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Michael Smith, Jane Kim, and David Hempton
Montage and photographs of schools by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine; Headshots (from left): Photograph courtesy of Michael Smith; photograph courtesy of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; photograph by Justin Knight
Appointments for engineering and public health schools, extension of divinity school dean’s tenure
Novelist John Green joins Radcliffe medalist Ophelia Dahl on stage to discuss Partners In Health
Photograph by Tony RinaldoOphelia Dahl, awarded the 2023 Radcliffe Medal, discusses Partners In Health.
Moderator Jacqueline Bhabha (left) with panelists Agnes Binagwaho, Abby Maxman, Natalia Kanem, and Reema Nanavaty
Photograph by Tony RinaldoA Radcliffe Day panel discusses women’s leadership in global healthcare.
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Alia Crum presents about mindfulness in allergy oral immunotherapy. Thich Nhat Hanh, the center's namesake, is featured on the top left of the slide.
Photograph by Max J. Krupnick/Harvard Magazine
Monks and researchers gathered at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to launch a new center for mindfulness.
Hvalsey Church
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Sea-level rise that inundated coastal farmland may have led to their demise
The nine graduate student presenters at the 2023 Harvard Horizons symposium
Photomontage courtesy of the Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Emerging doctoral research on COVID-19, military model villages, children at risk, and more
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Top left: Bob Burres and Dawn Oates, Ed.M. ’23. Top right: Aileen Louie, Suevon Lee, Jenn Louie, M.Div. ’23, Alex Louie, Lily Louie, and Arthur Louie. Bottom left: speakers at Harvard’s affinity celebration for Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Desi American graduates. Bottom right: David Lewis, M.P.P. ’23, Taylor Jones, M.P.P. ’23, Raie Gessesse, M.P.P. ’23, Selma Ismail, M.P.P. ’23, Lindsey Batteast, M.P.P. ’23.
Photographs by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Harvard affinity celebrations honor graduates’ diverse journeys.
ROTC graduates are sworn in during the commissioning ceremony on May 24th in Tercentenary Theatre.
Photograph by Nell Porter Brown/Harvard Magazine
Sixteen graduates were commissioned into the armed services at the ROTC ceremony.
President Bacow delivering his final Baccalaureate address, to the class of 2023.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
In his valedictory baccalaureate address, President Bacow emphasizes the value of humility.
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The new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and Elected Directors of the HAA are announced.
Six alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.
Sarah Kariko ’90 operates a letterpress at the Bow & Arrow Press.
Photograph by Craig Lambert
The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.
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Portrait of Petronila Méndez (1763), by Diego Antonio de Landaeta
Image courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation/ photographs by Jamie Stukenberg
Contextualized Spanish colonial works at the Harvard Art Museums
Delivering the gorgeous goods
Photograph courtesy of Fivefork Farms
Cultivating local blooms in Upton, Massachusetts
Fall River Heritage State Park’s boardwalk
Photograph by Sanghwan Kim/istock
“A good place to be pleasantly surprised”
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Catherine Yeo performing at the Smith Center last October during the Weatherhead Center's International Comedy Night
Photograph courtesy of Catherine Yeo
For an Asian American woman, performing comedy is about much more than jokes.
Readers’ views about healthy diets, teachers off the tenure track, mitzvot, and more
President Lawrence S. Bacow
Taking his leave, President Bacow concludes that truly, “At Harvard, wonders never cease.”
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Hua Hsu's memoir Stay True and Carl Phillips's Then the War were among this year's Pulitzer winners.
Pulitzer prize medal in public domain; montage by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
Carl Phillips and Hua Hsu honored in poetry and memoir
Sarah Kariko ’90 operates a letterpress at the Bow & Arrow Press.
Photograph by Craig Lambert
The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.
Jimmy Tingle
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Jimmy Tingle’s political humor in a polarized era
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Point guard Harmoni Turner '25 had 23 points and seven assists in Sunday's game against Columbia.
Photograph by Dylan Goodman; courtesy of Harvard Athletics
Harvard women’s basketball’s deep WNIT run—and what it portends
Harmoni Turner '25 had 21 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds, making her just the sixth player in Ivy League history to earn a triple-double.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletics
Women’s basketball demolishes Towson in the first round of the WNIT.
Chris Ledlum makes a breakaway dunk after stealing the ball during a game last November against Loyola Chicago.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletics
Chris Ledlum ’23 makes his mark on the hardcourt.
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Memorial Church, where the service will be held
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President Bacow invites the community to remember a Harvard giant.
Sarah Kariko ’90 operates a letterpress at the Bow & Arrow Press.
Photograph by Craig Lambert
The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.
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March-April 2023
Letters
Readers’ views on the humanities, Romanian orphans, the Supreme Court, and more
President Bacow on international students, immigrants, and refugees
Undergraduates, their classes, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The College Pump
Photograph by Niko Yaitanes /Harvard Magazine
Cornhole at HBS, prayer and meditation at SEAS, minerologist’s meter, eclipse aficionado
Treasure
Drawer of diminutive hummingbird nests and eggs
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Inside the Museum of Comparative Zoology’s revealing birds’ egg and nest collection
In this Issue
Illustration by Robert Neubecker
Pursuing their individual brands, colleges neglect the needs of higher education.
Henry Clarke Warren, 1879
Photograph courtesy of Harvard University Archives
Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899
A California two-spot octopus. Octopuses taste what they touch using chemoreceptors in their suckers.
Photograph by Anik Grearson/Bellono Laboratory
Nicholas Bellono probes the biological basis of animal adaptations and behaviors.
Welcoming Harvard Business School’s new campus—with a warning
Photograph courtesy of HBS Archives Photograph Collection: Buildings and Grounds, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
On the history and potential of values-driven enterprises
Letters
Readers’ views on the humanities, Romanian orphans, the Supreme Court, and more
President Bacow on international students, immigrants, and refugees
Undergraduates, their classes, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Right Now
Illustration by Nicole Xu
As the ranks of the elderly swell, there are too few housing options for seniors who want to “age in place.”
Illustration by Sam Falconer
The healthiest plant-based diets are also best for the environment.
Illustration by Matt Chinworth
Human systems of all kinds may soon be vulnerable to subversion by artificial intelligence.
Harvard Squared
A glimpse of the shops and restaurants across from the town green
Photograph by Stan Tess/Alamy Stock Photo
Visiting America’s first formal law school
The Desert Inn
Images courtesy of Alison Elizabeth Taylor and the James Cohan Gallery, New York
Marquetry artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor at the Addison Gallery of American Art
Digital reconstruction of tiles showing Richard the Lionheart and Saladin
Image ©Janis Desmarais and Amanda Luyster
A Worcester exhibit links politics and visual culture.
Caring for your home
Photograph courtesy of Old England Painting
Spring is the perfect time to touch up your property
John Harvard's Journal
For the first time as president-elect, Claudine Gay responds to a rousing welcome on December 15.
Photograph by Jonathan Shaw/Harvard Magazine
Harvard announces its next president.
Louis Deslauriers
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Portrait of an expert in science education and "engaged learning"
The performing arts center, south of Harvard Stadium and McCurdy track, as seen from the northeast; rising behind it is proposed University-affiliate housing.
Rendering courtesy of Architectural Resources Cambridge
Harvard introduces plans for two new projects.
From left: Catherine Dulac, Arlene Sharpe, and Robert J. Sampson
Photographs from left by: Kris Snibbe/HAPC; Channing Johnson; Kris Snibbe/HPAC
A trio of University Professors, honoring Paul Farmer, professional-school rankings, and more
The nominated slates for this spring’s balloting
Sarah Karmon
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Alumni Association
Harvard Alumni Association’s new executive director
Commencement and Alumni Day logistics
Montage
Patricia and Edmund Michael Frederick have been collecting and restoring historical pianos since the 1970s.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
An instrument restorer’s beautiful obsession
Illustration by Barbara Kelley
Alexandra Petri introduces the poet to tech support for help with her keyboard.
At water’s edge: the multipurpose Elbphilharmonie, on the River Elbe, Hamburg (2016)
Creative Commons/Wikipedia
Recent books with Harvard connections
Wendell Steavenson
Photograph by Adrien Jaulmes
A new novel from foreign correspondent Wendell Steavenson
Droz with his sculpture “Open Doors” in the Kay Gallery at BlackRock Center for the Arts, outside Washington, D.C.
Photograph courtesy of Dan Droz
Magician-turned-designer-turned sculptor Dan Droz
Republican or Early Imperial Roman relief of the Greek playwright Menander, 100 BCE-early first century CE
Photograph from the Princeton University Art Museum/In the Public Domain
How humans hybridize their civilizations
University People
Alejandro Montagna (center) wearing in his webbed wingsuit, preparing to fly
Photograph courtesy of Alejandro Montagna
Wingsuit skydiver Alejandro Montagna on minimizing risk—at 150 mph
Dumebi Menakaya
Photograph by Jim Harrison
The photographer takes self-portraits—without photographing herself.
Illustration by Mary Haasdyk Vooys
Learning how to make the most of setbacks at Harvard
The College Pump
Photograph by Niko Yaitanes /Harvard Magazine
Cornhole at HBS, prayer and meditation at SEAS, minerologist’s meter, eclipse aficionado
Treasure
Drawer of diminutive hummingbird nests and eggs
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Inside the Museum of Comparative Zoology’s revealing birds’ egg and nest collection