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The I.L. Ellwood Company used gleaming locomotives to highlight the advantages of its "barb wire" fencing.

Railroads’ impact in the U.S.A.: an online, HBS Baker Library exhibition

What more than 240,000 miles of railroad track can do

by Christopher Reed

Peter K. Bol

Harvard, MIT online education views changing

Harvard and MIT see learner needs driving change online—and on campus.

Yochai Benkler

Balancing Security and Freedom in a Democracy

Harvard law professor Yochai Benkler says acts of conscience are integral to balancing security and freedom.

Willets Point as seen from the eastern upper level of Citi Field in Queens, on a rainy afternoon

Foreign Parts, a movie, records a Queens neighborhood now set for demolition

The Queens neighborhood, about to be demolished, has been documented by Harvard-affiliated filmmakers.

Five Harvard seniors and one graduate will attend Oxford University in October 2014.

Six Harvard students win Rhodes Scholarships

Five seniors and one graduate will attend Oxford in 2014.

Harvard partisans stormed the field at Yale Bowl to celebrate the Crimson’s seventh consecutive victory over the Blue. Thousands of discouraged Yale followers had left the Bowl at halftime.

Harvard-Yale 2013: The Game

Crimson gridders make it seven straight over the Blue.

by Bethell, John T

The HMSC is working to utilize their collections as teaching tools to pique the interest of undergraduates early in their studies.

The Harvard Museums of Science and Culture promote research collaboration.

A new consortium of Harvard museums promotes collaboration in teaching and research.

In the final minute of play, safety Jaron Wilson stopped Penn halfback Kyle Wilcox at the Harvard 20-yard line after a one-yard gain on a swing pass. Holding off three final passing attempts, the Crimson defense quashed the Quakers’ late bid for a game-tying rally.

November 17, 2013: Harvard 38, Penn 30

A seemingly easy win turns hazardous.

by Bethell, John T

Holyoke Center—renamed the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center—will be transformed into a new campus center beginning in 2016.

Harvard's Holyoke Center to become Smith Campus Center

The Smith Campus Center will open in 2018.

Strong defensive play held Columbia’s ground game to a net 49 yards rushing. Above, senior linebacker Matt Martindale (45) hauls down tailback Alan Watson. Martindale finished the game with five tackles and a quarterback sack.

November 10, 2013: Harvard 34, Columbia 0

The Crimson makes it 10 straight over the Lions, but remains a game behind in the Ivy title hunt.

by Bethell, John T

Stephen Elledge

Harvard study suggests that genomic instability drives cancer

A new study suggests that genetic rearrangements promote cancer development.

Harvard's varsity women's rugby team won the Ivy League championship

In their first varsity season, Harvard's women's rugby team won the Ivy League championship.