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The Anti-thesis
I've always had difficulty with conclusions. Writing a 101-page senior thesis may have only made my problem worse. I should have heeded the...
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Honoris Causa
Honorary degrees
With a Little Help from Harvard's Friends
On Saturday morning, May 13, the dull gray of the sky over Cambridge brightened the white dogwood beside the Faculty Club, colored more deeply...
A Lifetime with Bach
For some music lovers, it may be a relief when the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach passes on July 28. Though he has...
The Oldest Graduate
The oldest alumna
The Half-life of Robin and Kim
By now firemen, policemen, and mailmen sound like cultural relics from the 1950s next to the no-nonsense firefighters, police officers, and...
'60s Generation Confronts '90s Protest
Student protests then and now
Distance Learning @Harvard.edu
New technologies, changing demographics, and the emergence of richly funded, Internet-based e-learning ventures may lead to serious upheavals...
Oratorical Exchanges
On the fourth day of a celebration of Harvard's two hundred and fiftieth birthday, on November 5 through 8, 1886, Professor James Russell...
Harvard news and notes, spring 2000
The University Brevia PH.D. MAGIC: Illustration by Rick Stromoski Each Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Bulletin features "BackTalk," a...