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The 370th degree-conferral will be online for the second consecutive year—with Ruth Simmons as guest speaker.
Kate Murtagh, chief compliance officer and managing director of sustainable investing at Harvard Management Company
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Harvard Management Company issues its first report on the “net-zero” greenhouse-gas emissions goal.
As expected, the anti-affirmative-action advocate appeals after losing in lower court rounds.
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Noah Evers ’22 and his grandmother Patricia Greenfield ’62, Ph.D. ’66
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Harvard development partner Tishman Speyer’s proposed massing and configuration of buildings for the first phase of construction on the Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.
From Tishman Speyer's Project Notification Form filing.
Tishman Speyer details the first phase of the “enterprise research campus”—and points to a doubling of the project’s ultimate size.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen on the law, trauma, and “the rhetoric of believing”
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Noah Evers ’22 and his grandmother Patricia Greenfield ’62, Ph.D. ’66
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Tucson, Arizona
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The Undergraduate balances childhood and maturity.
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Noah Evers ’22 and his grandmother Patricia Greenfield ’62, Ph.D. ’66
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
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Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist
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Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
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Turning your al fresco space into a springtime oasis
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“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
Solomon Gate in its typical open position
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
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David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
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A legendary route’s disputed distance
An adept passer and gritty defender, Zeng also finished fifth in the Ivy League in service aces.
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Volleyball captain Sandra Zeng’s defensive focus
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Solomon Gate in its typical open position
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David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
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A legendary route’s disputed distance
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Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist: 1875-1953
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March-April 2021
Letters
Acupuncture, climate change, renaming
President Bacow on speech on campus
What Ivy institutions’ diverging paths reveal
The College Pump
Photograph courtesy of the Brookline Preservation Commission
Classy masks, dapper archaeologist, saving H.H. Richardson’s house
Treasure
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The era of imaginative mapmaking
In this Issue
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Back in his hometown: Stephen Gray in downtown Cincinnati
Stephen Gray pioneers equitable urban design.
Jeannie Suk Gersen
Photograph by Stu Rosner
Jeannie Suk Gersen on the law, trauma, and “the rhetoric of believing”
Bryant at work, captured in an undated photograph.
Image courtesy of the Museum of Comparative Zoology/Harvard University
Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist
Photograph by William (Ned) Friedman
Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum
Letters
Acupuncture, climate change, renaming
President Bacow on speech on campus
What Ivy institutions’ diverging paths reveal
Right Now
Illustration by Alex Williamson.
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
The persistence of a giant storm on Jupiter—the planet’s iconic red spot—has perplexed scientists for generations.
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
The gas giant’s storms could be driven by processes thousands of kilometers below the surface.
Illustration by Traci Daberko
Compact and persistent, DNA could one day compress all human knowledge into a 15-gallon drum.
Harvard Squared
Coolidge Corner Theater offers small-group rentals.
Photograph courtesy of Coolidge Corner Theater
Greater Boston’s small cinemas strive to engage film-goers during the pandemic.
Shen Wei in his New York studio, 2014
Photograph by Jeffrey Sturges
“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Join other aspiring and established writers for The Muse & The Marketplace conference in April.
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This Boston conference offers a virtual writing retreat.
Photo courtesy of Didriks.com
Turning your al fresco space into a springtime oasis
John Harvard's Journal
Solomon Gate in its typical open position
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
Nancy Coleman, dean of continuing education
Photograph by Michelle dunham Photography
Pandemic-driven virtual learning booms—and perhaps promises improved residential education, too.
Roxanne Guenette
Photograph by Stu Rosner
Seeking answers to science’s biggest questions
Prospective candidates and their diverse views of Harvard’s future and the Board’s role
Patrick Chung
Photograph courtesy of Patrick Chung
The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.
Judith and Sean Palfrey
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Adams House changing of rhe guard, Institute of Politics controversy, an avalanche of applications, and more
Pandemic precautions: safety procedures prevail as students return for spring term.
Photograph by Meena Venkataramanan
Reports on the pandemic spring semester, policing reform, Allston enlargement, and cell-manufacturing
Tucson, Arizona
Photograph by Sean Pavone/istock
The Undergraduate balances childhood and maturity.
David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
Photograph by Molly Malone
A legendary route’s disputed distance
Montage
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(1of 4) Details from The Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo’s ceilingPhotograph © Vatican Museum
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
The heap: a mound of scrap fabric documents an industry, and a term.
Photograph courtesy of Hanna Rose Shell
“From Devil’s Dust to the Renaissance of Rags”—a surprising account of scrap
Illustration by Matt Chase, from the book
Reinterpreting the distinctive psychology of the human West
Justin Deabler
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Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”
Francis Drake and Elizabeth I, the stars of Laurence Bergreen’s new seafaring epic
Public Domain
Recent books with Harvard connections
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
A senior cheer group
Photograph courtesy of Lance Oppenheim
Documentarian Lance Oppenheim explores life in The Villages.
Alumni
Radhika Jones
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Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair
Highlighting leaders at clubs and SIGs
The College Pump
Photograph courtesy of the Brookline Preservation Commission
Classy masks, dapper archaeologist, saving H.H. Richardson’s house
Treasure
Click on arrow at right to view full map
Image courtesy of the Harvard Map Collection
The era of imaginative mapmaking