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Fried Eggs and Bacon

Illustration by Rick Stromoski Librarians tell of a great diversity of items used as bookmarks by library patrons and later discovered...

In Watertown, a New Frontier?

The geographic center of the University's ambitions for campus growth over the next several decades lies to the south of Harvard Square, in the...

Banjos and Balance Sheets

Banjoist Alison Brown '84, a standout in folk, jazz, and bluegrass genres, is a rarity: a Grammy-winning artist who is also a successful...

by Craig Lambert

The Summers Scoop

As an extra announcing the selection of Lawrence H. Summers as the University's next president rolled off the presses of the Harvard...

Museums in Motion

Spirits quickened inside certain Harvard museums this winter when the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Jeremy R. Knowles, began...

by Christopher Reed

Honoris Causa

Increase Mather was already presiding over Harvard College when he received one of its first honorary degrees. (More recent presidents have...

Brevia

Robert E. Rubin U.S. Treasury Coming Attraction The Harvard Alumni Association's guest speaker on Commencement afternoon will be...

Unhealthy Hospitals

How academic medical centers got in trouble, why it matters, and what can be done to help sustain their social mission in a competitive healthcare market.

Almost Like Being There

Starting March 8, alumni will have unprecedented on-line access to intellectual life throughout the University...

A Life in This World

A memoir of the writing life in country and city, and Mark Twain encounters the Aga Khan

The '01 Scholars

Harvard garnered no American Rhodes Scholarships this year, but dodged the null set...

Harvard Calendar

Enjoy the annual City Step dance program, featuring fifth- and sixth- graders...