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A group of protesters holding signs marches past a gated entrance on a sunny day.

Graduate Student Union Schedules Strike

The work stoppage will begin October 27, unless a final bargaining session next week yields an agreement.

by Lydialyle Gibson

portrait photograph of Nicholas Stephanopoulos in a casual shirt and jeans

Nicholas Stephanopoulos

An election-law scholar and litigator zeroes in on political gerrymandering.

by Lydialyle Gibson

“/Gaishay focusing the camera,” a photograph taken during a 1957-58 ethnographic expedition in Namibia, shows three indigenous boys, one standing behind a camera on a tripod

Documenting New England’s Unseen

Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts

by Che Applewhaite

Harvard Magazine’s 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

The 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Michael Lyon and son ride a bike next to a river.

How to take a European bike vacation

Michael J. Lyon pursues easy, affordable trips.

by Jacob Sweet

Photograph of Eric Hegsted in Yukon snow with snowshoes

A Yukon Life

Choosing a path far from Harvard

by Eric Hegsted

An image from Gilens's "Reading Forest" installation, a sketched cross-section of a tress with words interspersed in the rings. They read: "The effects of climate change are rippling through the landscape and will intensify in ways that are difficult to predict."

The outdoor artwork of designer—and experimenter—Todd Gilens

Todd Gilens brings wilderness into urban public art.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Nabaneeta and Nandana Dev Sen embracing in 2018

A Beloved Bengali Poet in Translation

A new book presents a mother and daughter’s final collaboration

by Lydialyle Gibson

Mark Saltveit writes "Wow" on a piece of glass

The "King of Palindromes"

Mark Saltveit and the art of the palindrome

by Nancy Walecki

Composite illustration of African American poets Phillis Wheatley, Melvin B. Tolson, Dudley Randall, Gwendolyn Brooks, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Critique and Joy

Kevin Young’s anthology of African American poetry, from Phillis Wheatley to hip hop

by Elisa New

Jim Hammitt and a teammate sailing a Lark dinghy on the Charles River in 1976

Sailing Solo

James Hammitt ’78, is a professor at the School of Public Health—and a superb sailor.

by Juliet Isselbacher