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Cashing Out For Happiness

Research from HBS shows that by buying themselves out of negative experiences, people gain time for happiness-inducing activities like learning a language, or socializing.

by Oset Babür

The Bruce Telescope Rediscovered

The telescope that helped define Earth’s place in the universe

by Jonathan Shaw

"Bunk" review: Kevin Young surveys American culture, from circuses to con men

From the Missouri Compromise to the 2016 election, Kevin Young's Bunk takes stock of American hoaxes, con men, and race fantasies.

by Niela Orr

Building RoboBees: How Harvard Engineers Are Revolutionizing Micro-Robotics

The push to build flying, thinking, robot swarms

by Jonathan Shaw

The ups and downs of peer counseling

Reflections on the ups and downs of peer counseling

by Natasha Lasky

Headlines from Harvard’s history

“Vagabonding,” Harvard Student Agencies, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Houghton Library’s new exhibit

Harvard’s Houghton Library explores “Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

An agenda-topper for Harvard's next president

Articulating a vision and refining a strategy for Harvard

Alumni honored for undergraduate admissions work

Alumni are honored for undergraduate admissions work.

Found in Translation

Maureen Freely ’74, longtime translator of Orhan Pamuk, shares the nuances of bringing a text from one language to another.

by Oset Babür

Harvard Wilderness Medicine research sidebar

The MGH Wilderness Medicine Division's research mission focuses on altitude illness and, more recently, climate change.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Final Clubs, Continued

Unrecognized single-gender social organizations dominate another Faculty of Arts and Sciences monthly meeting.

by John S. Rosenberg