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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.
Alan M. Garber appointed Harvard University provost
Physician and economist will succeed Steven E. Hyman September 1.
Harvard Houses renovation update: swing space announced for Old Quincy residents
As the College prepares to renovate Old Quincy, it identifies temporary quarters for the displaced students.
Brief life of comics impresario Leverett Gleason
Brief life of a comics impresario: 1898-1971
by Brett Dakin
Profile of Andrew Sullivan, blogger supreme
Andrew Sullivan’s views are predictable in only one way: always stimulating.
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.