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Loeb House, where the University’s governing boards, the Corporation and Board of Overseers, convene
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Petitioner candidates qualify, will campaign to change Board of Overseers and Harvard investment policy.
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
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An exhibition maps the making of a metropolis.
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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.
Pippa Norris
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Harvard political scientist Pippa Norris chronicles the rise of populist authoritarians in Western democracies.
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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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Petitioner candidates qualify, will campaign to change Board of Overseers and Harvard investment policy.
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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Are you eligible to carry the (replica) Little Red Flag?
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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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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Zamboni operators’ quest for perfect ice
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Loeb House, where the University’s governing boards, the Corporation and Board of Overseers, convene
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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.
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.
Daishi Miguel Tanaka ’19
Photography by Ela Chavez ’21
DACA recipient Daishi Miguel Tanaka '19 graduated last month without his parents in attendance.
Davóne Tines
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Short takes from Commencement, from a stirring “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and powerful reunion moments to Mme. Caller and a neglected feline would-be honorand
President Bacow’s lighter, and personal, side during Commencement week
President Bacow’s first baccalaureate
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Commencement remarks on character and conduct by President Lawrence S. Bacow, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Teju Cole, and more
The honorands of 2019
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(1 of 9) Bright-red clackers helped public-health degree candidates promote hand-washing.Photograph by Jim Harrison
At the 368th Commencement, sober talk about the times—and life lessons from a cohort of powerful women
