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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

Harvard fall semester schedule

Harvard bestirs itself for the fall term.

by John S. Rosenberg

John Stilgoe's summer course teaches acute observation of the American landscape

The historian teaches students about the beauty of tools and of knowing how to use them.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Paul Zeitz established the math-focused Proof School in San Francisco

A private San Francisco middle school and high school nurture a passion for numbers.

by Violet Baron

Why is exercise hard?

Evolution shaped humans to rest—and to run only when absolutely necessary.

by Jonathan Shaw

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Printing wires in three dimensions

A new kind of 3-D printer forms wires in midair.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Spy novelist Joseph Finder, on the guilt and gumption that drive his writing

Joseph Finder makes technology the texture of his new thriller, Guilty Minds.

by Bailey Trela

Aiding the “Doubly Disadvantaged”

Sociologist Anthony Jack studies two types of low-income students.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Bowen and McPherson, “Lesson Plan,” reviewed by Clayton Spencer

A focused briefing on degree-attainment, democracy, and economic opportunity

by Clayton Spencer