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Comic actress Amy Poehler to speak at Harvard College Class Day 2011
The comic actress's credits include Parks and Recreation and Saturday Night Live.
Objects from University collections bring learning to life
The third Faculty of Arts and Sciences symposium on teaching and learning examines how archives and museum holdings can enliven the classroom.
Nancy Koehn remembers Peter Gomes, and an update on the Harvard memorial service
A few days before the official memorial service, a Harvard Business School professor recalls the preacher who played a critical role as her spiritual adviser.
Harvard Law-trained congressman Mike Pompeo troubles the New York Times
Representative Michael Pompeo, J.D. ’94, troubles the Times.
Harvard College admissions rate falls to just over 6 percent for class of 2015
The College offers admission to 2,158 out of nearly 35,000 applicants.
Read more about Samantha Power, influencer of Obama's Libya policy
The human-rights activist as presidential adviser
Physician Nadine Burke, M.P.H. ’02, studies why poor people are sicker
In her California practice, a physician and Harvard-trained public-health scholar studies why poor people are sicker.
Professors discuss bringing a global perspective into the classroom
The second Faculty of Arts and Sciences gathering on teaching and learning looks at the global perspective, involving professors active in Africa, China, and India.
L. Mahadevan on What Makes the Asiatic Lily Bloom
A Harvard professor explores the physical forces that open a flower bud.
Jill Lepore on Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride"
The historian reexamines the poet.
Harvard president Drew Faust visits Chile and Brazil
President Faust visits Chile and Brazil.
National Endowment for the Humanities names Faust the 2011 Jefferson Lecturer
The award from the National Endowment for the Humanities honors distinguished intellectual achievement.