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Statue of John Harvard
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More women in science, and a steady increase in Asian-American admits
Massachusetts Hall
Photograph by Muns/Wikipedia
The University reports on a continuing trend—and commits to improving the community’s culture.
Angela Merkel
Photograph by 360b/Alamy Stock Photo
The German chancellor will deliver the Commencement address on May 30, 2019.
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Illustration by John Holcroft
Economist William Kerr argues for streamlining immigration to attract high-skilled talent from abroad.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker
Cherubic features benefit black male CEOs, but not other groups, underscoring the complexity of social disadvantage.
Illustration by Pete Ryan
The immune systems of “elite controllers” point to HIV’s vulnerabilities.
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Illustration by Michael Parkin/Folio Art
The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
Photograph by River North Photography/iStock
“None of my friends are going to The Game, which is evidenced by the fact that we’re at IHOP deliberating whether our crêpes should come with lingonberry, and not on a shuttle into Boston.”
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Degree-program affiliates now number 53, with 15 in the Senate and 38 in the House.
A serene and snowy moment in historic Portland
Photograph courtesy of Corey Templeton Photography
Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”
After the harvest, Kelby Russell, who makes cold-climate white wines, stands in a vineyard overlooking New York’s Seneca Lake.
Photograph by Robyn Wishna
Why the vineyards of New York called Kelby Russell home
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An example of a quipu from Peru's Nazca Province
Gift of Robert Woods Bliss, 1942 © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, PM# 42-28-30/4532
“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA
A miniature version of a New England high-post bed (ca. 1750-1765), with historically accurate bed furnishings by Natalie Larson
Object on loan courtesy of Natalie and Bruce Larson
Photograph courtesy of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
A Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum exhibit reveals how we once slept.
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Affirmative action, donor and staff preferences, and other Harvard College admissions challenges
Illustration by Michael Parkin/Folio Art
The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
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Philip J. Deloria
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
A boat cast adrift: visualizing the text, “Though the orange tree isle / Remain fast in its color, / ’Tis not such change, / But this drifting boat’s whither / That is beyond all knowing.”
Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums Imaging Department ©President and Fellows of Harvard College
A magnificent set of images, published—and exhibited
Liz Glynn
Photograph by Evelena Ruether/Liz Glynn Studio
In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
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Tubing at Nashoba Valley Ski Area
Photograph courtesy of Nashoba Valley Ski Area
Best snow-tubing spots around Greater Boston
Cook’s tour: Harvard wideout Jack Cook leaves Yale’s Deonte Henson in the dust on a third-quarter, 15-yard touchdown. The score gave the Crimson a 28-24 lead, which it would not surrender.
Photograph by Tim O’Meara/The Harvard Crimson
A resilient, crowd-pleasing football season, with talented sophomores surfacing
Cook’s tour: Harvard wideout Jack Cook leaves Yale’s Deonte Henson in the dust on a third-quarter, 15-yard touchdown. The score gave the Crimson a 28-24 lead, which it would not surrender.
Photograph by Tim O’Meara/The Harvard CrimsonOn the fiftieth anniversary of That Game, Harvard really does beat Yale.
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Re-landscaping Massachusetts Hall, making the entrance to Harvard Yard more welcoming
Illustration by Mark Steele
When the Law School made thin ice…and other headlines from Harvard’s history
Quarterback Frank Champi ’70 is carried off the field as the Yale game ends.
Photograph by Gary Mottola
The immediate post-Game coverage, and an update on that famous headline
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January-February 2019
A formal wartime portrait
Photograph from the Mathew Brady Collection/Library of Congres
Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
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American activists unfurl a banner in front of the Supreme Court.
James M. Thresher/Washington Post/Getty ImagesCapital Punishment’s Persistence
An historian tracks the death penalty’s persistence in America.
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May-June 2017
Letters
Readers comment on Houghton Library, coddled campuses, labor law, and more.
President Faust on the value of Harvard’s non-degree programs
A state’s pension-plan problems highlight the endowment challenge to realizing Harvard’s goals.
The College Pump
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Illustration by Michael Witte
Roger Angell tees off, David Halberstam survives the Charles, and more
Treasure
Image courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology/ © President and Fellows of Harvard College
The Peabody Museum 150th is a showcase for the origins and evolution of anthropology.
In this Issue
Illustration by Taylor Callery
The chasm between elite academia and working-class Americans—and how to bridge it
A portrait of Yellow Wolf circa 1909
Photograph from The Library of Congress
Brief life of a Native American witness to history: c. 1855-1935
Please see image galleries below for information about these objects and more
Recreating the Philosophy Chamber
Kathryn Davidson discusses her research
Photograph by Jim Harrison
How linguists use sign languages to understand universal grammar
Letters
Readers comment on Houghton Library, coddled campuses, labor law, and more.
President Faust on the value of Harvard’s non-degree programs
A state’s pension-plan problems highlight the endowment challenge to realizing Harvard’s goals.
Right Now
Illustration by Whooli Chen
Distraction seems to be the aim of a massive government campaign of fake social media posts.
Illustration by Jude Buffum
Patterns of gene expression that appear to be inherited from one generation to the next are instead explained by in-utero exposures.
Illustration by Paul Lachine
Do workplace environments contribute to poor health for employees?
Harvard Squared
The Asa Gray Garden honors the Harvard botanist
Courtesy of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Springtime at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Steampunk style merges “neo-Victorian fashion with retro-futuristic technology.”
Photograph by Bobbi Lane
Steampunk Festival celebrates art and history in Waltham, Massachusetts
Barry Van Dusen’s barn swallow (nesting at Stone Barn Farm)
Courtesy of Barry Van Dusen
A trip to Mass Audubon’s unique art museum
The Brookline birthplace of John F. Kennedy
Photograph courtesy of the National Park Service, John F. Kennedy National Historic Site
Centennial celebrations for John F. Kennedy in Brookline
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Flour’s baked treats
Photograph by Kristin Tieg/Flour
Harvard Square’s caffeine and calories—galore!
John Harvard's Journal
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Photograph by Jim Harrison
The Charles River, lit
The College’s social-club sanctions remain highly controversial.
Stephan Magro
Photograph by Jim Harrison
A miracle-working Commencement director
Still more construction projects on tap
Financial pressures force the faculty to trim doctoral admissions.
The Business School dean is bullish on engineering and data-science collaborations, and online learning.
Online learning, evolving at Harvard and beyond, attracts critical analysis.
David Parkes and Francesca Dominici, co-directors of Harvard’s new data-science initiative
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/HPAC
Harvard outlines steps toward a data-science institute in Allston.
Illustration by Mark Steele
An elephant race, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Maya Jasanoff (see “Writers’ Rewards,” below)
Photography by Rose Lincoln/HPAC
Dunster departure, graduate-school deans, faculty writing-prize winners, and more
Mark Zuckerberg
Photograph courtesy of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg drops in, Justice Scalia’s papers, dental-school milestone, and more
Illustration by Daniel Baxter
The Undergraduate wrestles with The Advocate’s exclusive comp process.
Far from Missouri: Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj on the choppy, cold Charles with skipper Nicholas Karnovsky ’19
Photograph by Jim Harrison
A Harvard sailor, a long way from landlocked Mongolia and Missouri
Katie Benzan ’20 was a first-team All-Ivy honoree and led the team in scoring (13.4 points per game) and assists (4.2 assists per game).
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
Seesaw seasons for the basketball teams
In the momentum-building Beanpot victory: Crimson forward Alexander Kerfoot skates against Boston University.
Photograph by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
Strong seasons in hockey, fencing, and swimming
Montage
Choreographer Claudia Schreier, in rehearsal
Photograph by Rosalie O’Connor
A choreographer's career, taking shape
Willa Cather, finance expert
Photograph courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society
A Business School professor ties finance and humanities together.
Justin Lee
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Justin Lee's essential, “invisible,” work at the Harvard Art Museums
The Vineyard’s south shore, from the Wequobsque Cliffs to Lucy Vincent Beach: inviting—and endangered
Photograph by David R. Foster
A natural history of Martha’s Vineyard, and other books with Harvard connections
A Conservative Party poster, circa 1900, the year the precursor of the Labour Party first participated in a general election
Poster from Getty Images
Scholarly lessons from Europe prove pertinent today.
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
James Bundy, on the Assassins set
Photograph by Jim Harrison
A look at James Bundy ’81, dean of the Yale School of Drama
Overseers and HAA director candidates
The College Pump
Click on illustration to see the full image
Illustration by Michael Witte
Roger Angell tees off, David Halberstam survives the Charles, and more
Treasure
Image courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology/ © President and Fellows of Harvard College
The Peabody Museum 150th is a showcase for the origins and evolution of anthropology.