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Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief for The Atlantic, and staff writer Adam Serwer spoke with Harvard's Danielle Allen about the prospects for reconciling our differences and restoring faith in democracy.

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New York Times investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones discloses to Harvard the project's true origin 

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New discovery paves the way for more stable quantum computing, and explores the wild world of exotic physics

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SPIRIT sessions

How McLean Hospital psychologists blend religion and spirituality with counseling in patient therapy

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Study in mice shows nerves in the gut not only sense the presence of Salmonella but actively deploy defenses

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To Serve Better: Harvard across the country

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Serving Washington D.C.

Clint Smith, whose dissertation focuses on juveniles facing life sentences, leads a prison reading program in Washington, D.C.

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Serving South Dakota

Marnie Gelbart works to increase public understanding of genetics, and the ethical, legal, and social implications

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Serving Tennessee

Sarah Lockridge-Steckel founded The Collective, which works to help young people in Memphis, Tennessee

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Boston Humanists: When Facts Are Not Enough: Reading Atheist Fiction

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The 110th Annual Christmas Carol Service

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A Tribute to Steve Livernash: The Rules of the Game

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Retribution or Reconciliation? Attitudes Toward Rebel Collaborators in Iraq

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Women’s Basketball Downs Maine, 69-40

ORONO, Maine – An offensive surge propelled the Harvard women’s basketball team (7-3, 0-0 Ivy League) over Maine (3-7, 0-0 America East), 69-40, this afternoon at the Cross Insurance Center. …
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Baker, Kirkwood Lead Men’s Basketball in 89-55 Rout of Massachusetts

CAMBRIDGE, Mass – Harvard men’s basketball bounced back in a big way on Saturday, using a dominant shooting performance to defeat the Massachusetts Minutemen, 89-55. …
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Women’s Hockey Clips Brown 3-2 in Overtime

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Harvard women’s hockey team (7-4-0, 7-0-0 ECAC Hockey) preserved its unblemished record in conference play with a 3-2 overtime victory over Brown (1-11-1, 1-6-1 ECAC …
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Harvard wrestling first-year Philip Conigliaro took seventh place in the 165-pound weight division on Saturday at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
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Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track and Field Starts Season with Victories at Crimson Opener

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Two Women’s Swimming and Diving Records Set on Final Day of Minnesota Invitational

Two Harvard women’s swimming and diving program records were set on the final day of the Minnesota Invitational. …
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