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Three challenges for Harvard in Allston

Making the most of Harvard’s “ultimate option”

Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race

Watch human-powered machines prevail—or not—in Lowell.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Alumni Association president Margaret Wang

New HAA president Margaret Wang ’09

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard and the making of Big Football

Boosting the game, and The Game

by Dick Friedman

New FAS dean, biomedical momentum, and more University news

New FAS dean, biomedical momentum, and more University news

Harvard’s twenty-ninth president gets to work

With greetings to the community, and a major faculty appointment, new Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow sets to work.

ClassACT HR73, a group effort for change

ClassACT HR73 rallies classmates to engage in social change.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Casey Cep reviews “These Truths: A History of the United States,” by Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore excavates the history of America, down to its bedrock values.

by Casey N. Cep

Profile of Lawrence S. Bacow, Harvard’s 29th president

Lawrence S. Bacow, a career educator, is schooled in making decisions.

by John S. Rosenberg

Undergraduate courses at the Graduate School of Design

Design courses enlarge the College curriculum.

by Lily Scherlis

The argument for geographically targeted economic interventions

Could place-based policies solve regional economic and social problems?

by Oset Babür

Hike the Middlesex Fells

Just north of Boston, a wild park is filled with forests, lakes, and rocky hills.

by Nell Porter-Brown