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Ten percent of MBA students to receive full tuition scholarships
William Randall channels Andrés Segovia, in his Lowell House room, c. 1970-1971
Photograph courtesy of the subjectAn affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all
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Targeting the wrong buyers—and producing more greenhouse-gas emissions
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The high costs of environmental, historic-preservation, and other good intentions
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Understanding “low response to training”—and searching for solutions for diabetics and others
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Ten percent of MBA students to receive full tuition scholarships
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall.
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Kallaugher’s “Dark Web” (2021), published in The Economist
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Kevin Kallaugher on the art of editorial cartooning
Juna Gjata
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A lifelong struggle with body image led Juna Gjata to podcasting.
Gardner Cox’s unconventional 1960 Frankfurter portrait
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Justice Felix Frankfurter, to great controversy, said yes.
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Opportunities for discovery this fall
Birches Over Pine (1966)
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Exhibit at Vermont's Shelburne Museum offers beauty and vitality
The music center, sited on a bucolic hill in Groton
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A new regional music center opens in Groton, Massachusetts.
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The commercial "enterprise research campus" will begin rising on the gray parcel at the center, above—but Harvard's broader strategy is not widley known.
Image from Google EarthThe Corporation’s role in communicating University strategies—and the magazine’s 125th
President Lawrence S. Bacow
The extraordinary promise of Harvard’s libraries
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Birches Over Pine (1966)
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Exhibit at Vermont's Shelburne Museum offers beauty and vitality
esperanza spalding performs at the 2018 New York Live Arts Gala, sporting her signature “Life Force” outfit.
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The musician and "songwright" invites the listener in
Kallaugher’s “Dark Web” (2021), published in The Economist
Cartoon by Kal Kallaugher
Kevin Kallaugher on the art of editorial cartooning
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Shahbo lunges for a save during NCAA tournament warmup.
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Field hockey goalie Ellie Shahbo’s quiet dominance
Christine Mansour at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama
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How Christine Mansour became a beach handball star
Charles Altchek
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Charles Altchek ’07 moves from the field to the front office.
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Parry in Paris circa 1925-1928
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Brief life of a Homeric scholar with a big idea: 1902-1935
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This portrait of Hunt Logan by the Parisian-trained, African-American painter William Edouard Scott, was begun in 1915 while he was in residence at Tuskegee and completed at her daughter’s direction in 1918.
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May-June 2022
Letters
“Shopping week,” workplace culture, solace, and other reader views
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”
The College Pump
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days
Treasure
Blanche Calloway, in her element
Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Theater Collection
The success and struggles of a pioneering musician
In this Issue
Gary Jones with the truck he learned to operate at East Mississippi Community College
Photograph by Matthew G. Wood
Most Americans earn less than their parents did. Can community colleges bridge the gap?
Portrait of Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson, ca. 1922
Photograph courtesy of Harvard University Archives
Brief life of a dauntless educator: 1887-1951
Pierre Dupont in his pediatric surgical research lab at Boston Children’s Hospital
Photograph by Jim Harrsion
Engineering advances in surgery, mobility, and patient care
After receiving her Harvard acceptance, Abigail Mack ’25 went from dozens of views per TikTok video to tens of thousands.
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How students make videos for a world fascinated by Harvard
Letters
“Shopping week,” workplace culture, solace, and other reader views
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”
Right Now
Illustration by Taylor Callery
Unfettered access to personal data may give Chinese companies an edge in artificial intelligence.
Illustration by Giovanni Da Rae
COVID-19’s toll on black patients extends to those who never got the virus.
Illustration by Davide Bonazzi
New research identifies the cellular receptors for Eastern Equine Encephalitis and two related viruses.
Harvard Squared
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)
Untitled, c.2000
Photograph ©Estate of Barkley L. Hendricks/Courtesy of the artist’s estate and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
How the artist saw community—and the world
Deer Island’s giant steel eggs and wind turbines
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The strange, haunting magic of Boston Harbor's Deer Island
Celebratory students at Commencement
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Brattle Square Florist tulips
New businesses arrive in the neighborhood—and old ones take on new life. A Harvard2 Local Business Roundup
John Harvard's Journal
Ukrainian flag flying at University Hall
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Harvard responses to the war on Ukraine
Sabrineh Ardalan
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Sabrineh Ardalan directs Harvard’s Immigration and Refugee Clinic.
Demonstrators gathered outside the Science Center on February 14 before marching through the Yard.
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Lawsuit claims the University downplayed sexual misconduct allegations against anthropology professor John Comaroff.
Clockwise from top left: Sherrilyn Ifill, Merrick B. Garland, Tracy K. Smith, Jacinda Ardern
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Jacinda Ardern, Merrick Garland, and other lead speakers at Commencement and alumni events
A hybrid classroom at Harvard Business School, created to enable in-person and remote instruction during the pandemic. The new task force report assesses innovations like this, and their application to residential, hybrid, and remote teaching and learning in Harvard’s future.
Photograph by Hensley Carrasco/Harvard Business School
The future of teaching and learning at Harvard—and beyond
Penny Pritzker elected senior fellow, climate-change investments, Allston expectations, undergraduate academics, and the reformed tenure track
Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Associate Justice-in-waiting Jackson, the College class of 2026, and more University news
Illustration by Kimberly Morris
Exclusion and belonging in undergraduate cultural organizations
Illustration by Alice Yu Deng
Thoughts on a perennial undergraduate complaint
In a standout season, the Crimson defeated Boston College 5–4 to win its fifteenth Beanpot—and first since 2015.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
A legendary basketball coach retires, and Crimson teams excel.
Montage
Anna Soltys Morse (red shirt, gray pants) performing hand-to-hand acrobatics with other cast members of the outdoor show Branché
Photograph by Christopher Duggan
Anna Soltys Morse and the art of hand-to-hand flying
The Wexner Center for the Arts, at Ohio State University, signaled large shifts in culture—and architecture.
A comprehensive examination of avant-garde architecture
As a singer and songwriter, Claudia García performs mariachi-inspired Latin fusion music.
Photograph by Javier Vela; courtesy of mariachimusic.com
How Claudia García got “mariachi fever”
Giuliano da Sangallo’s fine hand applied to both Roman ruins and his own designs: here, San Lorenzo, in Florence
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Recent books with Harvard connections
Members of the Devon Regiment and police, searching homes during the Mau Mau rebellion, round up local people for interrogation c. 1954.
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A new history indicts the British imperium.
Montage by Jennifer Carling/Harvard Magazine; images from istock
Danielle Allen on America’s broken social contract
Alumni
After struggling to secure a U.S. visa for an Afghan informant, Phil Caruso has helped others navigate this complex process.
Photograph courtesy of Phil Caruso
The U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over—but promises remain unfulfilled.
Photograph by Will Halsey/Courtesy of the Harvard Alumni Association
Philip Lovejoy to retire as Harvard Alumni Association executive director
The Board of Overseers and Alumni Association elected director slates
The College Pump
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Photograph in public domain
Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days
Treasure
Blanche Calloway, in her element
Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Theater Collection
The success and struggles of a pioneering musician