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Wolfram Schlenker wearing a suit sitting outdoors, smiling, with trees and a building in the background.

Harvard Economist Wolfram Schlenker Is Tackling Climate Change

How extreme heat affects our land—and our food supply 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, and President Drew Faust. Members of the Kuumba Singers appear in the rear.

Edward M. Kennedy '54, LL.D. '08

In a special Harvard convocation, Senator Edward M. Kennedy receives an honorary degree.

AL GORE ’69, LL.D. ’94, filled Tercentenary Theatre on October 22 when he spoke about sustainability. Noting that the impressive turnout on a raw fall day—free soup, cider, and apple crisp notwithstanding—indicated “deep and broad commitment to addressing this issue,” Gore said, “There is an African proverb that says, ‘If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.’ We have to go far, quickly.”

Gore Boosts a Greener Harvard

With a public appearance and speech in Tercentenary Theatre, Nobel Prize-winning environmental activist Al Gore ’69, LL.D. ’94, helped launch Harvard’s commitment to sustainability.

Mark R. Warner

Harvard alumni in the 111th Congress

Harvardians in the 111th Congress

Rosa Estrella Ortega Roa has big plans for the unit where she lives with her two-year-old grandson. Although the walls and ceiling of her kitchen are still unfinished... [click the images below for more]

For Santiago's Poor, Housing with Dignity

An innovative housing initiative with deep Harvard ties lets families in Chile who once lived illegally become homeowners.

Thomas Kane

Studying Schooling

Two new education centers, run by Roland Fryer and Thomas Kane, and an existing center, run by Paul Peterson, bring Harvard’s analytic resources to bear on public education issues: student achievement, teacher recruitment, and school choice.

Brevia

News of the University and the Harvard community

Making Mingling Manageable

Undergraduate columnist Christian Flow ponders the strange social science of mingling.

by Christian Flow

Sophomore Meryl Federman and senior Adam N. Hallowell keep themselves busy during a break in the action at Brown University’s early fall tournament.

Buzzing In

Quiz Bowl’s quirky intellectualism and hard-driving competitiveness energize a strong Harvard team.

by Christian Flow

HOT PURSUIT: Defenders Schultz (52), Curtis (91), and Barnes (25) closing in on Yale back Mike McLeod.

Big D

Defensive prowess helps the football team to a share of the Ivy crown.

by Bethell, John T

Harvard soccer and basketball updates

Soccer and basketball updates