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Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, Massachusetts
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Medford museum spotlights the historic link between wealth and human bondage.
Senator Elizabeth Warren emphasized that workers are making important wins, but corporations are still union busting.
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New Harvard Law center focuses on unionization and equitable labor law
Bob Odenkirk and Jennifer Coolidge
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The honorees will visit Cambridge next week for a parade, a show, and a (loving) roast.
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Stephen Treaster
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A genetic analysis of long-lived species of rockfish has led to fresh insights into human longevity, and a previously unappreciated pathway governing lifespan.
ExxonMobil scientists' projections of global warming were at least as good as those of government and academic scientists in the period from 1977 to 2003.
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What fossil fuel interests knew about climate change, and when
Study quantifies the disconnect between community college educators and employers
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Educators and employers aren't collaborating well—and what to do about it
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The complicated return to campus post-pandemic
At Freshman Convocation, the class of 2026 banner is unfurled for the first time.
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Speakers’ remarks reflect the urgencies of a turbulent time.
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Top row, left to right: Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Jeffrey D. Dunn, Arturo Elizondo, Srishti Gupta Narasimhan
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The 2023 nominees detail their experiences and view of Harvard’s challenges and prospects.
Loeb House, where the University’s governing boards convene
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Candidates for the Board of Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors are announced.
Edwin Bancroft Henderson
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Edwin Bancroft Henderson and the history behind the Harvard-Howard game
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Luanda's Angolan-Cape Verdean-Portuguese food
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Exploring Cape Verdean and Caribbean cuisine
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Inspiring new exhibit at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
A rousing game of trampoline-dodgeball
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Trampoline parks—fun for all ages
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The author (center) celebrates after her recital performance in Holden Chapel with friends Kelsey Ichikawa ’20 (left) and Stephanie Tang ’20.
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A Harvard singing class that's about more than music
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The author (center) celebrates after her recital performance in Holden Chapel with friends Kelsey Ichikawa ’20 (left) and Stephanie Tang ’20.
Photograph courtesy of Julie Chung
A Harvard singing class that's about more than music
Bob Odenkirk and Jennifer Coolidge
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The honorees will visit Cambridge next week for a parade, a show, and a (loving) roast.
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Carrie Moore is in her first year as Delaney-Smith head coach of women's basketball.
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Carrie Moore’s first season coaching the women’s basketball team
Edwin Bancroft Henderson
Portrait in the public domain
Edwin Bancroft Henderson and the history behind the Harvard-Howard game
A rousing game of trampoline-dodgeball
Photograph courtesy of Launch
Trampoline parks—fun for all ages
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Bob Odenkirk and Jennifer Coolidge
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The honorees will visit Cambridge next week for a parade, a show, and a (loving) roast.
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Stephen Treaster
Photograph by Michael Goderre, Photographer, Boston Children’s Hospital
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A genetic analysis of long-lived species of rockfish has led to fresh insights into human longevity, and a previously unappreciated pathway governing lifespan.
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Portrait of Adamantios Korais, classicist and supporter of political liberalism, on a 100 drachmas banknote, 1978
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Brief life of a leader of the Greek Enlightenment: 1748-1833
Left to right: Phillis Wheatley, Melvin B. Tolson, Dudley Randall, Gwendolyn Brooks, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paul Laurence Dunbar. In the background: On Virtue, written in 1766 by Phillis Wheatley
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Kevin Young’s anthology of African American poetry, from Phillis Wheatley to hip hop
Namwali Serpell
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The professor of English is also a novelist and a critic.
An orator dictating to a scribe, Roman, 4th century, Temple of Hercules at Ostia Antica
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From a huge new book on the history of information, an excerpt on the role of secretaries
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Active citizens are humanists.
Braxton Shelley
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A gospel scholar shapes music theory.
Illustration by Alex Williamson.
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
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“We must begin to confront the reality of a past in which academic curiosity and opportunity overwhelmed humanity,” Harvard president Lawrence Bacow wrote.
