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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 alumni leaders honored for volunteer work

Harvard Alumni Association awards honor volunteer service to the University.

Harvard golfer Anne Cheng is profiled by Dick Friedman

Anne Cheng anchors Harvard's new golf prowess.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Alumnus Recalls World War II

A member of the class of 1946 on the horrors, and humor, of World War II.

by Primus VI

The case for charter schools and other choice options

Making the case for charter schools and other choice options to boost educational performance

by Paul E. Peterson

Harvard's New England plant collections published online

Digitized herbaria collections data allow researchers to predict future plant ranges.

by Jonathan Shaw

George Bucknam Dorr

A brief life of a persistent conservationist and founder of Acadia National Park

by Steven Pavlos Holmes

Harvard’s Jerry Mitrovica explains how Earth dynamics connect to climate

Connecting climate change to the planet’s shifting crust

by Jonathan Shaw

Profile of political philosopher Nancy Rosenblum

Nancy Rosenblum studies neighbors and the power of proximity.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Radcliffe alumna Judith Brodsky, on printmaking and risk-taking

From the beginning, artist and advocate Judith Brodsky felt “pulls in different directions.”

by Violet Baron

"The biggest mystery": Nicholas Britell, on scoring "Big Short," "Seventh Fire"

A film composer's career, from annotating Sneakers to doing “archaeology” for 12 Years a Slave

by Sophia Nguyen