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Anna Deavere Smith welcomes Harvard to a "lecture-performance" on hospitality

In her “lecture-performance,” playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith practiced and preached “Radical Hospitality.”

by Matthew Browne

Harvard Notifies Thousands in Admissions Lawsuit

The College notifies tens of thousands of applicants about the request for admissions data.

by John S. Rosenberg

How Harvard sets endowment distribution

What the Corporation considers in its “smoothing” formula

by John S. Rosenberg

Crafts, food, and music at Holly Hill Farm’s winter fair

Holly Hill Farm’s winter fair in Cohasset, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Two Harvardians awarded Nobel Prizes

Two Harvardians win Nobel Prizes, in peace and in economics. 

Crimson Football 2016: Harvard 29, Cornell 13

Crimson players prove their grit.

by Dick Friedman

Meet Matthew Wittmann, the new curator of The Harvard Theatre Collection

Cultural historian Matthew Wittmann makes a home at Harvard's performing-arts library.

by Sophia Nguyen

Letters on charter schools, final clubs, veterans’ memories, and more

Readers comment on charter schools, final clubs, the doubly disadvantaged, veterans’ memories

Plans to reform Board of Overseers’ election procedures

Plans to overhaul the Board of Overseers’ election procedures 

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard health benefits up 7 percent in 2017

Harvard continues to contend with rising medical bills.

by John S. Rosenberg

Open Book: Bruegel’s Crowd Paintings

Crowd painting that attracts crowds.

Lavietes Pavilion's New Look

Upgrading a venerable basketball arena

by John S. Rosenberg