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Jorie Graham’s challenging lyrics use language to give readers the experience of the poem.
9.20.18
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Smith Campus Center, one of the tangible results of The Harvard Campaign
Photograph by Jim HarrisonThe University reveals the results for its record-setting fund drive.
H. Luke Shaefer directs the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions—now partnering with Harvard to address economic mobility in Detroit.
Photograph courtesy of Poverty Solutions/University of MichiganJoint efforts aim at alleviating poverty and fighting the opioid epidemic.
From left, Presidents M. Roy Wilson, M.D. ’80, of Wayne State University and Lawrence S. Bacow of Harvard and Mary Kramer, director of the economic-development forum, speaking on higher education in Detroit on September 14.
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and CommunicationsPresident Bacow listens (and builds partnerships) in Michigan.
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Could place-based policies solve regional economic and social problems?
Illustration by Martin Hargreaves
In the antebellum South, slavery was paired with modern business practices.
Durba Mitra
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Harvard’s first professor appointed solely in gender studies
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“Connections” and “Transformations” are both organized around frequent critique sessions,…
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Design courses enlarge the College curriculum.
At Harvard African Students Association’s Africa Night (from left): Tom Osborn ’20 of Kenya; Joshua Benjamin ’21, of Phoenix, Arizona (whose ancestors are Angolan but were first brought to Charleston, South Carolina, in the late seventeenth century); Tawanda Mulalu ’20 of Botswana; and Mfundo Radebe ’20 of South Africa
Photograph by Christabel Narh
The Undergraduate looks at Harvard through an African filter.
Isa Flores-Jones and Catherine Zhang
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The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
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Sandler relishes having her office within MoMA.
Photograph courtesy of Alexis Sandler
Solving legal challenges at MoMA
Recollections and Reflections from the Harvard class of 1957—a benchmark reunion project
In the 1980s, future U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ’86 and future Stemberg Family Coach Tommy Amaker faced off on the basketball court, Amaker as a Duke point guard and Duncan as a Harvard forward. This image of the two greeted attendees at a Kennedy School Forum event with Duncan.
Photograph courtesy of David TannenwaldArne Duncan ’86 discusses education, politics, and Harvard basketball at the Institute of Politics.
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Photograph courtesy of Oldways, www.oldwayspt.org
Creative Classes in Cambridge and Boston
Autumnal mist over Spot Pond
Photograph by Mike Ryan
Just north of Boston, a wild park is filled with forests, lakes, and rocky hills.
Nighttime in the North End
Photograph by Dennis Tangney Jr./Getty Images
“Stories the Chamber of Commerce doesn’t want you to hear”
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At Harvard African Students Association’s Africa Night (from left): Tom Osborn ’20 of Kenya; Joshua Benjamin ’21, of Phoenix, Arizona (whose ancestors are Angolan but were first brought to Charleston, South Carolina, in the late seventeenth century); Tawanda Mulalu ’20 of Botswana; and Mfundo Radebe ’20 of South Africa
Photograph by Christabel Narh
The Undergraduate looks at Harvard through an African filter.
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Jorie Graham’s challenging lyrics use language to give readers the experience of the poem.
(Click to see full image) “Stop Police Killings, Selma, 1965,” by Steve Schapiro
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Aquisition of Photographs. 2018.115A fresh look at the writer’s work and influences
Sandler relishes having her office within MoMA.
Photograph courtesy of Alexis Sandler
Solving legal challenges at MoMA
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We have handoff: After receiving the ball from quarterback and classmate Jake Smith, Harvard sophomore running back Aaron Shampklin scanned the line for an opening—the kind that he ran through all afternoon.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Courtesy of Harvard Athletic CommunicationsA strong start, and for Crimson running back Aaron Shampklin, a breakout day
In the 1980s, future U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ’86 and future Stemberg Family Coach Tommy Amaker faced off on the basketball court, Amaker as a Duke point guard and Duncan as a Harvard forward. This image of the two greeted attendees at a Kennedy School Forum event with Duncan.
Photograph courtesy of David TannenwaldArne Duncan ’86 discusses education, politics, and Harvard basketball at the Institute of Politics.
(Click arrow to see full image) The Game, 1911, ending in a less glamorous tie score than in the 1968 version
Photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress
Boosting the game, and The Game
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Students at the Graduate School of Design created the lion’s share of posters used by student activists in 1969.
Poster courtesy of the Harvard University Archives
An exhibit on Harvard in 1969 opens at Pusey Library this fall.
Illustration by Taylor Callery
The “Tenth Justice” and the polarization of the Supreme Court
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(Click arrow to see full image) The Game, 1911, ending in a less glamorous tie score than in the 1968 version
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Boosting the game, and The Game
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Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.
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Pork bao at Shōjō
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Branch Line serves brasserie-style fare in an historic Watertown setting
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Illustration by Jungyeon Roh
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