in the building.

“Water cooler" effect may improve scientific research

Proximity appears to foster quality.

College seniors celebrate as their degrees are conferred (here, in June 1998—but the emotions are timeless).

Photographer Jim Harrison's highlights from 30 years of Harvard graduations

A photographer captures three decades of graduation moments and emotions.