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Judge Dismisses Case Demanding Harvard Admissions Data
The government failed to meet procedural requirements before suing the University.
Nanoscience in photographs
In words and images, George M. Whitesides and Felice. C. Frankel explicate tools, concepts, and applications in nanoscience.
Harvard's new public-service initiative
The Harvard Alumni Association's plans a global public-service initiative
The Harvard radio wits of NPR’s “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”
Three Harvard graduates help create the weekly humor of NPR’s Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!
Harvard libraries under pressure
The University's financial crisis is exacerbating existing problems in expanding, coordinating, and technologically improving the collections.
Anthropologist Heather Paxson studies American artisanal cheese
Heather Paxson explores the anthropology of American artisanal cheese.
Professionalization in the academy
On the professionalization of faculty life, doctoral training, and the academy’s self-renewal
by Louis Menand
Students in Africa
Students and service at a new frontier: read 10 student profiles, view photos, and more.
Oluwadara Johnson runs a performing-arts-themed camp for girls in Nigeria
In her home city of Ibadan, Nigeria, Oluwadara Johnson ’10 runs a performing-arts-themed camp for disadvantaged girls.
David Sengeh combats malaria by distributing bed nets in rural Sierra Leone
Combating malaria by distributing bed nets in Sierra Leone
Christopher Higgins works at an orphanage in Busia, Uganda
A short-term stint volunteering at an orphanage in Uganda turns into much more.