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Sage Stossel's graphic novel, Starling, depicts an anti-superheroine.

“Starling” can handle thugs and palookas, but not daily life.

by Craig Lambert

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