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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

A course with celebrity chefs and edible labs kindles interest in science

The ingredients for a wildly popular new General Education course: celebrity chefs, edible labs, and a contest for a trip to Spain

by Sarah Zhang

Photographer Susan Meiselas named Harvard Arts Medalist

The photographer will be honored during the Arts First celebration in April.

Video: tour the human skull and learn how shoes affect a runner's gait

Take a tour of the human skull, and learn how shoes affect a runner's gait, with Daniel Lieberman.

Video: computerized tests evaluate people's risk of attempting suicide

Learn about computerized tests that evaluate whether someone is at risk of attempting suicide. Plus, related links and an article from the magazine archives.

An excerpt from "Running the Books" by Avi Steinberg

Learning the rules of life in prison: an excerpt from the memoir of former prison librarian Avi Steinberg ’02

Meet the young alumnae behind Her Campus

Stephanie Kaplan, Windsor Hanger, and Annie Wang founded and run the popular Internet site Her Campus.

by Sarah Berlow

Daniel Rasmussen's "American Uprising" covers the largest U.S. slave revolt

Daniel Rasmussen's new book rescues the forgotten facts of the largest slave revolt in U.S. history.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Space architect Constance Adams finds creative solutions for extreme problems

Constance Adams seeks creative solutions for extreme problems, and new ideas for this planet.

by Madeleine Schwartz

Video: see the plants and animals Harvard climatologists encountered in Brazil

In this video, travel to Brazil with Harvard climatologists to see their work and the plants and critters they encountered.

HAA Shared Interest Group news

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