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Wilma and Aaron Tosa, Native American potters from the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, give anthropology students a hands-on lesson in hand-coiling at Harvard’s Ceramic Studio. Matt Liebmann, John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, and Rowan K. Flad, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, brought the couple to Harvard as part of their course on archaeological methods and reasoning. Students learned the basic technique and the art of sgraffito (hand-etching) Wilma uses to de

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Before Natalie Portman became an Oscar-winning actress, she was a child prodigy with a passion for science. Born in 1981 in Jerusalem, she moved to the United States as a toddler and later attended Harvard University, earning a degree in psychology in 2003 — all while acting in blockbuster films. Few know that at just 13, she turned down a modeling contract to focus on acting, landing her debut role in Léon: The Professional (1994). She even published two scientific research papers, one during h