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President Bacow addressed seniors at an in-person Baccalaureate ceremony for the first time since 2019.
Both poet and orator consider the “fundamental threats” facing graduates as Commencement begins.
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This image of Sagittarius A*, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, is the first direct visual evidence of the presence of this supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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Scientists affiliated with the Event Horizon Telescope publish the first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Steven Goldstein, emeritus professor of government at Smith College, with moderator Christopher Li, director of research at the Indo-Pacific Security Project and fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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The East Asian implications of the Russia-Ukraine War
This plaque, placed on Wadsworth House in 2016, began Harvard’s public recognition of its legacy of slavery. The report issued today significantly deepens and broadens that understanding.
Photograph by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
A searching examination of the places kept “outside history,” and steps to come to terms with the University’s past
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From left: Noah Harris, Lindsay Sanwald, Benjamin Porteous, and Caroline Engelmayer
Photographs (from left to right) Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC, and Kris Snibbe/HPAC; Jon Chase/HPAC; Rose Lincoln/HPAC
Three 2022 graduates—and one from 2020—do the honors.
After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to adopt a system of previous-term registration for classes.
Amid controversy, the representative student body is replaced.
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After more than a decade, an institutional voice departs.
Erin Kelly and Salamishah Tillet honored for “searing” and “stylish” writing in biography and criticism
After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to adopt a system of previous-term registration for classes.
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The strange, haunting magic of Boston Harbor's Deer Island
Ruby Red horsechestnut (Aesculus x carnea ‘Briotii’)
Photograph by William “Ned” Friedman/The Harvard Arnold Arboretum
Lesser-known plants with tricks up their sleeves (or, rather, stems)
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President Bacow on maintaining University values while adopting the best lessons learned during the pandemic
The gains and losses from changes in Commencement and “shopping week”
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Erin Kelly and Salamishah Tillet honored for “searing” and “stylish” writing in biography and criticism
The 2022 Harvard Horzions scholars
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Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
Actor and producer Alex Molina on filming a feature-length thriller in a single take
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As an assistant coach at the University of Michigan, Moore helped lead the Wolverines to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight.
Photograph by Michigan Athletics/courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
She succeeds Kathy Delaney-Smith, who led the Crimson for 40 seasons.
Comprehensive modernization to begin this year
In her final season, the Harvard women’s basketball coach stays “in the moment."
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Brief life of a dauntless educator: 1887-1951
Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days
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A standard-setter retires—plus U.S. presidential debates, Overseer elections, admissions biases
President Bacow on exploring better work-life balance after the pandemic
Corporation members’ civic-mindedness, and undergraduate education at research universities
A standard-setter retires—plus U.S. presidential debates, Overseer elections, admissions biases
President Bacow on exploring better work-life balance after the pandemic
Corporation members’ civic-mindedness, and undergraduate education at research universities
Illustration by Morten Moreland
Can election reforms end the crippling gridlock in American politics?
Srivastava hopes to learn how neoblasts persist and reawaken, and why human and other mammalian stem cells are limited in their regenerative capacities.
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Mansi Srivastava’s basic research seeks to uncover the origins of whole-body regeneration in animals.
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(1 of 3) An aerial view of downtown New Bedford highlights historic buildings, which include the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and its cupola.
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Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene
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(1 of 3) Ship America on the Grand Banks, circa 1800, by Michele Felice Cornè
©2014 Peabody Essex Museum
From oceanic voyages to romping in the waves, a new exhibit explores relationships to water.
Summer’s wild blooms abound in Weezie’s Garden
Photograph by Allison Kern/Harvard Magazine.
Massachusetts Horticultural Society renews its mission.
Honoring their Polish heritage, sisters Vanessa and Casey White launched Jaju Pierogi in 2016.
Photograph courtesy of Jaju Pierogi
Two sisters’ culinary venture honors their Polish American roots.
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(1 of 3) President and deans applaud the graduates.
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Harvard’s second, more expansive online graduation, with honorands and more
An honorable tradition resumes, virtually.
A freshman year unlike any other, memorialized in the Class of 2024 tee.
Couresy of Tyler Nilson
Class spirit (the shirt), recyclable regalia, Zoom primal scream
Namwali Serpell
Photograph by Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images
The professor of English is also a novelist and a critic.
Playwriting and performance classes were piloted outdoors.
Photograph courtesy Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Office of Undergraduate Education
Pilot program points to the potential of hybrid instruction.
Elements may be in place for the University’s financial recovery.
60 Oxford Street will be overhauled and outfitted with instruments required to accommodate research in quantum science and engineering.
Kristina DeMichele/Harvard Magazine
A large leap in the smallest science, decarbonization debates, admissions lawsuit
New police leader, top teachers, and an excellent economist
Zoe Sarnak was headed toward a medical career, until a college music project propelled her into an unexpected life in the arts.
Photograph courtesy of Zoe Sarnak
Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs
Puck lampoons the income tax, represented by a browbeaten mongrel cowering in front of the U.S. Treasury (1895).
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Tax follies, Thomas Sowell, Donald Hall, and more
Alice Abarbanel with scenes from Radcliffe, illustrated by Daniel Baxter
An ambitious oral-history project captures the lived experiences of alumnae.
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honorands, clockwise from top left: Lotte Bailyn, John Hutchinson, Marvin Kalb, and Margaret McIntosh
Courtesy of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
For graduate studies that contributed to society
Four win scholarships for study in England.