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Harvard's 2010 honorary degree recipients

The honorary degree recipients

Quotation Q & A

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Effects of sleep loss can be masked, not erased

A long night’s rest merely masks the effects of chronic sleep loss.

by Erin O’Donnell

Profile of Sara Horowitz, founder of Freelancers Union

A Kennedy School graduate organizes the "free-agent economy."

by Nell Porter-Brown

Headlines from Harvard history

Headlines from Harvard history

Arthur Kleinman on the societal and medical ramifications of caregiving

A scholar experiences the moral acts that come before—and go beyond—modern medicine.

by Arthur Kleinman

Jeannie Suk advocates copyright protection for fashion designers' work

Should U.S. fashion designers enjoy the same copyright protection as fellow creative artists—and their European counterparts?

by Craig Lambert

Roundup of recent Harvard news

Short takes on recent Harvard news

Harvard President Faust on universities' role

President Faust on valuing what is invaluable, pursuing meaning, and supporting both "science" and "poetry"

Donald Heathfield, M.P.A. ’00, accused of spying for Russia, with 10 others

Donald Heathfield, M.P.A. ’00, has been arrested by the F.B.I. on charges of belonging to a group of secret agents working for Russia.

Alfred Alcorn's museum mystery books

Alfred Alcorn ’64 sets his Harvard-flavored murder mysteries in one of his favorite places: a museum. With audio from an interview with Alcorn.

by Craig Lambert