On the cover: Tercentenary Theatre, May 28, 2020. Photograph by Kristina DeMichele/Harvard Magazine
Letters
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Health care, St. Louis, pioneering astronomer
Unprecedented
President Bacow on Harvard’s history of confronting—and helping conquer—pandemics
Lessons Learned
What Harvard has already learned from the pandemic—and strategic challenges to come
July-August 2020
On the cover: Tercentenary Theatre, May 28, 2020. Photograph by Kristina DeMichele/Harvard Magazine
Features
“From Neither Here Nor There”
Sociologist Roberto Gonzales on the predicament of undocumented young people
Callimachus
Brief life of a multifaceted poet: c. 310 B.C.E. - c. 240 B.C.E.
The Indispensable Power
On restoring American leadership through diplomacy
One Small Step for Music
A professor’s interstellar reach
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
The Brain-Behavior Link
Researchers hope to tease out the effects of breeding and training on dog brain structure.
The Extinction of the Press?
If the press is essential to democracy, what can be done to save news organizations?
Cornering COVID-19
A serological test may reveal the COVID-19 virus’s weaknesses—and expose its strategic decoys.
John Harvard's Journal University news
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Harvard’s oldest building at 300
Graduation, Socially Distanced
Details of the virtual degree-conferral ceremonies
Ending an Epidemic
The when and how of vaccines
Melissa Dell
“In the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, people in academic institutions like Harvard predominantly studied the U.S. and Europe,” says the development economist.
The Coronavirus Campus
The factors influencing the fall semester—and beyond
Yesterday's News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Addressing Climate Change
The University adopts a new goal for managing the endowment.
Brevia
Leadership changes, new sexual-misconduct rules, and more
Jeffrey Epstein’s Extensive Harvard Reach
The general counsel’s report recommended—and prompted—action.
Point of No Return
The Undergraduate faces up to a postgraduate life without handrails.
All In Her Head
Diver Georgina Milne pictures a post-pandemic return.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
“Theater Is Church”
Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life
What’s Become of “Character”?
Marjorie Garber explores the word’s complexity and history.
Electoral Eccentricity
Problematic features of the Electoral College
The Power of Unreason
Paul Moravec’s soulful music
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Seriously Goofy
Comedian Karen Chee finds her voice.
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
Greater Boston’s Season of “Social Trust”
Getting away and outside safely this summer
A COVID-19 Day at the Beach
Strict lines in the sand
A Living Treasure in Boston
Summertime at the Arnold Arboretum
Turkish-inspired Delights
Cambridge’s Sofra Bakery & Café feeds sheltering crowds.
Virtually Perfect
How to plan your staycation summer
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
The Arts as Essential Goods
A prescient novelist is hopeful that “after great change, amazing things can happen.”
Harvard Cambridge Scholars
Headed to the other Cambridge
Harvard Medalists
For extraordinary service to the University
Centennial Medalists
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ honorands
Overseer and HAA Director Elections
The official 2020 slates
