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Video: tour the human skull and learn how shoes affect a runner's gait

Take a tour of the human skull, and learn how shoes affect a runner's gait, with Daniel Lieberman.

Helen Shenton named executive director of Harvard Library

Helen Shenton was previously deputy director of the Harvard University Library.

Drew Faust discusses the future of ROTC on campus after "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

In the wake of a historic Senate vote, President Faust discusses the future of ROTC on campus.

Video: computerized tests evaluate people's risk of attempting suicide

Learn about computerized tests that evaluate whether someone is at risk of attempting suicide. Plus, related links and an article from the magazine archives.

January-February 2011 class notes and obituaries

Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.

An excerpt from "Running the Books" by Avi Steinberg

Learning the rules of life in prison: an excerpt from the memoir of former prison librarian Avi Steinberg ’02

Paul Farmer appointed University Professor; Peter Gomes suffers stroke

Farmer is known for humanitarian work and global health; Gomes is hospitalized.

Music and Lyrics

Clips from the career of librettist John Weidman ’68, including a Sesame Street sketch, excerpts from Assassins, and Weidman's reflections on works staged at Lincoln Center

Brief life of Harvard CIA agent who helped install the shah of Iran

Brief life of a Harvard conspirator: 1916-2000

by Gwen Kinkead

Daniel Lieberman on the Evolution of the Human Head

How the shape of our skulls evolved, and what that reveals about us

by Jonathan Shaw

Inuit art at Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

For centuries, a simple technology permitted people to survive the Arctic.

by Christopher Reed

HAA Shared Interest Group news

Shared Interest Group winter events