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Harvard men's hockey goalie Merrick Madsen

Merrick Madsen was the brick wall in net for last season’s Frozen Four team.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard leaders stress community values at start of the academic year

Harvard’s leaders stress community values at the start of the academic year.

by Sophia Nguyen , Marina N. Bolotnikova

How climate change can change crop nutrition

How global warming can change crop nutrition

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Boosting Harvard museums, and novel architecture

Boosting museums, and novel architecture

by Primus VI

Harvard professor Stephanie Burt on becoming co-poetry editor at “The Nation”

Stephanie Burt ’94 is the kind of poetry critic who provokes anger in other poetry critics.

by Tara Wanda Merrigan

Brief life of Guy Davenport, a polymathic stylist

Brief life of a polymathic stylist: 1927-2005

by Eric Allen Been

Deans departing, sexual-assault standards, and a Lowell House bell

Deans departing, sexual-assault standards, and a Lowell House bell

Public Health’s Past and Future

Michelle Williams, a year into her role as Public Health School dean

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Old Sturbridge Village offers cold-weather treats

Celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas at Old Sturbridge Village  

by Nell Porter-Brown

The view from Mass Hall

President Drew Faust describes Harvard’s efforts to evaluate how well—and what exactly—its students learn.

by Drew Gilpin Faust

Harvard seniors help Houses thrive

Harvard seniors help Houses thrive.

Excerpt from “The Wine Lover’s Daughter” by Anne Fadiman

Anne Fadiman ’74 recalls her father, Clifton, in an excerpt from The Wine Lover’s Daughter