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The Harvard Alumni Association Award winners of 2010

Six alumni are honored for their outstanding service to the University through alumni activities.

Rommel chef Bruno Fricker and master chef Ferran Adrià at Harvard

Delicacies from Rommel's chef at Stillman Infirmary, plus gastronomical lectures from Ferran Adrià and peers

President Drew Faust on Harvard issues

Early in the fall term, Drew Faust reviews Harvard’s improved finances, University governance, scientific misconduct, and other issues.

Profile of community organizer-turned-teacher Marshall Ganz

The community organizer, who once worked with César Chávez, now teaches at the Kennedy School.

Illuminated, artificial-turf Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium opens at Harvard

The new Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium hosts its first games.

Letters from readers

Mill girls, mushroom mirth, folklore myths

Raj Chetty: Good kindergarten teachers boost pupils' lifetime earnings

An economist finds that good kindergarten teachers boost pupils' earnings later in life.

by Erin O’Donnell

The interdisciplinary social studies concentration celebrates 50 years

A groundbreaking undergraduate concentration celebrates half a century.

Excerpt from "Reading Obama," by James T. Kloppenberg

Deliberative democracy, philosophical pragmatism, and Barack Obama's conception of American governance

by James T. Kloppenberg

Charts of economist Raj Chetty's findings about kindergarten teachers' influence

View charts of economist Raj Chetty's findings about kindergarten teachers' influence.

Excerpt from Helen Vendler, "Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries"

In a new critical work, Helen Vendler assesses one of Emily Dickinson’s deceptively simple early poems.

Archival articles on Harvard in the entertainment and comedy industries

Three articles from Harvard Magazine’s archives explore the roles Harvard alumni have played in the entertainment industry and their influence on comedy.