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Drat Those Vandals!

A vandalized pump, a fumbled swearing-in, and lessons about life from Professor John H. Finley

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News of the University and the Harvard community

The Fiscal Crunch

Harvard and its schools are preparing for broad and potentially deep cost reductions.

Reopening the Doors to College

The United States must refresh the marriage of excellence and opportunity that characterizes American higher education at its best, argue sociologists Theda Skocpol and Suzanne Mettler.

by Theda Skocpol , Suzanne Mettler

Congratulations

The HAA clubs committee awards were presented February 5

The Alcotts, Père and Fille

John Matteson, who left the law to pursue literature, won a Pulitzer Prize for Eden’s Outcasts, his double biography of Bronson and Louisa May Alcott.

by Julia Wallace

Connections Across Continents

How the Santiago project came to be

The Internet: Foe of Democracy?

The Internet, by allowing like-minded individuals to self-segregate, has had a polarizing effect on democracy, suggests Harvard Law School’s Cass Sunstein..

by Jonathan Shaw

Turning Green into Gold

H. Jeffrey Leonard invests in green energy around the globe.

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Global Health View

A profile of Julio Frenk, new dean of the Harvard School of Public Health

Centered on Children

Under director Jack Shonkoff, Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child is publicizing the impact—for long-term good or ill—of early-childhood experiences.

Second-Life Photography

A profile of cultural photographer Lee Smith

by Craig Lambert