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Cole Porter to Coolio

They're dancing on the Steinway piano. And on the parquet, the Persian rugs, and the oak tables. The room is reverberating to a song called...

by Lee Hudson Teslik

Stem-cell Science

Portraits by Stu Rosner The next time you look in a mirror, reflect on this: the face staring back at you is literally not the same one you...

by Jonathan Shaw

Duel for the Heart of Texas

Everything is bigger in the Lone Star State--including the political fights...

Learning more about long-term care

Resources for finding out more about long-term-care planning, options, cost, and insurance coverage...

Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty

Private viewing of To Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty, highlights from the collection of Grenville L. Winthrop.

The End of Blackness?

"Blackness has been shrugged off by the force of events," says Debra Dickerson, J.D. '95. "Things are not perfect racially, but...

by Craig Lambert

The Swinging Lingmans

In college tennis, there are no mixed doubles: athletes play only against their own sex. Still, the men's and women's teams root for each other...

by Craig Lambert

Acquisitions and Holdings

The University’s extraordinary library system, among the world’s largest, grows apace. In fiscal year 2002, the collections grew by...

The Way We Eat Now

Last year, Morgan Spurlock decided to eat all his meals at McDonald's for a month. For 30 straight days, everything he took in—breakfast...

by Craig Lambert

The Events of the Week

The many rituals of Harvard graduation peak on June 10, Commencement day, which includes the annual addresses by President Lawrence H. Summers...

Mediation via Movie

When Carlos Sandoval '74 first presented Farmingville, the 2004 Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary he wrote and codirected, to...

by Lee Hudson Teslik

Chapter & Verse

Nicholas Puner requests leads to lost favorites. In the first, a short story, a man is driven progressively around the bend by a malefactor who...