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K. Michael Hays, Sarah Whiting, and faux fireplace at the GSD fireside chat
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A fireside chat with the architects, landscape architects, and urban planners
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Photograph by Marlene Awaad/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe physics department confers its Loeb lectureship on an influential non-physicist.
The Lowell House bells, on hiatus during construction, are now open for business.
Photograph by Jim HarrisonHistoric Lowell House’s renovations bring a mixture of old and new, painstakingly refurbished and constructed.
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The question is no longer if, but when and how.
A crow holds a stick tool during its downtime from the experiment.
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Surprising research about highly adept birds making and using tools
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The class of 2023 displays its class year banner for the first time.
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First-year Convocation for the class of 2023
Julie Chung and Drew Pendergrass
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The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
Liedel (at left), representing Germany in Spain’s 2019 La Manga Tournament, competes for the ball with a Danish rival.
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Linda Liedel ’21 always knew how good she could be.
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Upsolve co-founder Rohan Pavuluri (right) and summer staffer Nick Brown are Crimson activists helping those in the red.
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Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.
Dwight Miller
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College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.
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(1 of 8) The “Rocking Horse Graveyard,” in Lincoln, Massachusetts— “It’s a fun, whimsical thing with a flea- market feel,” Ocker says. “But at night it’s one of the creepiest sights on the planet.”
Photograph courtesy of J.W. Ocker/OTISExploring New England’s more unusual sites with J.W. Ocker
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(1 of 6) A child’s horse-drawn carriage dating to1907, from the Wenham Museum’s new exhibit
Photograph courtesy of Peter G. Gwinn/Wenham MuseumEquestrian life and sports on the North Shore
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(1 of 3) Adventures in Purgatory Chasm
Photograph by Normal Barrett/Alamy Stock PhotoPleasures to explore in and around Worcester
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The author and fellow activists at a Divest Harvard rally this past April: (from left) Caleb Schwartz ’20, Flores-Jones, Anand Bradley ’19, Owen Torrey ’21, Eva Rosenfeld ’21, and Sophia Higgins ’21
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An activist on activism, in college and after
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(1 of 4) Mak designed lighting for a 2019 staging of The Bridges of Madison County by the Philadelphia Theater Company.Photograph by Rich Hein
Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories.
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(1 of 2) In “Reneepoptosis,” by animator Renee Zhan, three versions of the artist go on a quest for God, traversing an unfamiliar terrain that turns out to be her own body.Film still courtesy of Renee Zhan
Animator Renee Zhan finds self-discovery in strange landscapes.
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(1 of 3) Adventures in Purgatory Chasm
Photograph by Normal Barrett/Alamy Stock PhotoPleasures to explore in and around Worcester
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Just another hurdle: Leaping over guard Eric Wilson (68), Harvard running back Aaron Shampklin sails through a hole last season against Princeton. Shampklin had a breakout season in 2018, leading the Ivy League in rushing with 105.3 yards per game.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletic CommunicationsProspects, rules changes, a Rose Bowl centennial, pro players, a return from a shattering injury—and a tragic loss
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(1 of 6) A child’s horse-drawn carriage dating to1907, from the Wenham Museum’s new exhibit
Photograph courtesy of Peter G. Gwinn/Wenham MuseumEquestrian life and sports on the North Shore
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(1 of 3) Adventures in Purgatory Chasm
Photograph by Normal Barrett/Alamy Stock PhotoPleasures to explore in and around Worcester
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Dwight Miller
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College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.
Julie Chung and Drew Pendergrass
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The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
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Harvard professional schools help their incoming students thrive.
Are data from massive open online courses a crystal ball into the future of online education?
Data from Science Magazine/Chart by Lydia S.C. Rosenberg
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Stephen M. Kosslyn, of Minerva, has pioneered in applying the science of learning to design a new core curriculum and technologically based pedagogy.
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Lessons old and new at the annual Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference
Drew Gilpin Faust and her husband, Charles Rosenberg, at Massachusetts Hall, May 9, 2018.
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Drew Faust’s presidency in perspective
Bill Gates
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The Microsoft co-founder talked about his life as a philanthropist—and answered myriad student questions.
News briefs, from green-energy goals and a move to course preregistration to final-club final sanctions
A homecoming: Announced as president-elect, Lawrence S. Bacow speaks on February 11
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Lawrence S. Bacow named Harvard’s twenty-ninth president
Tamara Elliott Rogers
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Development leader departs, undergraduate ed dean steps down, and more