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Tom Hanks
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The actor and filmmaker will be Harvard’s guest speaker on May 25.
Nancy Hopkins (center) stands with Salvador Luria (left) and David Baltimore at the MIT Cancer Center in the 1980s.
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New book on Nancy Hopkins speaks to women's fight for equality then—and their fight now
Ophelia Dahl
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The human rights advocate co-founded Partners In Health in 1987.
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Horsemanship appears to have played a key role in the spread of the Yamnaya people.
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New evidence on domestication of horses—and the spread of an ancient Eurasian culture
The Salata Institute has chosen five teams to pursue solutions to a variety of climate-change impacts.
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Teams of Harvard researchers will develop concrete proposals for addressing specific climate impacts.
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As the ranks of the elderly swell, there are too few housing options for seniors who want to “age in place.”
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Chris Ledlum makes a breakaway dunk after stealing the ball during a game last November against Loyola Chicago.
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Chris Ledlum ’23 makes his mark on the hardcourt.
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Henry Clarke Warren, 1879
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Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899
Illustration by Barbara Kelley
Alexandra Petri introduces the poet to tech support for help with her keyboard.
Alejandro Montagna (center) wearing in his webbed wingsuit, preparing to fly
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Wingsuit skydiver Alejandro Montagna on minimizing risk—at 150 mph
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Caring for your home
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Spring is the perfect time to touch up your property
A glimpse of the shops and restaurants across from the town green
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Visiting America’s first formal law school
The Desert Inn
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Marquetry artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor at the Addison Gallery of American Art
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Illustration by Robert Neubecker
Pursuing their individual brands, colleges neglect the needs of higher education.
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Adrian Piper 2014, National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo.
Spanning more than 50 years, the conceptual artist’s work explores race, class, gender, and identity.
Patricia and Edmund Michael Frederick have been collecting and restoring historical pianos since the 1970s.
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An instrument restorer’s beautiful obsession
Wendell Steavenson
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A new novel from foreign correspondent Wendell Steavenson
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Harmoni Turner '25 had 21 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds, making her just the sixth player in Ivy League history to earn a triple-double.
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Women’s basketball demolishes Towson in the first round of the WNIT.
Chris Ledlum makes a breakaway dunk after stealing the ball during a game last November against Loyola Chicago.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletics
Chris Ledlum ’23 makes his mark on the hardcourt.
Alejandro Montagna (center) wearing in his webbed wingsuit, preparing to fly
Photograph courtesy of Alejandro Montagna
Wingsuit skydiver Alejandro Montagna on minimizing risk—at 150 mph
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Henry Clarke Warren, 1879
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Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899
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Cornhole at HBS, prayer and meditation at SEAS, minerologist’s meter, eclipse aficionado
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David Garza on the roof of Henry Street Settlement’s youth-services building, with public housing and St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church beyond
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At Henry Street Settlement, David Garza ’86 is not locking anyone out.
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Harmoni Turner '25 had 21 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds, making her just the sixth player in Ivy League history to earn a triple-double.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletics
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Women’s basketball demolishes Towson in the first round of the WNIT.
3.21.23
DOUBLE TEAM Harvard’s Truman Jones (90) and Khalil Dawsey corral Yale running back Joshua Pitsenberger. Defensive lineman (and Crimson captain) Jones led the team with six sacks and was named to the All-Ivy first team.
Photograph by Juilian Giordano/The Harvard Crimson
Kings of the road, the football team struggled at home—and in The Game.
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(1/5) DOG DAY AFTERNOON Yale's Handsome Dan XIX and a Harvard University Police dog wondered what the ruckus was all about.
Photographs by Julian Giordano/The Harvard Crimson
A tough finish to a quirky season
SPREADING THE WEALTH Enjoying one of the best days for a quarterback in Harvard annals, Charlie Dean (11) surveys the Penn defense. The Crimson senior signal-caller riddled the Quakers, completing 29 of 38 passes for 316 yards and four touchdowns while connecting with nine receivers.
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Dean passes the Quakers silly—and Eli’s coming!
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(1/4) CRUNCH TIME Harvard's Joe Young is converged upon by a beehive of Columbia tacklers. The Crimson senior wideout snared three passes, one for 22 yards.
Photograph by Angela Dela Cruz/The Harvard Crimson
Sloppy play and a wily Lion create a nightmarish loss.
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(1/3) BACK IN THE SADDLE In his first start of 2022, Luke Emge was well protected (only one sack) and in command, completing 11 of 17 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown, and running for a crucial first down.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletic Communications
A needed restorative is marred by an injury.
POCKET ROCKET Oblivious to the hand-to-hand combat in front of him, Harvard's Charlie Dean gets off a pass despite the rush from Princeton's Will Perez (28) and Michael Azevedo (96). The Crimson's senior quarterback completed 20 of 32 passes for 186 yards and one touchdown.
Photograph by Dylan Goodman Photography/Courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
A night to forget against a powerhouse rival
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(1/3) READY FOR HIS CLOSEUP: Back Shane McLaughlin rolled for the first two touchdowns of his career, on runs of one and three yards. The sophomore gained 34 yards on 14 carries.
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A second-half barrage subdues the valiant Bison.
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(1/4) MACHEN WHOOPEE Convoyed by senior Kobe Joseph (59), who broke in and blocked a Cornell punt, junior Jelani Machen (30) holds the ball aloft as he runs into the end zone to give Harvard a second-quarter lead.
Photograph by Eldon Lindsay/courtesy of Cornell Athletics
Another close and penalty-strewn Ivy road win
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