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Harvard Rallies Help for Haiti with Benefit Concert; Plans Memorial Service

Evidence of Harvard maps in use; updates on the situation on the ground; a benefit concert featuring student performers and a memorial service.

The hunt for new antimalarial drugs

The Harvard Malaria Initiative links researchers from across and beyond the University in focusing on scientific problems of the malaria epidemic.

DVD documents Harvard football, 1946-1950

A new DVD pays tribute to the “Old Timers,” players from the 1946 through 1950 teams.

Three New England trips on the East Coast Greenway

Enjoy stretches from Boston to Portland, Providence to Worcester, and New Haven to Northampton.

Five Harvard alumnae will play on the U.S. and Canadian Olympic ice-hockey teams

Five former ice-hockey stars from Harvard are on the U.S. and Canadian Olympic teams competing at Vancouver.

Alex Ross Argues for Presenting Classical Music in Unorthodox Settings

New Yorker music critic Alex Ross ’90 argues for presenting classical music in unorthodox settings.

Justin Timberlake Accepts Award from Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals

The singer, actor, and former boy band member stays good-natured while being roasted by members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

Souter Named Harvard Commencement Speaker

The recently retired Supreme Court Justice will appear on May 27.

Harvard ice hockey alumnus Rick Haney captains the American bandy team

Harvard ice hockey alumnus Rick Haney captains the American national team for the little-known sport, which resembles hockey but uses a ball, not a puck.

Grammy-winning bluegrass musicians to perform at Harvard

The Barker Center hosts a February 6 symposium on bluegrass music, with an evening performance by Grammy-winning artists.

Harvard Basketball's Jeremy Lin Captures National Spotlight

Jeremy Lin ’10 has gotten the attention of media outlets including Sports Illustrated and ESPN.

Thoreau's Walden Pond dataset shows that climate change helps invasive species

This is what a new study by a team including Harvard scientists, using a Walden Woods dataset begun by Henry David Thoreau, suggests.