Featured series 
Experience
Scholars at Harvard tell their stories in the Experience series.
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Arts & CultureHelping us make our way ‘through a world that can feel broken’
Maria Tatar has spent her career tracing evolution of folk, fairy tales, explaining why they still matter
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Campus & CommunityWonder served him well
Curiosity ignited Alan Garber’s sense of purpose. Classmates, mentors, and patients helped deepen it.
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Health‘This is it. This is exactly what I want to do.’
Michael VanRooyen started running toward trouble more than 30 years ago. He’s still going.
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Nation & World‘If you’re boring, you’re not going to educate.’
Randall Kennedy has blazed a path as an open-minded, nuanced, and independent thinker
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Nation & World‘I wanted to make a difference in America’
Robert Putnam’s ‘Bowling Alone’ sounded an alarm we still haven’t answered
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Science & Tech‘The scientist is not in the business of following instructions.’
George Whitesides became a giant of chemistry by keeping it simple