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Summer happenings at and around Harvard

Summer happenings at and around Harvard

Harvard's honorary-degree recipients of 2011

The honorary-degree recipients of 2011

Stephen Greenblatt traces how Lucretius in "De Rerum Natura" shaped the present

Stephen Greenblatt traces the influence of Lucretius, through De Rerum Natura, on modern thought.

by Christian Flow

Roundup of recent Harvard news

Radcliffe Institute's dean steps down, FAS's fitter fisc, renovation for Old Quincy, J-term update, and other Harvard news

The 2011 Harvard Cambridge Scholars

Four new graduates head back to school—in the other Cambridge

Three new members enlarge the Harvard Corporation

New members enlarge the Harvard Corporation

Excerpt from Sophia Rosenfeld, "Common Sense: A Political History"

Historian Sophia Rosenfeld examines the origins of politicians' appeals to "common sense."

Restaurant eating is rising: the pros and the cons

Dining out is surging—yet there are reservations.

by Craig Lambert

Will new technologies and new academic models upend elite selective schools?

Will new technologies and new academic models upend elite selective schools?

by Clayton M. Chri... , Michael B. Horn

Brief life of Renaissance scholar Mary Costelloe Berenson

Brief life of a Renaissance scholar: 1864-1945

by Diane E. Booton

Chef’s knives and cardiologists: teaching doctors to cook healthily

Healthier doctors, healthier patients?

by Craig Lambert