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$200 Million Gift Underwrites Climate and Sustainability Institute

Vice provost James Stock to direct Harvard’s new Salata Institute  

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw

Finding Harvard’s Next President

How the search for Lawrence S. Bacow’s successor might be structured

by John S. Rosenberg

Tracking Omicron on Campuses

University campuses provide an ideal setting for monitoring the spread of new variants.

by Isabel Mehta

The Blue Garden

Newport's restored landscape 

by Craig Lambert

President Lawrence S. Bacow to Step Down in 2023

Plans to conclude five-year Harvard presidency at the end of the coming academic year

by John S. Rosenberg

Commencement Confetti

Tidbits from a memorable, celebratory Harvard week

Letters from our readers

Imposter syndrome, AI and authoritarianism, shopping week

Honoring a Life with Birds

A Concord Museum and Mass Audubon exhibit on William Brewster celebrates a new wildlife sanctuary 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Aiming for Excellence

New books by Harvard experts on college preparation, rankings, student experiences, and institutional strategies

by John S. Rosenberg

Richard Evans Schultes

Brief life of a pioneering ethnobotanist and conservationist: 1915-2001

by Mark J. Plotkin

Views from the Top

President Bacow and Senior Fellow Lee on Harvard today

by John S. Rosenberg

Can Infrastructure Remedy Social Ills?

A Design School class suggests how “social infrastructure” can meet societal needs.

by Nancy Walecki