The College Pump
The Pump Celebrates Its 85th Birthday
Giving Harvard traditions their due
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A Look at Harvard’s Distinctive Doctoral Regalia
On regalia, a Jack-of-all-trades retirement, and a Bok’s office bon mot.
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A Harvard Love Story in Poetry
Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer
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Harvard Alumni Association President Bob Bowie Jr.
An admissions odyssey, the search for “Casey,” and a Harvard legislative legacy
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David Gordon Mitten, Harvard Classicist, Professor, and Curator
An archaeologist/curator/hands-on humanist, and an artifact from the era of typewritten term papers
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New Traditions
Connecting contemporary “intellectual virtues” to Harvard’s traditions
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How Harvard Has Evolved
Alumni perspectives on Harvard in crisis, and signs of a changed community
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Harvard Professor on Social Psychology for Understanding War
Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East
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Harvard Degree Honorands Connected through the Wright Brothers
Three honorands connected in time through Wilbur and Orville Wright, the fathers of aviation
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Darker Days
The current disquiets compared to Harvard’s Vietnam-era traumas
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Square Scribes
Harvard Square retailers’ tales—and a changing local scene
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