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Soon visitors will return to the arcade overlooking the museums' Calderwood Courtyard.
Photo: Matthew Montieth; © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums.
The musems will welcome students back on September 1, and the public on September 4.
From left: Paul Fishman, Harry Litman, Amy Jeffress, and Jamie Gorelick
Photographs courtesy of Harry Litman; montage by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
Former U.S. attorney Harry P. Litman ’80 and guests’ lively take on legal and political issues.
Amartya Sen
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The book covers the first thirty years of the Nobel-prize winning economist’s life.
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Tiya Miles traces a mother and daughter’s story through a cotton sack.
Some patients experience lingering and debilitating symptoms after COVID-19.
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Some patients experience lingering and debilitating symptoms after COVID-19.
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Can election reforms end the crippling gridlock in American politics?
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Why do so many Harvard students start clubs, instead of joining them?
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From left: Paul Fishman, Harry Litman, Amy Jeffress, and Jamie Gorelick
Photographs courtesy of Harry Litman; montage by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
Former U.S. attorney Harry P. Litman ’80 and guests’ lively take on legal and political issues.
Emily Cole Groden holds a batch of Evergreen waffles.
Emily Cole Groden’s quest for nutritious frozen waffles
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Where to explore, relax, and renew this season, from the Berkshires to the beach
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(1 of 3) Ship America on the Grand Banks, circa 1800, by Michele Felice Cornè
©2014 Peabody Essex Museum
From oceanic voyages to romping in the waves, a new exhibit explores relationships to water.
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(1 of 3) An aerial view of downtown New Bedford highlights historic buildings, which include the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and its cupola.
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Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene
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Lawrence S. Bacow
President Bacow on exploring better work-life balance after the pandemic
A standard-setter retires—plus U.S. presidential debates, Overseer elections, admissions biases
Corporation members’ civic-mindedness, and undergraduate education at research universities
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Tiya Miles (top) and Tomiko Brown-Nagin
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Tiya Miles traces a mother and daughter’s story through a cotton sack.
Soon visitors will return to the arcade overlooking the museums' Calderwood Courtyard.
Photo: Matthew Montieth; © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums.
The musems will welcome students back on September 1, and the public on September 4.
The cast of The Hot Wing King
Photograph by Monique Carbon.
The Hot Wing King wins the 2021 prize for drama.
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Stephen Bourguet
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Graduate student Stephen Bourguet has set his sights on running a personal best at the Boston Marathon in October.
Gabby Thomas celebrates after winning the final in the women's 200-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore.
Photograph by AP Photo/Ashley Landis
Thomas becomes the second-fastest woman ever in the 200-meter dash.
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Sidney Verba
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Harvard’s mensch, and a record-setting recorder of Crimson lives
Ruth J. Simmons, the guest speaker
Screenshot by Harvard MagazineThe Morning Exercises—further adapted for the era of COVID and streaming—come with strong messages about racial justice.
University Hall, home to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences offices, where faculty meetings are held
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Honors teaching excellence, and the memory of Nathan Glazer, in last regular meeting of the academic year
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The research provides insight into the way materials react to repeated strain.
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The “Tenth Justice” and the polarization of the Supreme Court
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At first glance, Hammond’s Gloucester home could be mistaken for a transplanted European castle.
Photograph by Lovely Valentine Photography/Courtesy of Hammond Castle
Gothic surroundings, spiritualism, and science: Hammond Castle Museum’s eclectic appeal
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(1 of 4) The Georgian mansion and adjacent slave quarters were once part of a 500-acre farm just north of Boston.Photograph by Theresa Kelliher/Courtesy of the Royall House and Slave Quarters museum
Preserving black history as “an act of liberation”
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(1 of 4) Crabapple specimens, with views of Boston, on Peters HillPhotograph by Jon Hetman/Courtesy of the Arnold Arboretum
Summertime at the Arnold Arboretum
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