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Foundation of Len Blavatnik, M.B.A. ’89, makes record pledge for basic and applied science.
Inside WHRB, a self-portrait
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Harvard radio station’s long-time chairman David Elliott ’64 steps down.
Courtesy of Harvard University Financial Administration
The annual financial report also documents endowment changes.
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Foundation of Len Blavatnik, M.B.A. ’89, makes record pledge for basic and applied science.
David Reich
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Can advances in DNA sequencing help explain what makes us human?
Rhodiola rosea
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Research links a Rhodiola rosea extract to enhanced memory.
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Happy campers: For their team photo, a day or two after The Game, the Crimson wore practice jerseys, giving them rather a raffish look.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
How the Crimson squad from the immortal ’68 Game revealed a transforming Harvard
Richard Montañez
Photograph courtesy of Harvard University’s Office of Career Services
Flamin’ Hot Cheetos inventor Richard Montañez shares lessons from his rags-to-riches story.
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Inside WHRB, a self-portrait
Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
Harvard radio station’s long-time chairman David Elliott ’64 steps down.
The Harvard Ceramics Program show and sale draws about 4,000 people.
Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Ceramics Program
Boston’s open studios, holiday craft fairs, and more
Millicent Todd Bingham looks over her mother’s shoulder in this double portrait from 1931.
Photograph courtesy of the Todd-Bingham Picture Collection (MS 496E). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library
Brief life of an unlikely Dickinson scholar
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The Harvard Ceramics Program show and sale draws about 4,000 people.
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Boston’s open studios, holiday craft fairs, and more
Snowy grounds at sunset
Photograph courtesy of the Trustees
Winterlights and scavenger hunts at the historic Stevens-Coolidge Place
B & G Oysters
Courtesy of www.bandgoysters.com
A roundup of creative gift ideas for this holiday season
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A quilt from the Shape/View series: 2015–2017, all works hand-stitched cotton View III 43×57 in.
Courtesy of the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery
Anna Von Mertens depicts the findings of female astronomers using quilts and drawings.
Shaina Taub sings as militant suffragist Alice Paul.
Photograph by Kevin Grady/Radcliffe Institute
A seventy-fifth Schlesinger Library anniversary celebration
(Click on arrow at right to see a gallery of images.) Maurice Lalau image for “The Juggler of Notre Dame,” by Anatole France (1924)
Image courtesy of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
A Dumbarton Oaks exhibition connects “an enchanted past” to the human condition.
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Last lunge: With senior right guard Larry Allen Jr. (73) keeping Penn defenders at bay, Harvard senior back Charlie Booker nudges the ball over the goal line for the Crimson's first score.
Photograph by Tim O'Meara/The Harvard Crimson
A bludgeoning victory in the season’s final road game
Happy hookup: Having beaten Columbia’s Will Allen, Harvard junior wide receiver Jack Cook waits for the pass from senior quarterback Tom Stewart. Cook made the grab and then dashed to the end zone for the longest touchdown pass in Crimson history—92 yards.
Photograph by Tim O'Meara/The Harvard CrimsonA Senior Day, and game, to celebrate
Harvard junior defensive lineman Kelvin Apari pressures Dartmouth’s designated passing quarterback, Derek Kyler. The Big Green tried only 11 passes, completing four for 49 yards.
Photograph by Tim O’Meara/The Harvard CrimsonFor the third time against a tough foe, too little, too late.
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(Click on arrow at right to see a gallery of images.) President Bacow delivers his inaugural address.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
The University’s new leader focuses on challenges to higher education in America.
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Happy campers: For their team photo, a day or two after The Game, the Crimson wore practice jerseys, giving them rather a raffish look.
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How the Crimson squad from the immortal ’68 Game revealed a transforming Harvard
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Portrait and collage by Jim Harrison; image of mitochondria courtesy of Vamsi Mootha and the Mootha Laboratory
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The Brain in the Basement
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Seen at the Arnold Arboretum: a paperbark maple in winter
Photograph by Jim Harrison
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A veteran photographer of people turns his lens to plants.
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He Has Made the World a Safer Place
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John Silvanus Wilson
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
“The Truth Shall Set You Free”
John Silvanus Wilson Jr.’s spirited message for the School of Education’s graduates—and for Harvard.
From left: Choon Fong Shih, Harold Luft, Beth Adelson, and Guido Goldman
Courtesy of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Saluting the 2018 Centennial Medalists
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honors four alumni whose contributions to society emerged from their study at Harvard.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
The Three Principles of Transformation
In her last Baccalaureate address, President Drew Faust speaks to the class of 2018 about transformation.
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A Visit from Bill Gates
The Microsoft co-founder talked about his life as a philanthropist—and answered myriad student questions.
David Shumway Jones
Photograph by John Soares/Harvard Medical School
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From left: Courtesy of Stanley Shaw and Deborah Schrag
Toward a Personal Biomap
Physicians bring data science to bear on patient health and wellness information.
Illustration by Jason Ford
Trimming Truancy
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