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Radcliffe Institute Announces 2026-2027 Fellows
Scholars will tap Harvard’s intellectual resources during the coming academic year.
Researchers Find Earliest Known Human Fossil Outside Africa
Humans began leaving Africa at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention
Two hundred and seventy years ago, Benjamin Franklin did something highly unusual. He retired.
Harvard Overseer and HAA Director official candidates for 2018
The official nominees for 2018 are announced.
Zika Vaccine Development Reveals Differences in Efficacy One Year On
Harvard’s Dan Barouch finds long-term Zika vaccine efficacy varies by delivery method.
Bryan Stevenson on the Evolution of White Supremacy
“I don’t think slavery ended in 1865 —I think it just evolved. I think it turned into decades of terrorism and violence and lynching.”
Samuel Huntington remembered
A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist
Teaching rap in China, and contemplating one's blackness
Teaching rap in a Chinese high school, and contemplating one’s blackness
Harvard botanists hunt rare plants in China
The hunt for rare plants in China
Brief life of Henry Chapman Mercer, innovative ceramicist
Brief life of an innovative ceramicist: 1856-1930
Critic and poet Fred Moten, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Fred Moten’s subversive black-studies scholarship