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Nicole B. Usher

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Harvard Graduates Play Folk Mecca Club Passim

As the 1960s dawned, the home of folk musicians wasn’t Grenwich Village—it was Harvard Square, and more specifically Club Passim.


come as they were

Nirvana Nirvana Universal For three minutes and 38 seconds, grunge enjoys a rebirth with Nirvana’s “You Know You’re Right.” Recorded


Reinventing the Wheel

Sixty-seven years later, a distinguished group of learned men felt that Harvard had slipped—that it had lost its way as


Ben Franklin? Sexy? Brands Remakes Biography

There’s a phenomenon in America that’s almost as shocking as discovering that Ben Franklin really did discover electricity by flying


Fogg Lands Toulouse-Lautrec Show

The Fogg Art Museum will unveil a rare exhibition this Saturday of the earliest works by French turn-of-the century painter


Scientists Try Free Journal Access

Three of Harvard’s top scientists are playing a major role in the attempt to provide free access to scholarly research


Dreaming of Gold

Perhaps I’ve just gotten better at procrastinating since last year’s Sydney Olympic Games or maybe I now watch too much


Blinded By Science

Scientists aim to save and prolong life with their honorable quests, from curing cancer to encouraging Americans to eat less


Female and Minority Issues Find Stage Outlet

A very pregnant black woman struts angrily across a spartan stage, her pink terry-cloth bathrobe barely large enough to fit