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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Brief life of a breakthrough astronomer: 1900-1979

by Donovan Moore

Baron and Gates at Commencement, a lawsuit renewed,

Baron and Gates planned at Commencement, new Corporation member, a lawsuit renewed, and more

What rights do children have in homeschooling?

Elizabeth Bartholet highlights risks when parents have 24/7 authoritarian control over their children.

by Erin O’Donnell

Harvard’s Virtual Commencement

Harvard’s 369th Commencement goes virtual.

David Barrett reports on New York City’s birds

A quest to chronicle New York City’s avian community

by Nell Porter-Brown

Rebecca Henderson, “Reimagining Capitalism” to save the planet

The Business School’s Rebecca Henderson reimagines capitalism to save the planet.

Harvard athletic season canceled

A necessary but brutal blow

Harvard rethinks online education strategy

A push to emphasize learning rather than teaching

by John S. Rosenberg

On faculties and longer-range planning for Harvard

Faculty governance and long-range intellectual planning for Harvard

Blackstone River Valley sights and activities

Tracing America’s industrial roots in the Blackstone River Valley

by Nell Porter-Brown

“The Equivalents,” by Maggie Doherty, reviewed by Susan Ware

From “women’s confinement” to “women’s liberation” at the Radcliffe Institute

by Susan Ware

Ways to cope with the federal debt

The politics, policymaking, and public consequences of mounting government debt—and how to cope with it

by Karen Dynan , Douglas Elmendorf