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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

Letters on attentive Schlesinger, “Bellboys,” bigger data

Attentive Schlesinger, “Bellboys,” bigger data

Big words and their use on campus

Big words and their use on campus

by Noah B. Pisner

A Harvard undergraduate drops a hook in the local river

A Harvard undergraduate looks riverward

by Noah B. Pisner

Nearly 100 Harvard faculty members demand fossil fuel divestment

In an open letter to Harvard’s president and Corporation, they cite many reasons for divesting fossil-fuel holdings.

Papyrus and lampblack from the Gospel of Jesus's Wife appear ancient

Ink and papyrus dating are consistent with an ancient origin.