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Attendees of the Cross-Cultrual Voting Kickoff smile as Trisha Prabhu ’22 takes a screenshot.
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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
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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) Essex Bay reflects New England’s history and reliance on the natural world.Photograph courtesy of Essex River Cruises Inc.
Exploring the coastal wonders of Essex, Massachusetts
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Photograph courtesy of Matteo WongA new College semester begins, at home.
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Adriana Colón
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Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications. Photo collage by Harvard Magazine/JCOCTOBER 19, 1929: BARRY WOOD BEATS ARMY, 20-20
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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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The “yeasty” times” when computer research grew at Harvard
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November-December 2015
Letters
A letter from the editor
Readers respond to articles on impact investing, “Cowboy” doctors, Gen Ed, and more.
A letter from President Faust
The College Pump
Henry D. Rogers performing as Grandfather with Annie Gaybis in 2009
Photograph by Mike Erdelyi Photography
Nutcracker notes, and a memorable blackout
Treasure
Cuban expatriate volunteers shown wading ashore during the U.S. assault. Those in their own clothes are unretouched—but peers wearing U.S. calvary tops have been rendered as whites.
Photograph courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University
When Americans occupied Cuba, 1898-1902
In this Issue
Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
Harvard’s greatest football coach—and one of the best anywhere
Max Beckmann, Self-Portrait in Tuxedo, 1927. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund, BR41.37. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Photo: © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Click image for uncropped version
Max Beckmann’s Self-Portrait in Tuxedo
Forensic pioneer Joseph T. Walker (at left) collects blood and scraps of flesh from the bathtub drain of a 1936 murder victim.
Photograph by Leslie Jones/Courtesy of the Boston Public Library
Brief life of a scientific sleuth: 1908-1952
Daniel Aaron
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.
Letters
A letter from the editor
Readers respond to articles on impact investing, “Cowboy” doctors, Gen Ed, and more.
A letter from President Faust
Right Now
In vibrant Times Square, Broadway plays and musicals compete to become the next megahit.
Photograph by Christian Baitg Schreiweis/iStock
Derek Miller hopes data will shake up the field of theater history.
Thermal maps (right) superimposed on this termite mound show contrasting temperature profiles for night (left half) and day (right half).
Photographs courtesy of Hunter King and Sam Ocko
Physicists look into the function of towering termite mounds.
Click on image to see full chart
Measuring the economic growth of nations is not enough, says Harvard Business School’s Michael Porter.
Harvard Squared
Brad Shur performing in his new show, Cardboard Explosion!
Photograph courtesy of the Puppet Showplace Theater
Contemporary takes on puppetry in Brookline, Massachusetts
Lorraine O’Grady
Photograph by Elia Alba
Lorraine O'Grady: Where Margins Become Centers at the Carpenter Center
Photograph courtesy of the Arnold Arboretum
Things to do and see when it's cold out
Stan Munro’s "toothpicked" version of St. Basil’s Cathedral, in Moscow
Photograph by Toni M. Horrace
Stan Munro’s toothpick designs are on display at the Fuller Craft Museum.
John Harvard's Journal
Photograph by Stu Rosner
Josep Lluís Sert’s International Style icon gets a half-century exterior toning and face lift.
For Harvard, the results point in particular to a problem in the College.
Jon Hanson
Photograph by Stu Rosner
A law professor plumbs social problems.
An update on the Harvard Campaign
Illustration by Mark Steele
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
As a 5.8 percent return boosts the endowment to $37.6 billion, changes aim to address persistent underperformance.
Freshman Convocation
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
Morning Prayers and Freshman Convocation themes, economists’ exodus, health benefits round two, and reengineering admissions
Rendering by Behnisch Architekten
University news briefs: retaining recruits, online learning, appointments, awards, and more
Illustration by David Wheeler
The Undergraduate contemplates books in a digital age.
Having picked off a Brown pass, defensive back Asante Gibson—wearing his team’s new, Nike-designed home uniform—heads goalward during the Crimson’s second-quarter onslaught.
Harvard Athletic Communications
Formidable early-season football
Shilpa Tummala
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Post-surgery, a top athlete reestablishes herself.
Montage
Hulsey in her studio, with book presses behind her
Portrait by Stu Rosner
A printmaker plays with the systems and structures of language.
Benjamin Scheuer playing one of the six instruments he uses in the course of his one-man musical, The Lion
Photograph by Matthew Murphy/Courtesy of Benjamin Scheuer
In his poignant one-man musical, Benjamin Scheuer finds his roar.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker
American higher education and its discontents
1870s Japan: a hand-tinted albumen print by Raimund von Stillfried showing two women posing
Photograph from the book
Recent books with Harvard connections
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
Adam Freudenheim
Photograph courtesy of Pushkin Publishing
A publisher brings world literature to young Anglophones.
Jordan Weiers ’16 and Gabriela D.M. "Gaby" Ruiz-Colón ’16
Photograph by Juliette Lynch
Harvard seniors honored for improving House life
Top from left: Thomas E. Blamey, Peter A. Carfagna, and Robert P. Fox Jr. Bottom row from left: Joan Keenan, Robert M. Kraft, and Nancy Sinsabaugh
The 2015 Harvard Alumni Association Award winners
Top row from left: William L. Eisenhart, Tanya Ryk Friedman, and Anita Warren Fritze. Bottom row from left: Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi, Meg Streeter Lauck, Garrett Scott Olmsted, and David F. Pinto
Harvard alumni honored for volunteer admissions interviewing
The College Pump
Henry D. Rogers performing as Grandfather with Annie Gaybis in 2009
Photograph by Mike Erdelyi Photography
Nutcracker notes, and a memorable blackout
Treasure
Cuban expatriate volunteers shown wading ashore during the U.S. assault. Those in their own clothes are unretouched—but peers wearing U.S. calvary tops have been rendered as whites.
Photograph courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University
When Americans occupied Cuba, 1898-1902