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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
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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
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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
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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.”
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Celebrating the twenty-seventh president—and assessing his legacy
George Reisner, 1924
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Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942
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EV’s, Frankfurter, Judaica, pandemic education, and more
President Bacow on critics constructive and otherwise
The Supreme Court case, and articulating Harvard’s core values
The College Pump
Henry Lee Higginson
Photography courtesy of the Library of Congress
The inclusive Henry Lee Higginson, and Robert Caro’s productive fellowship
Treasure
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Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums/©President and Fellows of Harvard College
Harvard Art Museums’ exhibit uncovers paintings’ mysterious origins.
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Justice Elena Kagan
Photograph courtesy of the United States Supreme Court, Public Domain
Ebbing trust in the Supreme Court, and what to do about it
Allison Feaster at the Celtics’ Auerbach Center
Photograph by Stu Rosner
A basketball star's journey from the Harvard hardwood to the Celtics front office
George Reisner, 1924
Photograph courtesy of Peter Der Manuelian
Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942
Letters
EV’s, Frankfurter, Judaica, pandemic education, and more
President Bacow on critics constructive and otherwise
The Supreme Court case, and articulating Harvard’s core values
Right Now
Illustration by Eva Vasquéz
Two new technologies could provide an eco-friendly cooling solution.
Illustration by Phil Foster
Documenting the history and scope of federal “reparatory compensation.”
Illustration by Dave Cutler
Experiments using a neuroprosthetic reveal nocturnal motor neuron learning.
Harvard Squared
Downtown’s snowy pedestrian mall
Photograph by LEXPIX/iStock images
Exploring Burlington, Vermont
The Mattatuck Museum, newly renovated, offers a more welcoming entrance to visitors
Photograph courtesy of the Mattatuck Museum
Connecticut’s Mattatuck Museum
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
John Harvard's Journal
At Freshman Convocation, above, Dean Rakesh Khurana said, “Veritas is more than just a slogan,”
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC
Convocation and Morning Prayers messages about free speech and fruitful airing of differences
Giang Nguyen
Photograph by Jim Harrison
The HUHS executive director’s public health background prepared him well for the pandemic.
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
Navy SEAL Jonathan Smart (left) helps astronaut Harrison Schmitt out of the Apollo 17 capsule after it splash-landed in the Pacific Ocean.
Photograph courtesy of NASA
Two Harvard alumni recall a return from the last human moonwalk.
Archon Fung and Meredith Weenick
Photograph by Jon Chase/HPAC and courtesy of Meredith Weenick
Presidential search, boat house rebuilding, giant telescope, M.B.A. aid, and more
At the Kempner debut, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan extolled cooperation among the disciplines.
Photograph by John Deputy
Fostering businesses within enginnering and applied sciences, Amazon’s quantum support, and changing concentrations
THE MIGHTY THOR: Junior Thor Griffith, who had two sacks and a game-high nine tackles against Merrimack, was one of the mainstays of a defensive line that routinely stifled opponents’ runners and harassed quarterbacks.
Photograph by Dylan Goodman/courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
Picked to win the 2022 Ivy championship, the football team got off to a solid start.
Attacker Alex Tsotadze, men’s water polo co-captain, has become expert at exploiting aquatic physics.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
Alex Tsotadze’s water polo reads and rips
Montage
Seligson’s “gallery” above her sofa at home
Photograph courtesy of Judith Seligson
Painter Judith Seligson’s creative juxtapositions
The public, self-portrayed Sargent, 1892
Public Domain
A revealing new biography of John Singer Sargent
Celeste Ng
Photograph by Kieran Kesner
“Our Missing Hearts” embodies the author’s hope that storytelling can be an agent of change.
A thunderstorm atop late-winter snow in New England, February 2014: just the thing to delight “weather nerd” Matthew Cappucci
Photograph by Matthew Cappucci
Recent books with Harvard connections
Kapwani Kiwanga
Photograph ©Bertille Chéret
Installation artist Kapwani Kiwanga on power, resistance, and plants
DeLong’s analysis resembles John Kenneth Galbraith’s (shown 1965) critique of the “affluent society.”
Photograph by Hulton Archive/Getty Images
A sweeping history of society and the economy in the twentieth century
Alumni
Torbert at work, San Francisco 49ers vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, TIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville, November 2021
Photograph by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
A Harvard Law alum puts his degree to work on the field.
Enriching life in the Houses
Honoring the providers of exemplary service and exceptional programming
For outstanding service
The College Pump
Henry Lee Higginson
Photography courtesy of the Library of Congress
The inclusive Henry Lee Higginson, and Robert Caro’s productive fellowship
Treasure
Click on arrow to view full image
Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums/©President and Fellows of Harvard College
Harvard Art Museums’ exhibit uncovers paintings’ mysterious origins.