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(1 of 4) The large-screen HELIX system, here deployed in Henry Leitner's Computer Science 1 class, makes it possible for an instructor to teach students who are physically present and see students attending class online, without being confined to a small computer screen at a fixed lectern location; the camera follows the professor and assures that he can be seen effectively by “roomies” and “Zoomies” in a hybrid course.
Courtesy Faculty of Arts and Sciences/ Office of Undergraduate Education
Faculty of Arts and Sciences tests hybrid classrooms and other pandemic adaptations.
From left to right: Walter K. Clair, Nancy-Beth Gordon Sheerr, Preston N. Williams.
Photographs courtesy of HAA.
Alumni Association announces Harvard Medalists.
Rapid COVID-19 tests, of the kind that Michael Mina has been advocating since last year, are finally approved for home use.
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Petitioning campaigns are a vital complement to democratic voting.
Ellen Langer rejects binary thinking, embracing instead a “third way.”
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From left to right: Walter K. Clair, Nancy-Beth Gordon Sheerr, Preston N. Williams.
Photographs courtesy of HAA.
Alumni Association announces Harvard Medalists.
Two explorers strip to stay aloft.
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The evocative Love Potion
Image courtesy of Alexander Gassel and the Museum of Russian Icons
A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
Boston's Piattini Wine Café
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The evocative Love Potion
Image courtesy of Alexander Gassel and the Museum of Russian Icons
A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
A 1983 Houston Astros jersey worn by pitcher Joe Niekro
Courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum/Milo Stewart Jr. B-50-83
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
A gospel scholar shapes music theory.
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A 1983 Houston Astros jersey worn by pitcher Joe Niekro
Courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum/Milo Stewart Jr. B-50-83
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles
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Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
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Readers’ views on immigration, the pandemic, the Electoral College, and more
President Bacow on Harvard’s challenge to federal efforts banning international students
Time to rethink the campus-development agenda?
Illustration by Serge Bloch
A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.
Professor Noah Feldman arrives to testify during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, December 4, 2019.
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Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.
Jones at work in the offices of the West Indian Gazette in Brixton, South London, in 1962
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Brief life of an intersectional activist: 1915-1964
Readers’ views on immigration, the pandemic, the Electoral College, and more
President Bacow on Harvard’s challenge to federal efforts banning international students
Time to rethink the campus-development agenda?
Illustration by Blair Kelly
In his freshman seminar, Cumrun Vafa uses puzzles to help students understand complex physics.
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(1 of 4) Essex Bay reflects New England’s history and reliance on the natural world.Photograph courtesy of Essex River Cruises Inc.
Exploring the coastal wonders of Essex, Massachusetts
Classic Cape Cod sand, water, and sky
Photograph TrailLink user mybikeymio2, courtesy Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Swim, walk, and picnic along cycling routes
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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”
Venkatesh Murthy
Photograph by Anna Olivella
A brief look at what animals’ sense of smell reveals about the brain
Honored professors, new House heads, and more
A gift policy, and peer institutions’ new climate schools
Sherri Ann Charleston
Photograph by Sam Crowfoot
New diversity and inclusion officer, new University Professor, and more
Photographs courtesy of Che Applewhaite and Meena Venkataramanan
The 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Megha Majumdar
Photograph by Elena Seibert
Megha Majumdar’s novel of India resonates in the United States.