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Letters
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The conservative, legacies, the Electoral College
January-February 2021
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Features
The Loneliness Pandemic
As the country isolates, are we all alone?
Edwin Binney, 3rd
Brief life of a philanthropic art collector: 1925-1986
The Education of a Harvard Lawyer
An alumna looks back.
The American Exception
How faith shapes economic and social policy
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Biological Vaccine Factories
An implantable cancer vaccine shows promise in training the immune system to attack tumors.
Can Financial Crises Be Predicted?
Contrary to expert belief, some financial crises can be predicted—and perhaps averted.
How Acupuncture Relieves Inflammation
“Fine-tuning” an ancient practice to heal, not harm
John Harvard's Journal University news
“A 500-Year Building”
A new center for engineering and applied sciences—finally
The Financial Fallout…So Far
The pandemic—and prospects for the University and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Broadening the Faculty’s Ranks
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ annual report on the professoriate—and the challenges of making it more diverse
Cassandra Albinson
A curator takes a fresh look at portraits of aristocratic European women.
Yesterday's News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
The Shows Go On
Extracurriculars cope despite COVID-19.
First-Gen Inclusion and Belonging
Rachel Gable’s research on helping first-generation and low-income students succeed at elite colleges
Brevia
New Business School dean, alumni Nobelists, more on fossil fuels, and other University news
News Briefs
Updates on the spring term, naming conventions, and racial equity
Crimson on Capitol Hill: 117th
Four new House members boost the roster of alumni in Congress to 54.
A Common Underground
Redrawing community at Harvard
Laying Out
Volleyball captain Sandra Zeng’s defensive focus
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
“We’re All Animals”
Shelby Meyerhoff’s liminal, liberating body painting
The World-Wise JFK
An unusual senior thesis
“Magical Digressions”
TV writer and producer Jeff Schaffer on how to be funny
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Grinding Out Lawyers—by Grinding Down Students
The making of the modern Harvard Law School
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
Defying the Doldrums
Skiing, snow tubing, and more in Western Massachusetts
“Made It: The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion”
Highlighting 250 years of women in fashion
Thai Tastes in Watertown
Cha Yen Thai Cookery
Picturing America
“Robert Frank: The Americans,” at the Addison Gallery of American Art
Create Your Own Spectacular Staycation
Timely tips to brighten the season
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Defying Limits
David Roberts: A lifetime of adventures, risks, and rewards
