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Day-After Thoughts: "Words Have Made a Comeback"
Reflections from Humanities Center scholar-in-residence Kiku Adatto on the roles of images and rhetoric in the 2008 campaign and its media coverage
Barack Obama of Harvard Law School—and Beyond
During his student years at Harvard Law School, Barack Obama, J.D. ’91, now president-elect of the United States, also came to the attention of the wider University community.
Glaeser: Time to Rethink the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Current tax policy encourages taking on debt to buy a bigger house, says Glimp professor of economics Edward L. Glaeser.
Galbraith on Bush, Cheney, Paulson, Greenspan (and Galbraith)
Economist James K. Galbraith ’74 discusses the current crisis, Bush’s legacy, and his famous father.
Update: Harvard versus Dartmouth
With a 35-7 victory at Dartmouth last Saturday, the football team now has a six-game winning streak and a 6-1 overall record—the best of any Ivy League team.
Diabetes: A Looming Epidemic—and Solutions
Multimedia extras: an animated illustration of the fattening United States; a "virtual wok" to design healthy meals; a body-mass-index calculator; a diabetes risk quiz; audio interviews; and more
A Look at "The Language of Color"
Visit the Harvard Museum of Natural History via video for a tour of its new exhibition, The Language of Color.
Creating Space to Contemplate Success
Harvard pushes undergraduates to ponder life’s big questions.
Labs, Size Large
The new Northwest Science Building at Harvard
Poems by Richard Wilbur
Hear Richard Wilbur read his poem "The Writer"
Oddments
Comments about swinging doors and energy conservation, David Roy Shackleton Bailey, brain aging and a defunct drinking fountain, and the love of learning and of one’s colleagues
Blindspot: A Novel
History professor Jill Lepore is the coauthor, with Jane Kamensky, of the historical novel Blindspot, set in colonial Boston.