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Harvard dropouts from the class of 1969

Forty-some years ago, three Sixties types dropped out. We drop in on them.

by Craig Lambert

Social scientists aim to name—and solve—their fields’ biggest questions.

Social scientists aim to name—and solve—their fields’ biggest questions.

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

Commencement confetti

Notes and statistics, vital and otherwise