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Caricature of a young man in front of red doors, wearing a green striped sweater.

The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard

In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.

by Constantine Archimedes Valhouli

The <i>Invention of Book Printing</i> comes from <i>Nova Reperta</i> (New inventions and discoveries of modern times), by Stradanus (Jan van der Straet), the first such illustrated compendium of postclassical innovations (ca. 1599- 1603). The ability to print many copies of such works revolutionized communication of ideas in the sixteenth century.

Sackler exhibition reveals artistic discovery in Renaissance Europe

An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.

by Jennifer Carling , Jonathan Shaw

A miniature portrait of Craigie in his prime, this watercolor on ivory, painted around 1800, is attributed to Archibald Robertson.

Profile of Revolutionary patriot and scoundrel Andrew Craigie

Brief life of a patriot and scoundrel: 1754-1819

by Anthony J. Connors

Illustration by Robert Neubecker

Private colleges maintain value, say educators Richard Chait and Zachary First

Two scholars of higher education buck the negative tide.

by Zachary First

Former Hollywood filmmaker Michael Rich studies how media affect youth

Former Hollywood filmmaker Michael Rich of HMS studies how media affect youth.

by Cara Feinberg

March 27, 1999—The Harvard women's ice-hockey team win the national championship.

Faster, Higher, Stronger—25 years of athletic change

Athletic accomplishments, highlighted

Photograph by Justin Ide/Harvard News Office

Seamus Heaney introduces an anniversary album

Seamus Heaney introduces an anniversary album.

Illustration by Mark Steele

The Perils of Prediction

Peering into the future—in print

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard at 400

Visions of the University in 2036

by Craig Lambert

Pamela Silver

Leading professors on the future of their fields

Leading professors on the future of their fields

The Cambridge campus as seen from a vantage point above Oxford Street, looking toward the University's future in Allston [<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/375_so11_002_web.jpg">VIEW LARGER PHOTOGRAPH</a>]

Building and buying a campus

The recent boom—and the future in Allston

by Jonathan Shaw