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Marty Baron
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During an era of shrinking newspapers and political attacks on journalism, The Washington Post’s editor will be honored.
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(1 of 5) Edwin Olsen and Blake Clark, The Colour of an Old City: A Map of Boston, Decorative and Historical, 1926
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An exhibition maps the making of a metropolis.
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(1 of 5) Edwin Olsen and Blake Clark, The Colour of an Old City: A Map of Boston, Decorative and Historical, 1926
Map courtesy of the Harvard Map Collection
An exhibition maps the making of a metropolis.
Vincent Brown adapted several eighteenth-century maps of Jamaica to create his own narrative map of Tacky’s Revolt.
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Vincent Brown writes war, empire, and slaves’ agency into the history of Atlantic slavery.
Illustration by Michal Steich
Index funds cast a large proportion of proxy votes in U.S. companies, but take a hands-off approach with management.
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Elizabeth Banks smiled and waved to the crowd along the parade route.
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Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt received this year’s honors.
Caroline Tervo ’18 researched North Carolina politics—at the local craft brewery, at Olive Garden, and at IHOP.
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Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.
A professor arrested, gift-giving guidelines, and an update on the graduate-student union
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Ken Liu
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Ken Liu’s speculative fiction on maintaining and transcending humanity
Loeb House, where the University’s governing boards, the Corporation and Board of Overseers, convene
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At his seventieth Harvard-Yale game, in 2012, Paul Lee ’46 proudly carried the replica Little Red Flag. Steve Goodhue ’51 is beside him; Spencer Ervin ’54 and Jeff Lee ’74 stand behind.
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At The Homestead
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Delving into the world of Emily Dickinson
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Contra dancing, Balkan music, sea chanteys—and more!
At the French Windows. The Artist’s Wife, (1897), by Laurits Andersen Ring
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Images that help unveil the truth of what we can see
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Ken Liu
Photograph © Lisa Tang Liu
Ken Liu’s speculative fiction on maintaining and transcending humanity
At The Homestead
Photograph by Norman Eggert/Alamy Stock Photo
Delving into the world of Emily Dickinson
At the French Windows. The Artist’s Wife, (1897), by Laurits Andersen Ring
Courtesy of the Bruce Museum
Images that help unveil the truth of what we can see
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At his seventieth Harvard-Yale game, in 2012, Paul Lee ’46 proudly carried the replica Little Red Flag. Steve Goodhue ’51 is beside him; Spencer Ervin ’54 and Jeff Lee ’74 stand behind.
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Matt “Happy” Gilmore smiles behind the wheel. Zamboni-driving takes focus, but Gilmore says that he loves waving to children in the crowd and making their day.
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Harvard’s Zamboni operators’ quest for the perfect sheet of ice
Mind the net: Sophomore goalie Lindsay Reed, flanked by teammates Ali Peper (13) and Nicki Lutschaunig (12), homes in on a speeding puck during a January win against Union College. Last year, Reed averaged more than 30 saves per game.
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The many saves of a six-foot goalie
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At his seventieth Harvard-Yale game, in 2012, Paul Lee ’46 proudly carried the replica Little Red Flag. Steve Goodhue ’51 is beside him; Spencer Ervin ’54 and Jeff Lee ’74 stand behind.
Photograph courtesy of Judy Goodhue
Are you eligible to carry the (replica) Little Red Flag?
Samuel Eliot Morison
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Morison, Handlin, and a new view of the Mem Hall fire
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Pippa Norris puts America’s flagging democracy in global context.
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Stuart Harris and the austere practice of wilderness physicians
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Choi and supporters gathered at the New York state capitol last year to urge passage of new driver’s license legislation.
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Steven Choi, J.D. ’04, works—and fights—at the vitriolic epicenter of immigration politics.
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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.
Rendering courtesy of Tishman Speyer
The Law School launches a “Shield Working Group,” Allston update, keeping tabs on “fake news,” and more
Alan Jenkins
Photograph by Jim Harrison
A brief look at a Harvard Law School professor's long journey
Labor law experts Benjamin Sachs and Sharon Block, co-leaders of Clean Slate
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
A Harvard Law School initiative calls for a revitalized labor law “to shift power from corporations to workers.”
From left: Co-panelists Nienke Grossman '99, J.D.'04, Terry Karl, Suzanna Challen, Ph.D.'11, Charna Sherman '80, Sejal Singh, and Debra Katz Photograph by Harvard Magazine/LG
Accusers of former Harvard government professor Jorge Domínguez speak out about their experiences.
Five Harvard deans—Bridget Terry Long, Nitin Nohria, Claudine Gay, Douglas Elmendorf, and Michelle Williams—discuss the importance of education.
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At its centennial, the Harvard Graduate School of Education celebrates and looks ahead.
A network of curli fibers (produced by genetically altered E. coli bacteria) can bind to intestinal surfaces, where it acts like a Band-Aid, and can even deliver probiotic therapies.
Image courtesy of the Wyss Institute at Harvard University
Neel Joshi harnesses bacteria to build products sustainably.
