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Dr. Keith Flaherty's Quest for a Miracle Cancer Drug

The New York Times profiles a Harvard Medical School lecturer's quest for a miracle drug that saves lives—and the lives lost along the way.

Arne Duncan Speaks at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Speaking at the Graduate School of Education, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ’86 defended some controversial policies from his first year.

The recipients of two national arts medals include six Harvard affiliates

President Obama honors the recipients of the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of the Arts, including six Harvard graduates, honorary-degree holders, and former fellows.

Happenings at and around Harvard

Spring events at Harvard

Badminton is very much alive at Harvard

Chasing a bird that flies indoors at 200 miles per hour

by Craig Lambert

Carl Sprague designs film and theater sets

Carl Sprague ’84 designs sets for local theater companies and Hollywood movies.

by Craig Lambert

American composer Johnny Green

Brief life of a conflicted musician: 1908-1989

by Sol Hurwitz

Quotation Q and A

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Return to Harvard Day

An April invitation for all College alumni and alumnae, their spouses, and their high-school-age children

Pleasure by Proxy: How Other People’s Experiences Help Predict Happiness

Other people’s experience is a more accurate guide than your own imagination to what you will like.

by Craig Lambert

Harvard club speakers

A sampling of spring speakers at Harvard clubs around the country

A reunion report, and a ringtail cat

Notes on a forty-fifth-reunion report, and a telescope trespasser