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Harvard confronts the challenges of inclusion

The Harvard community confronts the challenges of inclusion. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard historians: ice records shed light on medieval climate

Historians at Harvard's Initiative for the Science of the Human Past investigate ice cores.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Susan Dunn reviews Jefferson biography by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf

Thomas Jefferson's “fractal” view of American self-governance

by Susan Dunn

Harvard's eugenics era

When academics embraced scientific racism, immigration restrictions, and the suppression of “the unfit”

by Adam S. Cohen

Harvard spring 2016 news briefs

Shirley Tilghman on the Corporation, Jane Yellen at Radcliffe, encouraging entrepreneurs, aiming at endowments, and more

Drumlin Farm's sheep-shearing festival draws crowds

Woolapalooza is held at Mass Audubon’s sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Letters on migration, capital punishment, House “masters,” and more

Readers respond to articles on migration, capital punishment, House “masters,” and more.

Harvard club unveils portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler

The Harvard Club of New York City honors John P. (Jack) Reardon Jr. ’60.

Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Harvard Portrait: James Mickens

A Harvard computer scientist on how to build a universe

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard's Arts First Festival in Cambridge

Harvard's Arts First Festival offers more than 100 events.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard alumni take on legalizing pot in Mexico

A new lead on stemming drug-related violence in Mexico

by Lydialyle Gibson