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Class of 2022 Senior Photograph on the steps on Widener Library
Photograph by Niko YaitanesPresident Bacow addressed seniors at an in-person Baccalaureate ceremony for the first time since 2019.
Theda Skocpol
Photograph by Jim HarrisonBoth poet and orator consider the “fundamental threats” facing graduates as Commencement begins.
From left: Noah Harris, Lindsay Sanwald, Benjamin Porteous, and Caroline Engelmayer
Photographs (from left to right) Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC, and Kris Snibbe/HPAC; Jon Chase/HPAC; Rose Lincoln/HPACThree 2022 graduates—and one from 2020—do the honors.
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This image of Sagittarius A*, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, is the first direct visual evidence of the presence of this supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
IMAGE CREDIT: EHT Collaboration
Scientists affiliated with the Event Horizon Telescope publish the first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Steven Goldstein, emeritus professor of government at Smith College, with moderator Christopher Li, director of research at the Indo-Pacific Security Project and fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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The East Asian implications of the Russia-Ukraine War
This plaque, placed on Wadsworth House in 2016, began Harvard’s public recognition of its legacy of slavery. The report issued today significantly deepens and broadens that understanding.
Photograph by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
A searching examination of the places kept “outside history,” and steps to come to terms with the University’s past
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From left: Noah Harris, Lindsay Sanwald, Benjamin Porteous, and Caroline Engelmayer
Photographs (from left to right) Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC, and Kris Snibbe/HPAC; Jon Chase/HPAC; Rose Lincoln/HPACThree 2022 graduates—and one from 2020—do the honors.
After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to adopt a system of previous-term registration for classes.
The logo of the now-defunct Harvard Undergraduate Council
Amid controversy, the representative student body is replaced.
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Katie Lapp
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPACAfter more than a decade, an institutional voice departs.
Erin Kelly and Salamishah Tillet honored for “searing” and “stylish” writing in biography and criticism
After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to adopt a system of previous-term registration for classes.
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Deer Island’s giant steel eggs and wind turbines
Photograph by Mark Nassal/Alamy Stock Photos
The strange, haunting magic of Boston Harbor's Deer Island
Ruby Red horsechestnut (Aesculus x carnea ‘Briotii’)
Photograph by William “Ned” Friedman/The Harvard Arnold Arboretum
Lesser-known plants with tricks up their sleeves (or, rather, stems)
Untitled, c.2000
Photograph ©Estate of Barkley L. Hendricks/Courtesy of the artist’s estate and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
How the artist saw community—and the world
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President Bacow on maintaining University values while adopting the best lessons learned during the pandemic
The gains and losses from changes in Commencement and “shopping week”
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Erin Kelly and Salamishah Tillet honored for “searing” and “stylish” writing in biography and criticism
The 2022 Harvard Horzions scholars
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
The film poster for DASH
Photograph courtesy of Spam Pictures
Actor and producer Alex Molina on filming a feature-length thriller in a single take
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As an assistant coach at the University of Michigan, Moore helped lead the Wolverines to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight.
Photograph by Michigan Athletics/courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
She succeeds Kathy Delaney-Smith, who led the Crimson for 40 seasons.
Weld Boat House
Photograph in the public domain
Comprehensive modernization to begin this year
Kathy Delaney-Smith
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
In her final season, the Harvard women’s basketball coach stays “in the moment."
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Portrait of Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson, ca. 1922
Photograph courtesy of Harvard University Archives
Brief life of a dauntless educator: 1887-1951
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Photograph in public domain
Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days
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July-August 2013
Letters
Letters on online gender equity, e-mail investigations, Dean John Monro, and more
A letter from the editor
A letter from President Faust
The College Pump
Treasure
In this Issue
Letters
Letters on online gender equity, e-mail investigations, Dean John Monro, and more
A letter from the editor
A letter from President Faust
Right Now
A project to map the brain is "the biggest challenge of the century."
The part of the brain that stores memories also actively predicts the future behavior of others.
Creative partnerships between government, non-profits, and investors may lead to more effective social services spending.
New England Regional
John Harvard's Journal
From the pages of the <i>Harvard Alumni Bulletin</i> and <i>Harvard Magazine</i>
Harvard Law School’s Wasserstein Caspersen Clinical center is a beautiful gathering space.
Highlights from the second University-wide Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching conference
A snapshot of new alliances in online education
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences considers “consultation, communication, and governance.”
President Faust responds to concerns about the University’s e-mail policies.
The new Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science seeks a better basis for drug development.
A Baker Library | Bloomberg Center exhibit helps commemorate women’s history at the school.
Harvard news: the Marathon bombing, earnings update, galvanizing gifts, primate-center closure, and more
Montage
An excerpt from Reuben Brower’s <i>The Fields of Light: An Experiment in Critical Reading</i>
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
New members of the Board of Overseers and new elected directors of the HAA
Four seniors have won scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2013-2014 academic year.
The Class of 1988 raised an all-time-record Harvard-reunion gift of $115 million.
Shared Interest Group events in July and August
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