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Harvard seniors reflect on personal lessons they have learned

Seniors reveal some unexpected lessons learned at Harvard.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Michael Bloomberg will speak at Harvard Commencement 2014

Former New York mayor Michael R. Bloomberg speaks at Commencement.

Kenneth C. Griffin gives Harvard $150 million for financial aid

A landmark gift for financial aid, and other campaign gains

Harvard and Vietnam’s economic development

During a quarter-century of engagement in Vietnam's economic development, Harvard scholars create a unique educational institution.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard 2014 Commencement details

Instructions for degree candidates and others for Thursday, May 29

Harvard’s Houghton Library celebrates William Makepeace Thackeray

Houghton Library celebrates William Makepeace Thackeray.

by Christopher Reed

Get excited to perform well

Under pressure, getting excited yields better results than remaining calm.

by Erin O’Donnell

Assessing online course enrollments

The first analyses of online-course registrants—and "dropouts"—and other MOOC news

The sabermetric revolution

Economist Andrew Zimbalist analyzes the sabermetric revolution

Innovation in humanities courses aims to reach larger numbers of students

New gateways into the humanities for students “still fully molten as human beings”

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard-affiliated Fulbright School graduates are helping develop Danang

Public- and private-sector change in a service economy

Harvard's fall reunions have many surprising advantages.

Alumni on campus in September get to enjoy Harvard in action.

by Nell Porter-Brown