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In the Laboratory at Harvard, art and science mix
Bioengineering professor David Edwards aims to provide a physical and conceptual space for maximizing creativity.
November 9, 2009: Harvard 34, Columbia 14
Harvard remains at the top of the Ivy heap. So does Penn.
Safra Foundation Center for Ethics to host Eliot Spitzer talk
Eliot Spitzer, J.D. ’84, is scheduled to speak next week as part of a lecture series on institutional corruption.
Articles about Elizabeth Warren, economic-development failures, and more
Our news roundup also includes items on the dying trees of Martha's Vineyard; financial incentives for innovation; and more on ROTC.
Articles about ROTC, Ayn Rand, Orhan Pamuk, AIDS art, and more
Our news roundup also includes a Faust interview, a Mankiw column, and a novel satirizing the world of bestselling novels.
Harvard Square History Quiz
Think you know Harvard Square? Take our quiz—and submit your answers to be enrolled in a contest to win a copy of Harvard Square: An Illustrated History Since 1950 by Mo Lotman.
Professionalization in the academy
On the professionalization of faculty life, doctoral training, and the academy’s self-renewal
by Louis Menand
Sassetta's Borgo San Sepolcro altarpiece, reconstructed
Sixty paintings once adorned the altarpiece of a Franciscan church in the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro. View illustrations from the modern-day reconstruction.
Institutional factors have eased the way for Harvard students to go abroad.
Institutional factors have made it easier for Harvard students to go abroad.
Photo history of Harvard Square
A new book of photographs tells Harvard Square’s history since the 1950s. Test your own Square knowledge for a chance to win a copy of the book.
Former financier Norb Vonnegut’s investment-world thriller
Top Producer, by Norb Vonnegut ’80, is a thriller set on Wall Street. Listen to excerpts from an interview with its stockbroker author.
Bees Extend Legs for Stability
Video clips reveal the strategy orchid bees use to maintain stability when flying in turbulent conditions.