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Tour the campus
The Gates of Harvard
Roosevelt slept here


Events 2008
University Calendar
Commencement sights and sounds


Multimedia
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This Month in
Harvard History
March 1925
The Harvard-Boston (Egyptian) Expedition discovers, intact, the secret tomb of Queen Hetep-heres I, mother of King Cheops (a.k.a. Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid). This spectacular find occupies archaeologists for the next two years.

Science
March 6, 2008

A birthday party with a special spin
Rashba
Two weeks after the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, 13-year-old Emmanuel Rashba and his family fled eastward from Kyiv, Ukraine. Many years later, Rashba’s work in physics helped pave the way for spintronics. Colleagues celebrated his 80th birthday last week.

Staff photo Matt Craig/Harvard News Office

J. Craig Venter named visiting scholar

Pioneer in spintronics celebrates birthday

Gene variants probably increase risk for anxiety disorders

Of flies and fish: Volhard talks about genetics shared by varied species

Hammonds named dean of Harvard College

Consumers want to do the right thing

HSPH establishes new three-year grant program