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Michael Porter
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Michael Porter on the new business agenda
Soon visitors will return to the arcade overlooking the museums' Calderwood Courtyard.
Photo: Matthew Montieth; © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums.
The musems will welcome students back on September 1, and the public on September 4.
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Former U.S. attorney Harry P. Litman ’80 and guests’ lively take on legal and political issues.
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Michael Porter on the new business agenda
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Tiya Miles traces a mother and daughter’s story through a cotton sack.
Some patients experience lingering and debilitating symptoms after COVID-19.
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Some patients experience lingering and debilitating symptoms after COVID-19.
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Why do so many Harvard students start clubs, instead of joining them?
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From left: Paul Fishman, Harry Litman, Amy Jeffress, and Jamie Gorelick
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Former U.S. attorney Harry P. Litman ’80 and guests’ lively take on legal and political issues.
Emily Cole Groden holds a batch of Evergreen waffles.
Emily Cole Groden’s quest for nutritious frozen waffles
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Where to explore, relax, and renew this season, from the Berkshires to the beach
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(1 of 3) Ship America on the Grand Banks, circa 1800, by Michele Felice Cornè
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From oceanic voyages to romping in the waves, a new exhibit explores relationships to water.
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(1 of 3) An aerial view of downtown New Bedford highlights historic buildings, which include the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and its cupola.
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Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene
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Michael Porter
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Michael Porter on the new business agenda
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President Bacow on exploring better work-life balance after the pandemic
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Tiya Miles (top) and Tomiko Brown-Nagin
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Tiya Miles traces a mother and daughter’s story through a cotton sack.
Soon visitors will return to the arcade overlooking the museums' Calderwood Courtyard.
Photo: Matthew Montieth; © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums.
The musems will welcome students back on September 1, and the public on September 4.
The cast of The Hot Wing King
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The Hot Wing King wins the 2021 prize for drama.
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Stephen Bourguet
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Graduate student Stephen Bourguet has set his sights on running a personal best at the Boston Marathon in October.
Gabby Thomas celebrates after winning the final in the women's 200-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore.
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Thomas becomes the second-fastest woman ever in the 200-meter dash.
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Sidney Verba
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Harvard’s mensch, and a record-setting recorder of Crimson lives
Ruth J. Simmons, the guest speaker
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The Morning Exercises—further adapted for the era of COVID and streaming—come with strong messages about racial justice.
University Hall, home to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences offices, where faculty meetings are held
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Honors teaching excellence, and the memory of Nathan Glazer, in last regular meeting of the academic year
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Emily Balskus deciphers the human microbiome.
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Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
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Soon visitors will return to the arcade overlooking the museums' Calderwood Courtyard.
Photo: Matthew Montieth; © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums.
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The musems will welcome students back on September 1, and the public on September 4.
7.20.21
Beds were set up for Spanish flu patients outside the Harvard-affiliated Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1918.
Photograph courtesy of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Archives
Fall semester interrupted, a century ago
In 2017, then-Harvard president Drew Faust and Harvard Law School professor Annette Gordon-Reed unveiled a monument dedicated to people enslaved by law school benefactor Isaac Royall Jr.
Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
The president announces a $5-million initiative.
The University discloses a sixth consecutive budget surplus—and details enormous changes in the endowment.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Claudine Gay
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC
Claudine Gay’s annual report to the faculty outlines broad goals—and challenging circumstances.
Courtesy of Harvard University Financial Administration
The annual financial report also documents endowment changes.
Harvard’s $9.62-billion fund drive
New convening spaces now beckon on both sides of the Charles. Smith Campus Center, shown here, opens the former Holyoke Center to the street, and invites casual dining, study, hanging out, and performances.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Smith Campus Center, Klarman Hall debut.
In a stronger year for universities’ investment returns, Harvard Management Company continues its overhaul.
