Featured series 
Tag: History
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Work & Economy
20 societal problems, 20 solutions
Projects translating research into public good — spanning fields from medicine and climate to civics and arts — win $4 million from new Harvard fund
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Nation & World
SCOTUS might surprise you
Sarah Isgur argues growing distrust of justices says more about our tribalism than any change in way judiciary works
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Campus & Community
‘He took that explosion himself to save his men’
Alum who made ultimate sacrifice held up as model of 3 key leadership values — ‘integrity, humility, excellence’ — during ROTC swearing-in ceremony
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Campus & Community
This time, the bells toll for her
After four decades, the writer behind the Commencement Day tradition won’t hear them
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Nation & World
One of first to receive University honorary degree? George Washington.
Archivist says it’s an early example of ‘long tradition of honoring national leaders’
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Nation & World
Confronting campus antisemitism
Schools have made progress in calling it out but need to develop a more forceful response, scholars say
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Campus & Community
How much do you know about Harvard?
Sure, you might have earned a diploma, but can you earn an A on this quiz?
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Arts & Culture
Iranian history in tableaux
Photographer brings 11 key scenes from 20th century to life in Peabody exhibit
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Nation & World
‘Images of vitality and hope’ amid ravages of war
Photographer captured daily life as South Koreans transitioned to peace
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Nation & World
Who joined the Nazi Party
‘Ordinary men’ were at the heart of genocidal movement as it grew, research says
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Campus & Community
Harvard releases information on 1,613 enslaved individuals
Public database advances research on University’s ties to slavery, bolsters effort to help descendants recover family histories
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Campus & Community
Helping to give birth to nation — and Harvard Med
School founder John Warren numbered among alumni who were part of revolutionary generation
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Campus & Community
How immigrant doctors propped up U.S. healthcare, the tale of America’s last prison ship, and other stories
Faculty authors discuss books at Weatherhead Center’s annual International Book Blitz
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Arts & Culture
Uncovering histories of us
Schlesinger Library’s scrapbook collection offers scholars insights into hidden stories, texture of everyday life in bygone eras
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Nation & World
Call for ‘historical truth’ in our narrative of Nazi defeat
Jochen Hellbeck wants the West to acknowledge the Soviet role in stopping Hitler
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Health
Call it his personal Everest
A new study shows that climbing Mount Everest has gotten safer, but still claims climbers’ lives regularly.
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Arts & Culture
Historic collab: Harvard’s Glee Club, Fisk’s Jubilee Singers
Two of nation’s most storied collegiate choirs join to share, perform in Nashville
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Arts & Culture
A lost archive of Black history
25 years after landmark photography book, Deborah Willis is still scouring albums, attics, cabinets, cards to fill in the record
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Nation & World
Walking in Harvard’s ‘Revolutionary footsteps’
Exhibit traces University’s role in America’s birth — from campus barracks to Founding Father alumni
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Arts & Culture
Not your father’s Wild, Wild West
Megan Kate Nelson’s new book challenges myths of American frontier, finds more diverse, complex saga
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Nation & World
Deterring the next nuclear arms race
Experts assess threat landscape amid war, lapsing treaties, declining faith in U.S. security guarantee
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Arts & Culture
When Egyptians made blue
Art Museums workshop explores 1st synthesized pigment, examines its legacy
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Campus & Community
Harvard leaders salute National Security Fellows
Garber, Allison, O’Sullivan speak to strong ties between University and military, thank cohort for impact on campus life, students
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Arts & Culture
Time has not been kind to VHS
As tech turns 50, preservationists race to save material stored on vanishing format. Methods include … baking?
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Nation & World
Is a more perfect union still possible?
Faust, Buttigieg, and Glaude look at past, present of nation’s divides
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Science & Tech
The ascent of us
Anthropologist traces split between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, other human forms
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Science & Tech
A world-shifting moment (literally)
Geoscientists track when Earth went from ‘just another planet’ to ‘something very special’
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Nation & World
Writing us back from the brink
Researcher shares insights on letters exchanged by Kennedy and Khrushchev during Cuban Missile Crisis.
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