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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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Taylor P. Beljon-Regen

Taylor P. Beljon-Regen ’29, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Government concentrator in Thayer Hall.
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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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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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‘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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Harvard Women’s Lightweight Rowing Coach Leaves Midyear

Harvard Radcliffe women’s lightweight rowing head coach Stacey Apfelbaum has stepped down from her position effective immediately, according to a Monday announcement by Harvard Athletics, following ...
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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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A Double-Edged Sword?: Double Concentrations Create Both Pressure and Opportunity for Harvard Students

Three years since Harvard introduced double concentrations, the number of students pursuing them has nearly doubled.
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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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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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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.