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The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library from Harvard University Press
A new series from Harvard University Press reintroduces works that mattered in the Middle Ages. With excerpts from two of the works.
Our sense of touch influences our actions
Tactile sensations change perceptions, says psychologist Christopher Nocera.
Image gallery: homeless artists respond to stereotypes
Paintings by homeless artists in New Jersey respond to the social perception of homeless people as cold and incompetent.
Harvard football 2010: Holy Cross, Brown, and Lafayette
Quarterback Andrew Hatch returns to the Harvard fold.
Profile of Israel Museum director James Snyder
American James Snyder ’73 recreates an Israeli national landmark.
by John Gendall
Song to the Stadium Stair Climber
A former cross-country-man’s sonnet honors fellow runners.
Profile of American suffragist Alice Paul
Brief life of a pioneering suffragist: 1885-1977
by Mary Walton
Kloppenberg on Obama: melding individual interests into the common good
James Kloppenberg explicates Barack Obama’s perspective on the American democratic ideal of melding individual views and interests into the common good.
Quotation Q & A
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Profile of Harvard runner Daniel Chenoweth
Senior cross-country captain Daniel Chenoweth outruns the competition.
William James centennial conference and exhibition
A conference and an exhibition at Houghton Library showcase the legacy of the pioneering psychologist and philosopher.
Harvard gifts, financial report, faculty retirements
Fundraising remains strong, and the financial report and faculty retirement decisions are pending.