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Gamma-ray bursts reveal the oldest star yet discovered

A star more than 13 billion years old

by Jonathan Shaw

Seven alumni honored for schools and scholarships work

Seven alumni are honored for schools and scholarships work.

Why Harvard Needs to Get Harder

If courses aren't as exciting as extracurriculars, what’s a college for?

by Christian Flow

A history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

A new book relates the history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.

Biographical sketch of French artist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

A brief profile of an enterprising French artist

by Laura Auricchio

New York Film Festival program director Richard Peña

Richard Peña ’75 is program director of the New York Film Festival.

by Craig Lambert

Scrutinizing facial-recognition ability

“Super-recognizers” have an astonishing ability to identify faces.

by Craig Lambert

Smile Train’s Brian Mullaney

Smile Train's Brian Mullaney ’81 aims to correct cleft-palate deformities around the world.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Kirkland House shooting

Arrests and indictments in a case linked to drugs

President Faust's perspective

President Faust on Harvard's finances, intellectual momentum, and future

Unicycling philanthropists

Philip Wharton ’82 and daughter Sophie ’11 pedal 100 miles for Afghan and Pakistani children.

by Krysten A. Keches

Baby boomers as volunteers

Alumni take up community service

by Nell Porter-Brown