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Public Service Key to Harvard Experience

Harvard University has a longstanding tradition of community engagement and public service. Students, faculty, and staff contribute to the quality of life in the University's host cities through more than 350 programs addressing education, affordable housing, economic opportunity, civic life and culture, health, and the environment.

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Energy Secretary and Nobelist Steven Chu to Speak at Commencement

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Nobel laureate in physics and a leader in the pursuit of alternative and renewable sources of energy, will be Harvard's principal speaker at the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard's 358th Commencement on June 4.

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University News

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Harvard Arts Calendar

Harvard University Library Awarded 5M Grant from Arcadia Fund

Prof. Louis Menand Looks at Cinematic Technique

Financial Aid Program Draws Record Number of Applications

International Conference Thinks About Sustainable Cities

Matt Lauer to Give Class Day Speech

Science & Research

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Mexican Program Successful at Reducing Crippling Health-Care Costs

Lighting Up Parkinson's Disease Research

Key to Happiness Is Listening to Others

HBS Professor on Disrupting Health Care

Harvard Surgeons Perform Second Partial Face Transplant in U.S.

HKS Study Outlines Framework for Strengthening Civil-Military Relations

HAA Travels

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China: Great Civilizations Along the Silk Road
August 3-17, 2009

Travel from Beijing to Shanghai, stopping at the most exotic places along the Silk Road. With Professor Peter Bol, explore China's imperial monuments, ancient capitals, and legendary archaeological sites.

Antarctica on Corinthian II
Dec 10 - 22, 2009

Join Professor James McCarthy in Antarctica on a cruise through ice-packed channels. Spot Gentoo, Chinstrap, and Adelie penguins, and observe minkes, humpbacks, and orcas as they cavort in sparkling waters.

The Yard Magazine

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Iron Chef Competition Heats Up

The setting: Quincy House dining hall. The competitors: Thirty students divided into six teams hungering to display their consummate culinary skills. The challenge: Incorporate three locally harvested Georges Bank sea scallops into each delectable, beautifully presented plate. And so, with the clock running, Quincy's fourth annual Iron Chef competition, modeled after the popular Food Network television show, began.

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