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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

Metabolomics, the study of metabolites, provides telling clues to future health

The study of metabolites does an end run around genomics to provide telling clues to your future health.

by Jonathan Shaw

HMS alumnus Siddhartha Mukherjee wins Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction

Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D. '00, is honored for The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.

John Teton fights hunger with the International Food Security Treaty Campaign

John Teton '70 directs the International Food Security Treaty Campaign.

by Madeleine Schwartz

Dale Gieringer of California NORML fights for medical marijuana

Dale Gieringer '68 takes his stand on libertarian and humanitarian grounds.

by Maya E. Shwayder

Olympic diver Frank Gorman '59 shares his memories

Frank Gorman '59 shares his Olympic memories.

by Maya E. Shwayder

Commencement and other news from Shared Interest Groups

Commencement and other news from Shared Interest Groups

Nominees for Overseer and HAA director 2011

The annual elections for new members of the Board of Overseers and for directors of the Harvard Alumni Association are under way.

Harvard Alumni Association revises outreach to College alumni

The Alumni Association is reorganizing its outreach to College alumni.

A sampler of Harvard Club events in May and June

A sampling of Harvard club events

Profile of Chicano writer Manuel Muñoz

Chicano writer Manuel Muñoz ’94 mines the “humanizing effect of literature.”

by Nell Porter-Brown