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More on Adam Goodheart's new book "1861: The Civil War Awakening"

Adam Goodheart's new book explores the Civil War.

The Mahindra Humanities Center is inaugurated at Harvard

The Mahindra Humanities Center is inaugurated at Harvard.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Benazir Bhutto spoke on democracy, human rights at Harvard's 1989 Commencement

Benazir Bhutto ’73 spoke about democracy and human rights in her 1989 Commencement address.

Class Day speaker Joshua Preven '91 tells how God created Harvard

From a cappella music to tenure, the real story as told by Joshua Preven ’91

Advice from Mother Teresa on Class Day 1982 at Harvard

The class of 1982 hears from "the angel of Calcutta."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn's biting, iconoclastic 1978 Harvard Commencement speech

The Russian Nobel laureate's biting 1978 Harvard Commencement speech

George Plimpton encouraged 1977 graduates to return to their rooms and "unpack"

George Plimpton's contrarian Class Day manifesto of 1977

Sweepstakes: Send us old Commencement photos for a chance to win Harvard glasses

Submit your images from Commencements past for a chance to win a set of Harvard glasses.

Art installations at Harvard by Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson, and Tomás Saraceno

Three unusual art installations at Harvard by Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson, and Tomás Saraceno

Editor John S. Rosenberg introduces the May-June 2011 issue

A message from editor John S. Rosenberg

Funny man Will Ferrell's 2003 Class Day address

For the purposes of funny man Will Ferrell's 2003 Class Day speech, nothing was sacred.

Video: Clues in the blood: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics

Video: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics.