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A woman interviews a Harvard student with a "tiny mic" about her plans for the Harvard-Yale game this year

Football |

The 140th Harvard-Yale: Game Fandom Tiny Mic Edition

“The Game” is celebrating its 140th year. We tiny-mic’d some Crimson supporters. 

by Olivia Farrar

Greetings from Boston Light (1958)

Multimedia |

Video: The “Flying Santa” in Action

Edward Rowe Snow ’32 dropped bundles of presents to lighthouse families around New England every holiday season.

The soft robot can wiggle its way underneath a pane of glass just three-quarters of an inch above the surface.

Faculty & Research |

“Soft” Robots: The Starfish Variation

By squeezing under obstacles, new robots can navigate tricky terrain.

Multimedia |

375 Candles: A Video

Sights and sounds of Harvard's 375th anniversary celebration

Multimedia |

The Ginkgo’s Secrets: A Video

Ginkgo expert Peter Del Tredici shares tidbits about his favorite "living fossil."

| November-December 2011

“Foreign Parts”: A Clip from the Film

Go behind the scenes at a junkyard with this exclusive video clip.

John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2011

Commemorating 9/11

The Mahindra Humanities Center erects eight “poetry posts” to prompt reflection about loss and recovery.

The <i>Invention of Book Printing</i> comes from <i>Nova Reperta</i> (New inventions and discoveries of modern times), by Stradanus (Jan van der Straet), the first such illustrated compendium of postclassical innovations (ca. 1599- 1603). The ability to print many copies of such works revolutionized communication of ideas in the sixteenth century.

Features | November-December 2011

Spheres of Knowledge

An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.

by Jennifer Carling , Jonathan Shaw

An a cappella group performs in the rain. Despite monsoon-like weather, dozens of student music and dance groups performed in Harvard Yard as part of the evening's program.

Students |

Singin’ in the Rain

After much waiting and wondering, student music and dance groups perform around the Yard for a wet but appreciative crowd.

To get the evening's dancing started, a "flash mob" of dancers performed a choreographed routine they'd rehearsed throughout the previous week. The dancers were on the steps of Widener Library and at other Yard locations. Colorful LED lighting decorated buildings around the Yard.

University News |

Wet and Wonderful

Harvard's 375th anniversary celebration, in words and photographs

Multimedia |

Cryptic Puzzle: “#2(2)”

Solve the latest creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52.