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Protesters march holding signs in a public square with buildings and trees in the background.

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

Excerpt from Tony Hiss, "In Motion: The Experience of Travel"

"In Motion: The Experience of Travel," by Tony Hiss, makes the case for mindful attention to one's environs—even the most ordinary.

Four New York firefighters with John Weidman and <i>Sesame Street</i> character Elmo in 2001.

Storytelling with Sondheim: a profile of librettist John Weidman

Librettist John Weidman writes books for the best.

by Jesse Kornbluth

In <i>Black Swan</i>, Natalie Portman's character dances the role of the Swan Queen and her dark rival in <i>Swan Lake</i>. Here, Portman as the White Swan.

The film "Black Swan" has Harvard creators behind it

A tense thriller, with ballerinas

by Craig Lambert

A screen shot from the therapeutic video game RAGE Control (Regulate and Gain Emotional Control)

A video game for anger management and emotional control

At Children's Hospital Boston, a video game offers emotionally explosive youths methods of self-control.

by Erin O’Donnell

Hyman professor of chemistry Charles Lieber has created a transistor so small it can be used to penetrate cell membranes and probe their interiors, without disrupting function. The transistor (yellow) sits near the bend in a hairpin-shaped, lipid-coated silicon nanowire. Its scale is similar to that of intra-cellular structures such as organelles (pink and blue orbs) and actin filaments (pink strand).

Charles Lieber's nanoscale transistors can enter cells without harming them

Chemist Charles Lieber and his colleagues have developed a nanoscale transistor so small it can enter, probe, and communicate with cells without harming them.

by Jonathan Shaw

When poverty is defined as living on $1.25 or less a day, about 40 percent of both Ethiopians and Uzbekistanis are considered poor. But by multidimensional measures that capture living standards, almost 90 percent of Ethiopians live in poverty, while only a small percentage of Uzbekistanis do.

Amartya Sen proposes a measure of poverty that looks beyond income

A multidimensional poverty index, based on the ideas of Amartya Sen, reveals a different map of the world's poor.

A gathering of Harvard Asian American Alumni from across six decades

A three-day summit draws more than 400 participants from across six decades.

by Sarah Zhang

Yale’s defense held Gino Gordon ’11, Harvard’s all-Ivy running back, to 36 yards rushing, but couldn’t keep him out of the end zone. Gordon rushed for short-yardage touchdowns in both halves of The Game. At the team’s postseason banquet he received the Crocker Award as the team’s most valuable player.

Image gallery from the 2010 Harvard-Yale football game

A gallery of images from the 2010 Harvard-Yale football game

Harvard-Yale football game results: Harvard wins 28-21

The football team wins its fourth straight over the Elis.

by Bethell, John T

Faust calls for repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and return of ROTC

President Faust says the program "ought to be fully and formally present" on campus, and voices hopes for an end to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.