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Harvard prepares for yet another pandemic-influenced spring term.
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Harvard prepares for a pandemic-influenced spring term.
1.18.22
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Harvard prepares for yet another pandemic-influenced spring term.
Image of mask by Unsplash; montage by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
Harvard prepares for a pandemic-influenced spring term.
Srikant M. Datar, HBS’s eleventh dean
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Dean Datar on the future of business and society in a digital era
Harvard alumni can vote on governing-board nominees beginning April 1.
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Conceptual illustration of neural networks in the human brain.
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Harvard researchers uncover powerful association between EBV and MS, raising hopes for prevention or a cure.
Illustration by Blair Kelly
High savings rates among the wealthiest U.S. earners may represent a macroeconomic risk
Illustration by Eva Vazquez
Inequities threaten the long-term health of cities
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Noah Kirkwood
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In an injury-filled season, Harvard’s best player assumes a new role.
Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner
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The parade, roasts, and performances return to Harvard Square.
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Illustration by Angelo Dolojan
The Undergraduate returns to student life, altered by the pandemic and a year spent apart.
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Harvard alumni can vote on governing-board nominees beginning April 1.
A “pause” after winning four seats in recent elections
Drew Faust chaired the committee on principles for de- or renaming.
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Faust-led committee addresses building and professorship naming decisions “profoundly antithetical” to present values.
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Wellness and physical fitness destinations in the Cambridge area and beyond
A wintry sugar maple tree
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Getting outside and enjoying the New England’s winter season
The impressive two-tiered modern interior of the Armenian Museum of America
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A museum reflects an ancient civilization and the modern global diaspora.
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Robert E. Lee in repose at Washington & Lee University
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How alumni shaped the General’s post-war reputation.
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Rudy Ruiz
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Author Rudy Ruiz carries on his Mexican-American family’s storytelling tradition.
Graphic illustrations helped sensationalize the case.
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Helen Jewett and the origin of American murder media
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Noah Kirkwood
Photograph by Gil Tabot
In an injury-filled season, Harvard’s best player assumes a new role.
Bulldog Backbreaker: Wideout Kym Wimberly hauls in Luke Emge’s third-down, last-seconds, no-timeouts pass to secure Harvard’s thrilling 31-27 victory in The Game.
Photograph by Nathan Klima
The Crimson's final win should have clinched an Ivy championship.
The Conquering Hero: Harvard quarterback Luke Emge was only 14-for-32 passing but was at his best at crunch time, leading the Crimson to their last-minute, go-ahead score.
Photograph by Angela Dela Cruz/The Harvard CrimsonHarvard wins The Game in emphatic fashion.
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Robert E. Lee in repose at Washington & Lee University
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How alumni shaped the General’s post-war reputation.
Professors’ humble beginnings, concentration choices, and a mini history of Harvard and Radcliffe presidents
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Hu believes a plant-based diet can help feed a growing population in a healthy, sustainable way.
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Frank Hu confronts the triple threats of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.
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A “pause” after winning four seats in recent elections
Drew Faust chaired the committee on principles for de- or renaming.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
Faust-led committee addresses building and professorship naming decisions “profoundly antithetical” to present values.
From the inconic Selma-Montgomery voting-rights marches, 1965: Bloody Sunday, as state police attack marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, beating John Lewis, LL.D. ’12 (on ground)
Photograph by Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images
Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s bifocal view of the civil-rights movement
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No more Harvard Teacher Fellows, universities and slavery, and more
Legacies challenged, campus sustainability, affirmative-action litigation, and honored scientists
Claudine Gay
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
Better results than expected during the pandemic, and a sweeping effort to plan for academic improvements
Illustration by Blair Kelly
High savings rates among the wealthiest U.S. earners may represent a macroeconomic risk