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Headlines from Harvard history, July-August 1932-1997

Headlines from Harvard history

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones receives the Harvard Arts Medal

The actor collects the medal and discusses his career.

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Sociologist Kevin Lewis probes preferences in online dating

How personal preferences drive our choice of mates—as understood through an online dating site.

by Erin O’Donnell

A large-scale map of protein interactions in fruit flies provides new ways to study disease.

Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas has built the largest protein interaction map to date

A map of protein interactions in fruit flies provides new ways to study disease.

by Courtney Humphries

An extract of the blue evergreen hydrangea suppresses autoimmune reactions.

Malcolm Whitman reveals how an ancient Chinese remedy stops autoimmune disease

Malcolm Whitman reveals how the blue evergreen hydrangea stops autoimmune disease.

The human urge to create art appears magnificently in the Paleolithic paintings from roughly 30,000 years ago at Chauvet Cave, in southern France. Here, the Panel of the Horses.

Harvard sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the origins of the arts

Sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the evolution of culture

Jonathan L. Walton

Jonathan Walton named Memorial Church minister, succeeding Peter Gomes

Harvard Divinity School professor succeeds the late Peter Gomes.

Rahul Mehrotra at the Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad. The earliest structures of the palace complex were built in a Palladian Neoclassical style; as the rulers gained in confidence, they adopted the Islamic Revivalist style shown here.

Architect Rahul Mehrotra balances teaching at Harvard and practice in India

Rahul Mehrotra's architecture spans eras and cultural divides.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Drew Faust, Helen Horowitz, and Radcliffe Institute Dean Lizabeth Cohen

Helen Horowitz lectures on 375 years of women at Harvard

Harvard’s history of educating women

by Madeleine Schwartz

THUD members perform “Conchairto for Stools” at the fall 2011 concert.

Meet the Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD) percussion ensemble

Inside the world of The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD)

by Katherine Xue

The 1931 Picasso painting <i>Nude, Green Leaves and Bust</i> being auctioned at Christie’s in 2010. The sale price of $106 million set a world record.

Brooke Lampley heads modern and impressionist art at Christie's

Brooke Lampley '02 heads modern and impressionist art at Christie's.

by Craig Lambert

Bruce Mau

Designer Bruce Mau Is GSD Class Day speaker

The renowned designer addresses degree candidates on May 23.