Tag: Concord

  • Nation & World

    Harvard’s year of exile

    It’s little known, but Harvard wasn’t always in Cambridge. During the American Revolution, the College temporarily turned its campus over to the new colonial army, and moved inland to Concord.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘Walden’ for the 21st century

    In a lecture at the Harvard Divinity School, scholar Lawrence Buell examined the continuing relevance of Thoreau’s “Walden” and the importance of voluntary simplicity.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Effects of climate change vary greatly across plant families

    Drawing on records dating back to the journals of Henry David Thoreau, scientists at Harvard University have found that different plant families near Walden Pond in Concord, Mass., have borne the effects of climate change in strikingly different ways. Some of the plant families hit hardest by global warming have included beloved species like lilies,…

    3 minutes