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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.
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.
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.
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.
Poetic Patriarch
Craig Lambert profiles the poet Richard Wilbur.
Job Notices
Programs that match Harvard College students with jobs and internships
Art as Chattel
James Cuno reviews Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures, by Cynthia Saltzman
Harvard soccer results
Fall semester soccer results to date
In the Black
A summary of the Harvard University Financial Report for fiscal year 2008