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Attendees of the Cross-Cultrual Voting Kickoff smile as Trisha Prabhu ’22 takes a screenshot.
Screenshot captured by Trisha Prabhu ’22.
A cross-cultural effort fosters civic engagement in activists’ own communities.
In October 2018, supporters of Students for Fair Admissions hold signs in front of the federal courthouse where the admissions trial took place.
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Appellate arguments are heard in a closely watched admissions case.
Loeb House, where the University’s governing boards convene
Photograph by Harvard Magazine/JCLimits on election of petition candidates and other measures are adopted.
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According to the data set assembled by Harvard Law School scholars, black and Latinx people are overrepresented in Massachusetts’ criminal caseload compared to their population in the state. White people make up 74.3 percent of the state’s population and are defendants in in 58.7 percent of cases. Black people make up 6.5 percent of the population and are defendants in 17.1 percent of cases. Latinx people make up 8.7 percent of the population, and are defendants in in 18.3 percent of cases. Click on image to view full graphic
Source: Massachusetts Racial Disparity Report
Harvard Law School researchers identify the mechanisms that lead to longer sentences for nonwhite defendants.
Sonia Hernández-Díaz
Photograph courtesy Sonia Hernández-DíazThe challenges of researching the pandemic’s effects on pregnant women
A 10-centimeter-wide glass model of Phymactis pustulata, found in intertidal zones in the Western South Atlantic. The Blaschka model is listed in the 1878 mail-order catalog of Ward’s Natural Science Establishment.
Photograph by Peter Fried/Sketchfab.com/ARC-3DComplementary imaging techniques combine to create 3-D models that virtual visitors can examine from any angle.
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Attendees of the Cross-Cultrual Voting Kickoff smile as Trisha Prabhu ’22 takes a screenshot.
Screenshot captured by Trisha Prabhu ’22.
A cross-cultural effort fosters civic engagement in activists’ own communities.
The author's dog, Yuki, out for a walk.
Photograph courtesy of Matteo WongA new College semester begins, at home.
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Some Harvard matriculants really took the road less traveled.
Bill Keenan with actor Trevor Gretzky on the set of Odd Man Rush.
Bill Keenan ’09 brings his first book onto the screen.
Newly elected Overseers. Top, from left: Raphael William Bostic, and Margaret (Midge) Purce; bottom, from left: Tracy K. Smith, Thea Sebastian, and Jayson Toweh
Harvard Forward divestment advocates win three Board of Overseers seats—and other results from alumni voting.
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Classic Cape Cod sand, water, and sky
Photograph TrailLink user mybikeymio2, courtesy Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Swim, walk, and picnic along cycling routes
The Book Festival attracts book lovers from across Greater Boston
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A literary festival for children and adults
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(1 of 4) The Georgian mansion and adjacent slave quarters were once part of a 500-acre farm just north of Boston.Photograph by Theresa Kelliher/Courtesy of the Royall House and Slave Quarters museum
Preserving black history as “an act of liberation”
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The author's dog, Yuki, out for a walk.
Photograph courtesy of Matteo WongA new College semester begins, at home.
Illustration by Martin Haake
The Undergraduate reassesses the rhythms of the natural world.
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Our coverage of Harvard’s libraries, more relevant than ever in an online world
Adriana Colón
Photograph courtesy of Adriana ColónAdriana Colón forges aural connections.
Ian K. Smith
Photograph T. SmithIan K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction
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Barry Wood
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications. Photo collage by Harvard Magazine/JCOCTOBER 19, 1929: BARRY WOOD BEATS ARMY, 20-20
Bill Keenan with actor Trevor Gretzky on the set of Odd Man Rush.
Bill Keenan ’09 brings his first book onto the screen.
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A 10-centimeter-wide glass model of Phymactis pustulata, found in intertidal zones in the Western South Atlantic. The Blaschka model is listed in the 1878 mail-order catalog of Ward’s Natural Science Establishment.
Photograph by Peter Fried/Sketchfab.com/ARC-3DComplementary imaging techniques combine to create 3-D models that virtual visitors can examine from any angle.
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(1 of 3) Battle in Commons Hall drawing,1819, by William Henry Furness. HUD 2818.75.45A, Harvard University ArchivesThe Class of 1823 goes rogue and gets booted.
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Jones at work in the offices of the West Indian Gazette in Brixton, South London, in 1962
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Brief life of an intersectional activist: 1915-1964
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July-August 2010
Letters
Letters from our readers
The College Pump
Treasure
In this Issue
Andrew Wylie '70 runs a powerful literary agency that mixes hardball business and highbrow tastes. With audio from an interview with Wylie.
Brief life of an overlooked artist: c. 1829-1910. With images of Darden's masterpieces of river-cane basketry.
Letters
Letters from our readers
Right Now
Should U.S. fashion designers enjoy the same copyright protection as fellow creative artists—and their European counterparts?
An interdisciplinary example of how simple models can enhance understanding of complex systems
A long night’s rest merely masks the effects of chronic sleep loss.
New England Regional
The newest addition to a Berkshires yoga retreat melds with the landscape. View an image gallery.
John Harvard's Journal
In her speech to the alumni on Commencement afternoon, President Faust put the University’s interest in public service in context.
The Honorable David H. Souter, retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, began a conversation about constitutional interpretation.
Social scientists aim to name—and solve—their fields’ biggest questions.
Headlines from Harvard history
Nitin Nohria, the new dean of Harvard Business School, on educating students with the competence and character to exercise business leadership
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences faces a smaller, but still multimillion-dollar, deficit.
Why college friendships are special
Nick Gates ’91 has founded Coaches Across Continents to use soccer as an educational technique in Africa.
An update on men's and women's crew results
Montage
Alfred Alcorn ’64 sets his Harvard-flavored murder mysteries in one of his favorite places: a museum. With audio from an interview with Alcorn.
Adam Kirsch reviews The Art of the Sonnet, by Stephen Burt and David Mikics
Charlie Allen makes period homes work for their owners. View images of his work.
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Francie Randolph ’87 has combined Braille and J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard address to create a limited-edition book.
Alumni
New members for the Board of Overseers, new directors for the Harvard Alumni Association
Four members of the class of 2010 have won special scholarships to study at Cambridge University.
Reunioners and others come through with both time and money.
Scholars whose contributions to society emerged from their graduate study at Harvard