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Radcliffe Institute Announces 2026-2027 Fellows

Scholars will tap Harvard’s intellectual resources during the coming academic year.

by Olivia Farrar

Reality fiction: the delightful fullness of Elif Batuman's “The Idiot”

Elif Batuman’s novel The Idiot reflects on her Harvard freshman year.

by Madeleine Schwartz

Composer Robert Kyr embraces love, peace, and nature.

Composer Robert Kyr embraces love, peace, and nature.

by Lydialyle Gibson

The future of work and the sharing economy

Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan takes on the app economy.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Nutrition for health, environment, and society

Gidon Eshel explains the environmental, social, and political effects of food choices.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Commencement exercises

Guidelines for the gala

A reason why cancer is less common in women

Scientists think they may have an answer.

by Erin O’Donnell

Modeling suicide risk

Traditional methods of preventing suicide have been ineffective, says psychologist Matthew Nock.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard honors clubs and SIGs

Harvard celebrates its volunteer alumni leaders.

Profile of historian Elizabeth Hinton

A scholar of race, justice, and public policy

by Sophia Nguyen