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Paul Finnegan elected a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation

Paul Finnegan joins the Harvard Corporation, expanding its ranks to 11.

Sam and James O'Connor, stalwarts of the Harvard heavyweight crew

The brothers O'Connor, from New Zealand, row on the Harvard varsity heavyweight crew.

by Craig Lambert

Palindromist Mark Saltveit, Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner, and a sleuthing architect

A World Palindrome Champion, a sleuthing architect, and Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner

Nations fail due to institutional corruption, not geography, says James Robinson

James Robinson says that in the modern period, greedy leaders and institutional corruption, rather than geography, explain why some nations fail.

Meet Russell Phillips, director of the new HMS Center for Primary Care

Meet the director of Harvard Medical School's new Center for Primary Care.

Perfection isn't perfect: an undergraduate perspective on its human cost

The Undergraduate considers the human cost of perfection.

by Isabel Ruane

Harvard MIT edX online learning venture

Harvard partners with MIT to form edX, an ambitious online learning venture.

Harvard's Alexandar Keyssar analyzes voter suppression measures

Voting rights and partisan practices in a highly contested election year

by Alexander Keyssar

Videos of student projects from Jeffrey Schnapp's "Library Test Kitchen" course

Watch videos of Library Test Kitchen student projects, including a WiFi cold spot, a Neo-Carrel sleeping chair, and “library friend” Biblio.

Video game designer Scott Duquette of 38 Studios

Video-game designer Scott Duquette ’05, a new kind of urban planner

by Dan Barbarisi

Harvard Commencement speakers Berwick, Bok, Marshall, Zakaria, et al.

An oratorical omnium gatherum, from Donald Berwick and Derek Bok to Margaret Marshall and Fareed Zakaria

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences regulates financial conflicts of interest

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences deploys new rules and procedures surrounding financial conflicts of interest.