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Neeraja S. Kumar

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‘Opportunity to Experiment’: Visiting HBCU Scholars Praise Harvard’s Visiting Professorship Program

Four visiting professors from historically Black colleges and universities praised Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Visiting Professorship Program for offering the opportunity and funding to explore their scholarly work.


Harvard Returns the Remains of 7 Ancestors to the Oneida Indian Nation

Harvard has repatriated the remains of seven Oneida Indian Nation ancestors and associated funerary objects that were held in the collection of the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, the Oneida Nation announced Wednesday.


What’s Next for Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative?

When the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative’s Remembrance Program identified more than 100 living descendants of enslaved people owned by University affiliates, it marked just the beginning of what will likely be a yearslong process to engage and support those descendants.


Ambience and Anecdotes at Looney Tunes Records

Walking around the record store, several elements stand out: a skeleton dressed in a black cap and headphones, empty lava lamps as standing figures, a hanging Peppa Pig figurine. But the most interesting thing about the store is its owner, Pat McGrath, who is always ready to start a conversation.