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In Defense of Mediocrity

In a place obsessed with being exceptional, the smallest act of mediocrity can feel like a form of rebellion. Harvard ...
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Harvard’s Leader of Urban District Initiatives Talks Neighborhood Activation in Allston

Marika Reuling, Harvard’s managing director for urban district initiatives, has spent 16 years thinking about how the ...
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Federal Prosecutors Seek 10-Year Sentence for Former Harvard Morgue Manager Who Sold Human Remains

Federal prosecutors recommended a 10-year sentence for Cedric Lodge, who pleaded guilty to trafficking stolen human remains ...
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‘A Wicked Problem’: How Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies Imagines Solutions to a Crisis

In a nondescript office over One Bow Street in Harvard Square, the Joint Center for Housing Studies keeps a finger on the ...
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FAS Committee Shares Initial Plans for Administrative Workforce Overhaul in Staff Meeting

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra approved a plan to transfer administrative staff to centralized offices, ...
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PBS Cuts Ties with Former Professor Elisa New Following Epstein Email Release

PBS has stopped airing former Harvard English professor Elisa F. New’s show, “Poetry in America,” after emails released by ...
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Cambridge Gears Up To Install Bike Lanes Near Sanders Theatre, Science Center

Cambridge is rolling out its plans for bike lanes along Quincy St. and Kirkland St., a long-awaited project set to start ...
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Will the AI Bubble Burst? Harvard Faculty Weigh In

Three Harvard faculty said they think fears that an artificial intelligence bubble will burst — leading stock prices to ...
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Harvard Wrestling Tested by Top Competition in Las Vegas

The highly regarded 2025 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational yielded mixed results for Harvard wrestling this weekend, led by ...
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Cambridge Asks Residents To Reset Passwords on Emergency Alert Platform After Cyberattack

Following a nationwide cybersecurity attack on OnSolve CodeRED in November, the City of Cambridge notified residents of a new ...
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Public Health Faculty Slam Harvard’s Removal of FXB Center Director Mary Bassett

More than 400 Harvard affiliates signed a petition to reinstate the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health ...
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The Roots of Juice: Kyle Juszczyk ’13 and His Time in Cambridge

Few Ivy League football football players wind up playing professionally. Through twists and turns, Kyle Juszczyk become one of the NFL's perennial pro-bowlers.