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Atul Gawande and Hendrik Hertzberg nominated for National Magazine Awards
The New Yorker contributors are recognized for medical reporting and commentary.
Nominee Lenk would be first openly gay justice on Massachusetts high court
Barbara Lenk becomes the first openly gay justice to be nominated to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Harvard Law-trained congressman Mike Pompeo troubles the New York Times
Representative Michael Pompeo, J.D. ’94, troubles the Times.
Harvard College admissions rate falls to just over 6 percent for class of 2015
The College offers admission to 2,158 out of nearly 35,000 applicants.
Physician Nadine Burke, M.P.H. ’02, studies why poor people are sicker
In her California practice, a physician and Harvard-trained public-health scholar studies why poor people are sicker.
L. Mahadevan on What Makes the Asiatic Lily Bloom
A Harvard professor explores the physical forces that open a flower bud.
Jill Lepore on Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride"
The historian reexamines the poet.
Harvard president Drew Faust visits Chile and Brazil
President Faust visits Chile and Brazil.
Accounts of the earthquake, tsunami, and life in Japan from alumni and faculty
A bulletin board for alumni in Japan, an op-ed recalling a visit to one of the most affected villages, and a look back at contemporary life before disaster struck
See musician Derrick Ashong in a new video on the Wall Street Journal website
The musician appears on Oprah Radio and WSJ Online.