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Chiara String Quartet
The Chiara String Quartet are Harvard's current Blodgett Artists-in-Residence.
Principled and Pragmatic Counterterrorism
(Sidebar) Counterterrorism scholar Louise Richardson argues that democracies need not abandon their principles as they fight terrorism; for strategic reasons, they should cleave to them.
Before the Cocktail Napkin
In this excerpt from her new book, Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture, Cammy Brothers discusses how the artist demonstrated the possibility for architecture to be a vehicle for the imagination equal to painting or sculpture.
FDR's Digs
A restoration is in progress of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s undergraduate rooms at Harvard, and Ralph Nader sets a speech-making Guinness World Record.
The Fit Fat
Harvard Medical School’s Bruce Spiegelman studies brown fat, a little-known type of tissue with health-promoting potential.
Buzzing In
Quiz Bowl’s quirky intellectualism and hard-driving competitiveness energize a strong Harvard team.
Edward M. Kennedy '54, LL.D. '08
In a special Harvard convocation, Senator Edward M. Kennedy receives an honorary degree.
From Daguerreotype to Photoshop
Art historian Robin Kelsey examines photographs of all kinds to reveal what they say about human history, society, and culture.
Chapter & Verse
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
The SIGnboard
News from Shared Interest Groups
The Mature Dating Game
A look at the world of dating for those over 45
Anthony Woods: Taking a Stand
Anthony C. Woods has initiated his own dismissal from the U.S. Army under the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.