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Republican or Early Imperial Roman relief of the Greek playwright Menander, 100 BCE-early first century CE

The Case for Cultural Appropriation

How humans hybridize their civilizations

by Adam Kirsch

Photograph of a California two-spot octopus

Inner Senses

Nicholas Bellono probes the biological basis of animal adaptations and behaviors.

by Jonathan Shaw

Theater and “Treehouse” in Allston

Harvard introduces plans for two new projects.

by Jonathan Shaw

Letters 7 Ware Who Teaches

Undergraduates, their classes, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Harvard Business School logo on a campus cornhole board

Over the River Dept.

Cornhole at HBS, prayer and meditation at SEAS, minerologist’s meter, eclipse aficionado

by Primus VI

Design at water’s edge: photograph of the multipurpose Elbphilharmonie, on the River Elbe, Hamburg (2016)

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Harvard University’s 372nd Commencement Exercises

Commencement and Alumni Day logistics

Claudine Gay, president-elect, reacts to crowd ovation December 15, 2022, as her appointment is announced.

Claudine Gay, President-Elect

Harvard announces its next president.

by John S. Rosenberg

Digital reconstruction of two medieval tiles

Medieval Disinformation?

A Worcester exhibit links politics and visual culture.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Alejandro Montagna standing in front of a small airplane wearing a wingsuit

Flying Squirrel

Wingsuit skydiver Alejandro Montagna on minimizing risk—at 150 mph

by Nancy Walecki

Harvard Business School campus at its unveiling in 1927

The Shaping of Modern Business

On the history and potential of values-driven enterprises

by Geoffrey Jones

Lifestyle and Long COVID Linked

Harvard researchers find that lifestyle factors like weight and sleep are associated with reduced risk.

by Jonathan Shaw