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The co-director of the quantum science and engineering initiative receives Harvard's highest faculty honor.
The actor and filmmaker will be Harvard’s guest speaker on May 25.
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Horsemanship appears to have played a key role in the spread of the Yamnaya people.
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New evidence on domestication of horses—and the spread of an ancient Eurasian culture
The Salata Institute has chosen five teams to pursue solutions to a variety of climate-change impacts.
Logo courtesy of Salata Institute; solar panel photograph by Unsplash
Teams of Harvard researchers will develop concrete proposals for addressing specific climate impacts.
As the ranks of the elderly swell, there are too few housing options for seniors who want to “age in place.”
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Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899
Alexandra Petri introduces the poet to tech support for help with her keyboard.
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Pursuing their individual brands, colleges neglect the needs of higher education.
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Spanning more than 50 years, the conceptual artist’s work explores race, class, gender, and identity.
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
A new novel from foreign correspondent Wendell Steavenson
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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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Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899
Cornhole at HBS, prayer and meditation at SEAS, minerologist’s meter, eclipse aficionado
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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
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.
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
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.”
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
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"
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
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.
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
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.