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Nancy Hopkins (center) stands with Salvador Luria (left) and David Baltimore at the MIT Cancer Center in the 1980s.
Photograph courtesy of MIT Museum
New book on Nancy Hopkins speaks to women's fight for equality then—and their fight now
The human rights advocate co-founded Partners In Health in 1987.
Spanning more than 50 years, the conceptual artist’s work explores race, class, gender, and identity.
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Horsemanship appears to have played a key role in the spread of the Yamnaya people.
Photograph by istock and altered by Jennifer Carling/Harvard Magazine
New evidence on domestication of horses—and the spread of an ancient Eurasian culture
The Salata Institute has chosen five teams to pursue solutions to a variety of climate-change impacts.
Logo courtesy of Salata Institute; solar panel photograph by Unsplash
Teams of Harvard researchers will develop concrete proposals for addressing specific climate impacts.
As the ranks of the elderly swell, there are too few housing options for seniors who want to “age in place.”
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Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899
Alexandra Petri introduces the poet to tech support for help with her keyboard.
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Spring is the perfect time to touch up your property
Marquetry artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor at the Addison Gallery of American Art
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Pursuing their individual brands, colleges neglect the needs of higher education.
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Spanning more than 50 years, the conceptual artist’s work explores race, class, gender, and identity.
Patricia and Edmund Michael Frederick have been collecting and restoring historical pianos since the 1970s.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
An instrument restorer’s beautiful obsession
A new novel from foreign correspondent Wendell Steavenson
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Harmoni Turner '25 had 21 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds, making her just the sixth player in Ivy League history to earn a triple-double.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletics
Women’s basketball demolishes Towson in the first round of the WNIT.
Chris Ledlum makes a breakaway dunk after stealing the ball during a game last November against Loyola Chicago.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletics
Chris Ledlum ’23 makes his mark on the hardcourt.
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Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899
Cornhole at HBS, prayer and meditation at SEAS, minerologist’s meter, eclipse aficionado
From the archives
Photograph by William (Ned) Friedman
Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum
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A letter from the editor
Readers respond to articles on impact investing, “Cowboy” doctors, Gen Ed, and more.
A letter from President Faust
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
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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
A letter from the editor
Readers respond to articles on impact investing, “Cowboy” doctors, Gen Ed, and more.
A letter from President Faust
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.
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 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.
An update on the Harvard Campaign
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
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.
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Formidable early-season football
Hulsey in her studio, with book presses behind her
Portrait by Stu Rosner
A printmaker plays with the systems and structures of language.
Adam Freudenheim
Photograph courtesy of Pushkin Publishing
A publisher brings world literature to young Anglophones.
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