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Garrett M. Graff

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Former HUPD Chief, Spy Tracker, Dies at 94

Robert Tonis, who led the Harvard University Department (HUPD) through its transformation into a professional police force, died last month


Former HUPD Officer Dies at 93

Carl A. Ikels, who spent more than half-a-century protecting the Harvard campus first as a watchman, then as a police


America’s Lessons From the Legacy of British Empire

The word “empire” is on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days. The unmatched world position of the United States


REVOLUTIONARY REGALIA

A re-enactor portraying Revolutionary War hero William Dawes and a member of the Massachusetts National Lancers’ color guard take part in the Patriot’s Day celebration on Cambridge Common yesterday.


WAITING FOR GORBACHEV

Hordes of students turned out in front of Holyoke Center yesterday to pick up free tickets to see former Russian Premier Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who will speak at Sanders Theatre next Monday.


The Aurora Borealis Unlocked

It is fitting, in an ironic sense, that BBC journalist Lucy Jago chose Kristian Birkeland for the subject of her