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A 10-centimeter-wide glass model of Phymactis pustulata, found in intertidal zones in the Western South Atlantic. The Blaschka model is listed in the 1878 mail-order catalog of Ward’s Natural Science Establishment.
Photograph by Peter Fried/Sketchfab.com/ARC-3DComplementary imaging techniques combine to create 3D models that virtual visitors can examine from any angle.
Nearing the August 18 voting deadline, heated charges are leveled as petitioners seek divestment, governance changes.
Who will be at Harvard when the academic year begins—and under what conditions
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A 10-centimeter-wide glass model of Phymactis pustulata, found in intertidal zones in the Western South Atlantic. The Blaschka model is listed in the 1878 mail-order catalog of Ward’s Natural Science Establishment.
Photograph by Peter Fried/Sketchfab.com/ARC-3DComplementary imaging techniques combine to create 3D models that virtual visitors can examine from any angle.
Our coverage of Harvard’s libraries, more relevant than ever in an online world
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(1 of 4) The Georgian mansion and adjacent slave quarters were once part of a 500-acre farm just north of Boston.Photograph by Theresa Kelliher/Courtesy of the Royall House and Slave Quarters museum
Preserving black history as “an act of liberation”
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Photograph by Mancala/WikipediaStudents urge closer attention to care on campus this fall.
Attack U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement directive
Facing legal challenges, the University does away with its controversial regulations on final clubs, fraternities, and sororities.
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Bharat Ramamurti
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Bharat Ramamurti ’03 oversees CARES Act spending—and pursues corporate reform.
Philip Caruso, J.D-M.B.A '19, helped coordinate the military's response to COVID-19 in New York.
Photo courtesy of Philip CarusoHarvard affiliates aid the Defense Department's response to COVID-19 in New York.
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(1 of 4) The Georgian mansion and adjacent slave quarters were once part of a 500-acre farm just north of Boston.Photograph by Theresa Kelliher/Courtesy of the Royall House and Slave Quarters museum
Preserving black history as “an act of liberation”
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(1 of 4) Ipswich River Sanctuary (Mass Audubon)Photograph courtesy of Mass Audubon/Kelly Moffett
Getting away and outside safely this summer
Salisbury Beach State Reservation
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Strict lines in the sand
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A statue of John C. Calhoun is removed on June 24 in Charleston, South Carolina.
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The rise and fall of Charleston’s John C. Calhoun statue, a monument to white supremacy
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The U.S. Army's 24th Infantry Regiment, an African-American regiment, arriving at Camp Wikoff in Montauk, New York, 1898
Roosevelt Class No. 560.3, Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard UniversityA Houghton Library project to digitize thousands of African-American records and artifacts
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Following cuts at Brown and Dartmouth, experts expect more dropped sports in years to come.
Reshaping athletics in the pandemic
The league becomes first in Division I to scrap fall competition.
Beds were set up for Spanish flu patients outside the Harvard-affiliated Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1918.
Photograph courtesy of the Brigham and Women's Hospital ArchivesFall semester interrupted, a century ago
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A 10-centimeter-wide glass model of Phymactis pustulata, found in intertidal zones in the Western South Atlantic. The Blaschka model is listed in the 1878 mail-order catalog of Ward’s Natural Science Establishment.
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Phtoograph by Harvard Magazine/JCThe faculty deans prompt a discussion.
Beds were set up for Spanish flu patients outside the Harvard-affiliated Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1918.
Photograph courtesy of the Brigham and Women's Hospital ArchivesFall semester interrupted, a century ago
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(Click on arrow at right to view full image) No true likeness of Callimachus is known to exist, but the Libyan-born poet probably resembled the men whose faces appear on the Hellenistic coffins unearthed in Fayum, Egypt, including this one.
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Brief life (via Platonic dialogue) of a multifaceted poet: c. 310 B.C.E. - c. 240 B.C.E.
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A jar from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kongo culture, 1898 or earlierObject courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums ©President and Fellows of Harvard College
Africa in Clay
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(1 of 4) The Georgian mansion and adjacent slave quarters were once part of a 500-acre farm just north of Boston.Photograph by Theresa Kelliher/Courtesy of the Royall House and Slave Quarters museum
Preserving black history as “an act of liberation”
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How to plan your staycation summer
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(1 of 4) Ipswich River Sanctuary (Mass Audubon)Photograph courtesy of Mass Audubon/Kelly Moffett
Getting away and outside safely this summer
Salisbury Beach State Reservation
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Strict lines in the sand
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(1 of 4) Crabapple specimens, with views of Boston, on Peters HillPhotograph by Jon Hetman/Courtesy of the Arnold Arboretum
Summertime at the Arnold Arboretum
Sofra's fresh-baked raspberry-rose jam turnovers
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Cambridge’s Sofra Bakery & Café feeds sheltering crowds.
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