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Brief life of Federalist politician Caleb Strong, by Richard D. Brown

Brief life of an exemplary politician: 1745-1819

by Richard D. Brown

Harvard Spring 2016 news briefs

An Overseers' challenge slate, reengineering admissions, and General Education revised

by John S. Rosenberg

"Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe," at the Currier Museum

Upward of 150 haute couture and historic shoes are on display in Manchester, N.H.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Room for improvement in Harvard's Wintersession

Room for improvement in Wintersession

Harvard honors clubs and SIGs

Harvard celebrates its volunteer alumni leaders.

Harvard alumni musicians Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang are profiled

The many pursuits of musicians Damon & Naomi

by Lydialyle Gibson

Testing season for Harvard men's basketball

An unexpectedly challenging season for men’s basketball

by David L. Tannenwald

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