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Now That's What You Call the "Reader's Digest" Version
Lizzie Widdicombe ’06 chronicles her attendance at a book party for Not Quite What I Was Planning, a compilation of six-word memoirs...
Faust Tells Congress: Don't Downsize Research
University President Drew Faust testified before a Congressional committee this morning, urging lawmakers...
Jenny Lee Talks Chinese Food on "The Colbert Report"
Among Colbert's questions: "Is Chinese food safer to eat than Chinese toys?"
Sheryl Sandberg will join Facebook as chief operating officer
She has Harvard ties even beyond her degrees: she once served as chief of staff to former University President Lawrence H. Summers, during...
Hammonds Named Dean of the College
Full text of the announcement as well as Harvard Magazine's previous coverage of Hammonds...
Set Design for Grease
Theatrical set designer Derek McLane ’80 shows how his work progresses — from initial sketches on a yellow legal pad through the musical’s finished sets...
Joanne Chang’s Sticky Buns
Get Chang’s sticky bun recipe and see how they’re made.
Finding Physics in Everyday Objects
Watch Harvard applied mathematics professor L. Mahadevan create wrinkles, folds, and a flutter
The Physics of the Familiar
Harvard professor L. Mahadevan explains the phenomena of everyday life—from a Venus flytrap’s actions to the way paint dries.
"Tyrant Fever's" Trigger
When an infection assails the body, the response is predictable. Fever, loss of appetite, fatigue, that achy feeling—we never get just one...
Harvard in Chicago
The Harvard Club of Chicago, the oldest continually operating Harvard club in existence, celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2007. The year-long...
Past the Peak
Nearly 50 years after declaring their independence, Americans were electrified by the triumphant return of the Marquis de Lafayette, eager to...