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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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The 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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Emily Balskus deciphers the human microbiome.
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The “Tenth Justice” and the polarization of the Supreme Court
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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
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Former U.S. attorney Harry P. Litman ’80 and guests’ lively take on legal and political issues.
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Alice Abarbanel with scenes from Radcliffe, illustrated by Daniel Baxter
An ambitious oral-history project captures the lived experiences of alumnae.
<p class="caption">For as long as she can remember, Bonnie Tsui has been drawn to the water: “that slide into lovely immersion, that spiraling weightlessness.”</p><p class="credit">Photograph by Lynsay Skiba</p>
In the swim with Bonnie Tsui
Zoe Sarnak was headed toward a medical career, until a college music project propelled her into an unexpected life in the arts.
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Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs
Thomas Starr King in an undated daguerreotype
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Brief life of a transcendentalist out West
A statistical standout: Rosenfeld shares his fascination with analytics in classrooms, conference rooms, and conventions across the country.
Photograph courtesy of Jason Rosenfeld
Jason Rosenfeld ’12 traces his path to sports-statistics success.
Melvin B. Miller
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The founder, editor, and publisher of The Bay State Banner profiled
Eileen Costello says working at a hospital like BMC “is the reason I went to medical school.”
Photograph by Stu Rosner
A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.
Maggie Shipstead
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Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
