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Harvard Files Amicus Brief in University of Texas Supreme Court Diversity Case

The University, joined by 13 peers, files an amicus brief on behalf of the University of Texas, emphasizing the educational and social value of diversity.

Xiao-Li Meng is the new dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

The statistics professor succeeds Allan Brandt.

A Harvard undergraduate’s take on the "other" Cambridge, in England

An undergraduate’s take on “Cantabrigia across the pond”

by Victoria Baena

Fareed Zakaria, international affairs commentator, penalized for plagiarism

The 2012 Commencement speaker used excerpts from a Harvard professor’s New Yorker article.

Harvard Design School program imagines cities within an ecological context

A new GSD concentration uses an ecological perspective to imagine cities.

Harvard women's rugby named varsity sport

Strong club team begins varsity play in 2013-2014

Rower Malcolm Howard, Harvard alumnus, wins Olympic silver for Canada

The Canadian alumnus and his teammates scored in the eight-oared event.

Harvard Library's new organization launched August 1 with few layoffs

The large number of early retirements has minimized layoffs.

The U.S. women's eight-oared crew won gold at the 2012 London Olympics.

The U.S. women's eight-oared crew triumphed in London, with two alumnae aboard.

Harvard's baseball coach Joe Walsh dies suddenly at 58

He coached for the past 17 seasons and won five Ivy League championships.

John Powers has reported on the Olympics since 1976, and continues at London.

John Powers's Olympic reporting began in 1976 and continues uninterrupted with his dispatches from London.

Does “Sharkskin” Swimwear Make You Faster?

Research by Harvard ichthyologist George Lauder suggests otherwise.