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Getting to Mars (for Real)
Humans have been dreaming of living on the Red Planet for decades. Harvard researchers are on the case.
Lawrence Lessig on the increasing regulation of cyberspace
On liberty in cyberspace
John Harvard
John Harvard's name is so familiar that it may come as a surprise to learn how much of a man of mystery he is. Most graduates of the university...
The Law School and the Law
Rest assured, Harvard Law School is still teaching the law by the Socratic method--even over the Internet. "I've just started this privacy...
Thomas Forrest Kelly teaches about “First NIghts”—musical premieres
A look at Thomas Forrest Kelly’s Harvard Core course on five musical premieres
Cities and Suburbs
Can our cities be made livable for all kinds of citizens, or are they condemned to be office ghettoes and entertainment zones used by suburban...
Mame-loshn at Harvard
Harvard professor Ruth Wisse conveys the joys of Yiddish and finds in its literature a provocative case for a strong Israel.
Phenomenal Surfaces
A pioneering effort to illuminate the nature of things
Umm Kulthum Ibrahim
Brief life of "the star of the East": 1904?-1975
The Pathfinder Nation
In her Commencement address, the Secretary of State challenges Americans to be the "authors of history."
Rethinking Tenure
Toward new templates for academic employment