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A Walk through History, with Justice Ginsburg as Guide
The Supreme Court justice speaks at a Radcliffe Institute conference on gender and the law.
Cherry A. Murray Named SEAS Dean
Murray comes to Harvard from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and was previously a senior vice president at Bell Laboratories.
Vice President Sally Zeckhauser to Retire
The University's longest-serving senior administrator, Sally Zeckhauser, vice president for administration, will retire at the end of the academic year.
Stanford Imposes Deeper Cuts, Too
Updated. Citing the deepening economic and financial crises, Stanford has decided to make deeper expense cuts in the next fiscal year; Yale recently imposed deeper cuts, too.
Jim Yong Kim Named Dartmouth President
Kim directs Harvard's François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, and is known for his involvement in tuberculosis and AIDS relief work.
Harvard Economists' Take on the Financial Crisis
A new webpage aggregates the views of professors including Martin Feldstein, Gregory Mankiw, Kenneth Rogoff, and many others.
Woods Gets Honorable Discharge, Must Repay Tuition
Anthony Woods, M.P.P. ’08—a U.S. Army captain who had served two tours in Iraq—was dismissed from the military after coming out as gay.
Second-Life Photography
A profile of cultural photographer Lee Smith
Unmarried, Together
Some comments on cohabitation
Pith Paper
On Tetrapanax papyriferum and Chinese art
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