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Garrett M. Graff
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Singer Discovers Heritage
For Johanna N. Paretzky ’03, Harvard has been about new directions. After playing sports since the age of five, she
All Hail, Harry
The Senior Gift Committee made its annual rounds this spring, soliciting donations, at a $10 minimum, from graduating students. The
Former HUPD Chief, Spy Tracker, Dies at 94
Robert Tonis, who led the Harvard University Department (HUPD) through its transformation into a professional police force, died last month
Former HUPD Officer Dies at 93
Carl A. Ikels, who spent more than half-a-century protecting the Harvard campus first as a watchman, then as a police
America’s Lessons From the Legacy of British Empire
The word “empire” is on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days. The unmatched world position of the United States
REVOLUTIONARY REGALIA
A re-enactor portraying Revolutionary War hero William Dawes and a member of the Massachusetts National Lancers’ color guard take part in the Patriot’s Day celebration on Cambridge Common yesterday.
WAITING FOR GORBACHEV
Hordes of students turned out in front of Holyoke Center yesterday to pick up free tickets to see former Russian Premier Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who will speak at Sanders Theatre next Monday.
The Little Big Man
I lost a friend on Friday. To say that Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) was a friend of mine might be
The Aurora Borealis Unlocked
It is fitting, in an ironic sense, that BBC journalist Lucy Jago chose Kristian Birkeland for the subject of her
Anthrax Scares Hit Harvard
Anthrax scares continued to rattle the nerves of people across the nation—including at Harvard—yesterday. An e-mail made the rounds of
Harvard Takes Precautions in Mailrooms
As fears of bioterrorism and anthrax infection continued to spread throughout the nation yesterday, University officials met with mailroom employees
33 Elmwood
Soon after assuming office, University President Lawrence H. Summers moved from Washington, D.C. to his new digs—Elmwood, Harvard’s presidential mansion
'Fire' From the World's Front Lines
Events have overtaken Sebastian Junger’s new book Fire with the same uncertainty and rapidity of the wildfires that raced across
On the Homefront
For security officials across the country, “America on Alert” is more than a tag line on CNN. It’s the new
