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    Harvard Stadium 
    Photograph by Nick Allen/Creative Commons

    Study Finds “Cultural Gap” between Harvard Athletics and Academics

    An agenda for a new athletic director—and for a wider emphasis on student fitness

    6.5.20

    

    Elijah DeVaughn ’21 marched in Los Angeles last weekend.
    Photograph courtesy of Elijah DeVaughn

    Protesting, at Home and on the Streets

    As demonstrations grow in the wake of George Floyd’s death, students mobilize against racism and police brutality

    6.3.20

    

    Several Harvard Professional Schools Move Online for Fall

    and the endowment distribution is decreased, as the College completes its plans.

    6.3.20

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    At Home with Harvard: Racial Justice

    Selections from Harvard Magazine's extensive coverage of racism, inequality, and incarceration

    6.2.20

    

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    Immunity to COVID-19

    Tests in macaques show robust protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus induced by either vaccines or natural infection.

    5.20.20

    

    Essential workers at highest risk of SARS-CoV-2  infection include cab drivers and police officers. 
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    Pandemic in the Workplace

    Nearly half of early COVID-19 transmission was work-related—a cautionary note as the economy reopens.

    5.19.20

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    Elijah DeVaughn ’21 marched in Los Angeles last weekend.
    Photograph courtesy of Elijah DeVaughn

    Protesting, at Home and on the Streets

    As demonstrations grow in the wake of George Floyd’s death, students mobilize against racism and police brutality

    6.3.20

    

    The author (right) sitting with blockmates Mike Shirek (left) and Ernie Omondi (center) as they watched virtual Commencement

    Photograph courtesy of Caroline Englemayer

    The Man in the Top Hat

    A return to campus, to take in virtual graduation with friends

    6.1.20

    

    At Home with Harvard: The Undergraduate

    Our favorite student essays on the undergraduate experience

    5.5.20

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    Ceridwen Dovey
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    Life After Harvard: The Pains and Pleasures of Alumni Reunions

    How Harvard reunions are cast in Ceridwen Dovey’s Life After Truth

    5.27.20

    

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    (1 of 5) Untitled, Toni Morrison, 2006 by Robert McCurdy

    © Robert McCurdy/National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Gift of Ian M. and Annette P. Cumming

     

    Transforming Portraiture and the World

    Alumnus-commissioned paintings of global luminaries are now a landmark gift to the National Portrait Gallery.

    5.27.20

    

    At Home with Harvard: Great Legal Minds

    Our favorite stories on the legal minds reshaping American law

    5.19.20

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    (1 of 3) Lawman Captain Harry Love and two of his California Rangers (the state’s first law-enforcement agency), circa 1853

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    Staff Pick: Gold Rush Days

    “Gold Rush: Daguerreotypes of Early California,” at the Peabody Essex Museum

    May-June 2020

    

    Bright-red clackers helped public-health degree candidates promote hand-washing on Commencement morning in 2019.

    Photograph by Jim Harrison

    Conferring Degrees, 2020

    Harvard’s 369th Commencement goes virtual.

    May-June 2020

    

    “Rohan Duck” at Talulla

    Photograph by Wayne E. Chinnock/Courtesy of Talulla

    Returning to Celebrate, and Eat

    Where to (eventually, again) feast with friends and family in Greater Boston 

    May-June 2020

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    The author is first row, second from left; Professor Mel Chen is second row, second from right.
    Screenshot courtesy of Julie Chung

    Letting Go of the “Ideal” Classroom

    “The ‘ideal’ classroom never existed anyway, at least not in a perfectly equitable manner,” writes Julie Chung ’20. 

    4.20.20

    

    A YouTube screenshot from the author’s virtual lab course

    My Zero-Minute Commute to Zoom University

    “The biggest obstacle to our collective learning is the elephant in the room: a global pandemic, taking place amid existing inequalities,” writes Drew Pendergrass ’20. 

    4.16.20

    

    Lawrence S. Bacow

    Greetings from Elmwood

    President Bacow on encountering—and coming to terms with—COVID-19

    May-June 2020

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    Orchestrating Attention: “The Most Substantive Work You Can Do”

    Artist Jenny Odell speaks at the Graduate School of Design Class Day ceremony.

    5.28.20

    

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    (1 of 5) Untitled, Toni Morrison, 2006 by Robert McCurdy

    © Robert McCurdy/National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Gift of Ian M. and Annette P. Cumming

     

    Transforming Portraiture and the World

    Alumnus-commissioned paintings of global luminaries are now a landmark gift to the National Portrait Gallery.

    5.27.20

    

    At Home with Harvard: Harvard on the Small Screen

    Discover a new series to watch in quarantine, or read about the creator behind your favorite show, in this selection of our TV stories

    5.12.20

  • Sports

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    Harvard Stadium 
    Photograph by Nick Allen/Creative Commons

    Study Finds “Cultural Gap” between Harvard Athletics and Academics

    An agenda for a new athletic director—and for a wider emphasis on student fitness

    6.5.20

    

    Erin McDermott
    Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard Public Affairs and Communications, Harvard University

    Erin McDermott Announced as Harvard’s First Woman Athletic Director

    McDermott will join Harvard from the University of Chicago July 1. 

    5.7.20

    

    At Home with Harvard: Crimson Sports Illustrated

    With 2020 winter sports ending early and the spring collegiate season wiped out almost entirely, we look back at some Crimson highlights from past years. 

    4.28.20

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    Ceridwen Dovey
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    Life After Harvard: The Pains and Pleasures of Alumni Reunions

    How Harvard reunions are cast in Ceridwen Dovey’s Life After Truth

    5.27.20

    

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    Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC

    Character Count

    Widener Library’s overlooked designer

    May-June 2020

    

    Bunting Fellows in conversation, circa 1964-1972; Tillie Olsen, holding a cup, is at right.

    Photograph by Olive Pierce (circa 1964-1972). Copyright © the Pierce family. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University

    The “Messy Experiment”

    From “women’s confinement” to “women’s liberation” at the Radcliffe Institute

    May-June 2020

  • Podcast

    Doug Elmendorf and Karen Dynan: How Much Can the Federal Budget and the Deficit Continue to Grow?

    4.13.20

    William C. Kirby: Is China Ready for Leadership on the Global Stage?

    4.6.20

    Benjamin Sachs and Sharon Block: When Did Labor Law Stop Working?

    3.30.20

    Nicholas Burns: Why Does Good Diplomacy Matter?

    3.23.20

    Maya Sen: Have U.S. Courts Become Political Prizes?

    3.16.20

    David Cutler: Can the U.S. Healthcare System Be Fixed?

    3.9.20

    

    Ask a Harvard Professor

    A new podcast from Harvard Magazine

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