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Honors & Prizes

Harvard's reach stretches far beyond the traditional classroom. Harvard faculty, students, and staff hold global leadership roles in a wide variety of disciplines, with some garnering national and international recognition. Faculty of Harvard’s Schools have won a wide selection of prizes; for your convenience we’ve published the Nobel laureates and Pulitzer prizes, and provided a selective list of heads of state, notable alumni, and University Professorships.

  1. Refusing a ‘diminished self’
  2. Mourning that vexes the future
  3. Boldly going to Houghton
  4. ‘Brainbow,’ version 2.0
  5. Education without limits
  6. Building on Einstein
  1. Refusing a ‘diminished self’
  2. ‘Brainbow,’ version 2.0
  3. Robotic insects make first controlled flight
  4. Style and substance
  5. Text of J.K. Rowling’s speech
  6. Exorcising the curse of knowledge
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