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A large surplus last year—but cautions about the future
Claudine Gay, social science dean and Cowett professor of government and of African and African American studies
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The initative includes interdisciplinary conversation, annual symposia, and a postdoc program.
Nadya Okamoto
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Nadya Okamoto ’20 is juggling wider aspirations and school work.
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Oral bacteria can lodge in the gut and trigger inflammatory bowel conditions.
Bob Dylan in 1965. Already, the classical world was starting to influence his writing.
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In a new book, classicist Richard Thomas explores Bob Dylan’s literary ties to ancient Greece and Rome.
Stuart Harris
Photograph by Jim Harrison, with special thanks to New England Base CampStuart Harris and the austere practice of wilderness physicians
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Nadya Okamoto
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Nadya Okamoto ’20 is juggling wider aspirations and school work.
The Winthrop House library
Photograph by Peter Vanderwarker
Undergraduates return to newly improved digs.
Rachel L. Gable
Photograph by Harvard Magazine/JCHow some colleges help first-generation and low-income students succeed
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Fellow classics concentrators Sam Beck ’16 (left) and E.E. Cummings ’15
What one undergraduate learned
Davenport at home in 1975, with two of his own works behind him. An image of Ezra Pound by Richard Avedon partners Davenport’s portrait.
Photograph by Guy Mendes
Brief life of a polymathic stylist: 1927-2005
A young girl jumps rope on the sidewalk next to her family’s belongings after they received a court order of eviction that was carried out by McLennan County deputy constables in Waco, Texas. Families like hers are the kind of clients badly in need of legal representation—and most often unlikely to receive it.
Photograph by Larry Downing/Reuters
America’s unfulfilled promise of “equal justice under law”
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Cooking lessons at the French Cultural Center
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Greater Boston’s cultural centers offer a lot more than language classes.
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Harvard’s Houghton Library explores “Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence.”
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A Moldovan restaurant in Newton reflects rich culinary traditions.
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Drew Faust
President Drew Faust describes Harvard’s efforts to evaluate how well—and what exactly—its students learn.
Illustration by Guido Scarabottolo
Reflections on the ups and downs of peer counseling
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Bob Dylan in 1965. Already, the classical world was starting to influence his writing.
Photograph from Granger
In a new book, classicist Richard Thomas explores Bob Dylan’s literary ties to ancient Greece and Rome.
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Anne Fadiman ’74 recalls her father, Clifton, in an excerpt from The Wine Lover’s Daughter
Maureen Freely
Photograph by Andre Avanessian
Maureen Freely ’74, longtime translator of Orhan Pamuk, shares the nuances of bringing a text from one language to another.
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Freshman Harvard quarterback Jake Smith showed some moves as he slalomed through Princeton defenders on a 26-yard run.
Photograph by Tim O'Meara/The Harvard CrimsonA shellacking in the Stadium
Harvard's Charlie Booker deployed a mighty stiff arm to fend off Lafayette's Philip Parham. The Crimson junior rampaged his way to a career-high 159 yards on the ground.
Photograph by Tim O'Meara/The Harvard CrimsonThe Crimson gets back on track.
On one of his 11 tackles, Harvard senior defensive back Tim Haehl wrapped up Cornell's James Hubbard after a seven-yard gain.
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Cornell inexorably outmuscles Harvard.
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Fellow classics concentrators Sam Beck ’16 (left) and E.E. Cummings ’15
What one undergraduate learned
Illustration by Mark Steele
“Vagabonding,” Harvard Student Agencies, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Massachusetts Hall
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Twenty submissions have been selected as semifinalists to replace the final line in Harvard’s alma mater.
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March-April 2017
Illustration by Robert Neubecker
How market forces have made American higher education radically unequal
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This 1939 acetate disc of Ezra Pound’s full recording bears a handwritten annotation that reads “’Altaforte’ not to be played” and scratch marks to prevent the poem from being played accidentally.
Photograph by Christina DavisPound, On the Record
A Carpenter Center exhibition traces the history of a once-banned poem.
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Harvard2
A guide to the arts and culture, history, cuisine, and natural beauty of Cambridge, Boston, and beyond.
Photograph courtesy of Moldova
A Moldovan restaurant in Newton reflects rich culinary traditions.
Image courtesy of the Houghton Library
Harvard’s Houghton Library explores “Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence.”
Celebrating Thanksgiving at Old Sturbridge Village
Photograph courtesy of Old Sturbridge Village
Cold-weather treats at Old Sturbridge Village
Cooking lessons at the French Cultural Center
Photograph courtesy of the French Cultural Center
Greater Boston’s cultural centers offer a lot more than language classes.
Photograph courtesy of the Boston International Book Fair
Rare books and ephemera at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
Branch Line, which pairs fresh fare with craft beers on tap, has transformed part of an historic building at the former Watertown Arsenal.
Photograph by Melissa Ostrow
Branch Line serves brasserie-style fare in an historic Watertown setting
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