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Extracurriculars
The diverse array of activities offered in and around Harvard Square this winter ranges from Turkish films, holiday concerts, and stargazing to...
Loaded for Bear
For pure, sustained excitement in an Ivy League football contest, it would be hard to beat this season’s Harvard-Brown game or last...
Clues on the Wing
Vladimir A. Lukhtanov saw Agrodiaetus butterflies of several species flying together, and even though they all looked much the same in most...
Governing Harvard: A Faculty View
At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting on September 27, its dean, William C. Kirby, said, “We begin this academic year having...
Gender Initiatives Gain
The campus discussion about faculty diversity—particularly the academic development and careers of women—that was launched last spring...
Baker Library, Renewed
Baker Library at the Business School reopened officially on September 19 after a two-year makeover. The new facility was designed by Robert A.M...
In Praise of Giraffes
John A. Graham ’64’s conflict-resolution work has taken him from apartheid-torn South Africa to meetings in Geneva, Switzerland...
Cinema Veritas
In the Carpenter Center theater last May, a seminar-size class in “Filming Science” is scattered among the seats, waiting for an...
Sculptural Forms
She Changes, by artist Janet Echelman ’87, is a giant multilayered mesh net suspended above a traffic circle next to a beachside promenade...
Better Living through Evolution
François Jacob, one of the pioneers in molecular biology, was interviewed a few years ago for an educational video now used in...
Brevia
Finding a FellowThe search for a new member of the Harvard Corporation—to fill the vacancy created by Conrad K. Harper’s resignation...
Money and Military Recruiting
With a fiscal gun at the University’s head, Harvard Law School (HLS) has reversed its position on military recruiting on its campus. The...