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Woman in a navy dress smiling while standing on a walkway with a blurred background.

Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention

The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.

by Jonathan Shaw

Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones poses stylishly in a studio

Profile of Radhika Jones

Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

A close-up photograph of Jupiter, including its Great Red Spot

Clues to the persistence of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

The gas giant’s storms could be driven by processes thousands of kilometers below the surface.

by Veronique Greenwood

Harvard leaders honored

Highlighting leaders at clubs and SIGs 

An evocative illustration that incorporates musical notation into the familiar double helix of DNA

Using DNA for data storage

Compact and persistent, DNA could one day compress all human knowledge into a 15-gallon drum.

by Steve Nadis

Photograph of Roxanne Guenette

Harvard Portrait: Roxanne Guenette

Seeking answers to science’s biggest questions

by Jonathan Shaw

Higher-profile Board of Overseers Election

Prospective candidates and their diverse views of Harvard’s future and the Board’s role

by John S. Rosenberg

Mark Steele illustration of Lowell House’s bells being rung for the first time by a giant hand stretching from a cloud to swing the detached belfry.

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Photograph of Patrick Chung

The Xfund’s liberal-arts entrepreneurs

The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.

by Jonathan Shaw

Photograph of posters displaying coronavirus rules at the entrance to Adams House dining hall.

A pandemic spring semester, policing reform, and more

Reports on the pandemic spring semester, policing reform, Allston enlargement, and cell-manufacturing

Photograph of the Tucson, Arizona, skyline and downtown taken at sunset.

The Undergraduate balances childhood and maturity

The Undergraduate balances childhood and maturity.

by Meena Venkataramanan