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Harvard University

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde addresses graduates during commencement celebrations at Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 23, 2012.

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  • Boston-area travel bookstore gets new life

    (AP) -- The Globe Corner travel bookstore, which closed its Harvard Square location last summer, is getting a second life with an independent bookseller in Brookline, a suburb of Boston.Brookline Booksmith has opened a new "Globe Corner Travel Annex" at   Read more »

  • Obama, Romney sweep health care laws under a rug

    (AP) -- Now here's a tag team for the ages: Richard Nixon , Mitt Romney , Barack Obama .The arc of history joins all three in the cause of universal health care, a goal promoted by Nixon four decades ago and advanced in laws enacted by Romney and Obama i   Read more »

  • FDA to study safety of AeroShot

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether inhalable caffeine sold in lipstick-sized canisters is safe for consumers and if its manufacturer was right to brand it as a dietary supplement. AeroShot went on the market last mont   Read more »

  • Jeremy Lin: Just a regular guy at Harvard

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The menu was College 101: onion rings, French fries, pizza. The conversation often was more substantial: sensitive matters that ranged from personal to academic to athletic.And through it all, there was no question who was setting the   Read more »

  • Two years after Lin left, Harvard on roll

    PHILADELPHIA -- Here's what's really "Lin-sane": Harvard is having its best basketball season ever two years after Jeremy Lin graduated.Harvard is 21-3, has been ranked as high as No. 21 and opened its Ivy League season with seven wins before losing to P   Read more »

About Harvard University

Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and currently comprises ten separate academic units. It is also the first and oldest corporation in the United States.

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