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Scenes of student ingenuity at Harvard Arts Festival
Players with the Harvard University Band hauled an enormous drum to the annual pick-up performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, a festival tradition.

Scenes of student ingenuity at Harvard Arts Festival

The four-day celebration, organized by the Office for the Arts at Harvard, features music, dance, theater performances, visual art exhibits, and hands-on art activities at venues across campus.

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Faculty continue grading debate in April Faculty Meeting

Faculty continue grading debate in April Faculty Meeting

The much-anticipated vote on undergraduate grading policy was postponed at Tuesday’s Meeting of the Faculty, though several amendments related to the proposal were debated and then added to the motion, which will be discussed for a final time at the May Faculty Meeting.

Where rural America tops the agenda

Where rural America tops the agenda

The Harvard Undergraduate Rural League hosts a first-of-its-kind forum to address small-town America’s most urgent issues, while confronting the urban-rural divide.

Do people like how liberalism looks?

Do people like how liberalism looks?

A recent event, hosted by the Public Culture Project, grappled with the political philosophy’s aesthetic appeals (or lack thereof).

‘All men are created equal’ — but not all declarations agree

‘All men are created equal’ — but not all declarations agree

In the 250 years since Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, hundreds of other nascent nations — whether ultimately successful, failed, or somewhere in between — have drawn inspiration from America’s founding document.

‘Silicon Valley has seen a ghost’

‘Silicon Valley has seen a ghost’

To a packed audience, author of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” talks real stakes of “superhuman” AI threats.

Letting it fly

Letting it fly

Hurling a 16-to-35-pound metal ball attached to a long piece of wire might not sound balletic, but the hammer and weight throw is one of the most graceful — and thrilling — events in track and field.