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The proposed performing arts center, as seen from across North Harvard Street.
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The project will also include Harvard housing.
Ieva Jusionyte spoke at the Radcliffe Institute on the effect of American firearms on Mexican society.
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On the “exit wounds” of America’s gun industry in Mexico
Sarah Karmon, new HAA executive director
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Alumni Association
An HAA veteran will succeed Philip Lovejoy as executive director.
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Ieva Jusionyte spoke at the Radcliffe Institute on the effect of American firearms on Mexican society.
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On the “exit wounds” of America’s gun industry in Mexico
Tulip trees of Eastern North America and Eastern Asia, which last shared a common ancestor 14 million years ago.
Photographs by William (Ned) Freedman
Exploring the “plant humanities” at Harvard’s Dumbarton Oaks
Hansjörg Wyss
Courtesy of The Wyss Foundation
The philanthropist makes a fourth gift to support basic and translational research.
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At Freshman Convocation, the class of 2026 banner is unfurled for the first time.
Photograph by Lydialyle Gibson/Harvard Magazine
Speakers’ remarks reflect the urgencies of a turbulent time.
Harvard Business School
Photograph by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
Ten percent of MBA students to receive full tuition scholarships
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Sarah Karmon, new HAA executive director
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An HAA veteran will succeed Philip Lovejoy as executive director.
Hansjörg Wyss
Courtesy of The Wyss Foundation
The philanthropist makes a fourth gift to support basic and translational research.
Ben S. Bernanke
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Three scholars honored for work on banking and financial crises.
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Twins (Subway), 2018, by Jordan Casteel
Courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York. © Jordan Casteel
A new exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Downtown’s snowy pedestrian mall
Photograph by LEXPIX/iStock images
Exploring Burlington, Vermont
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The proposed performing arts center, as seen from across North Harvard Street.
Courtesy of Harvard University
The project will also include Harvard housing.
Twins (Subway), 2018, by Jordan Casteel
Courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York. © Jordan Casteel
A new exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Seligson’s “gallery” above her sofa at home
Photograph courtesy of Judith Seligson
Painter Judith Seligson’s creative juxtapositions
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(1/5) DOG DAY AFTERNOON Yale's Handsome Dan XIX and a Harvard University Police dog wondered what the ruckus was all about.
Photographs by Julian Giordano/The Harvard Crimson
A tough finish to a quirky season
SPREADING THE WEALTH Enjoying one of the best days for a quarterback in Harvard annals, Charlie Dean (11) surveys the Penn defense. The Crimson senior signal-caller riddled the Quakers, completing 29 of 38 passes for 316 yards and four touchdowns while connecting with nine receivers.
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Dean passes the Quakers silly—and Eli’s coming!
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(1/4) CRUNCH TIME Harvard's Joe Young is converged upon by a beehive of Columbia tacklers. The Crimson senior wideout snared three passes, one for 22 yards.
Photograph by Angela Dela Cruz/The Harvard CrimsonSloppy play and a wily Lion create a nightmarish loss.
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The official portrait captures its subject’s “intensity and even restlessness.”
Photograph by Jon Chase/HPAC
Celebrating the twenty-seventh president—and assessing his legacy
George Reisner, 1924
Photograph courtesy of Peter Der Manuelian
Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942
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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
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
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.
Screenshot courtesy of Abigail Mack’s TikTok videos
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
Photograph by Mark Nassal/Alamy Stock Photos
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
Photograph by Jennifer Carling/Harvard Magazine
Harvard responses to the war on Ukraine
Sabrineh Ardalan
Photograph by Jessica Scranton
Sabrineh Ardalan directs Harvard’s Immigration and Refugee Clinic.
Demonstrators gathered outside the Science Center on February 14 before marching through the Yard.
Photograph by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
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
Clockwise from top left: Photograph courtesy of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; United States Department of Justice; Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University; Photograph by the New Zealand Government/Office of the Governor-General
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
Photograph by Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/Pool/Alamy Images
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
Image Scala/Art Resource, NY
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.
Photographs by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images
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