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Ask a Harvard Professor with Jerrold Rosenbaum

Using psychedelics, such as magic mushrooms, to treat mood disorders—with Jerrold Rosenbaum, Stanley Cobb professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

Houghton Library Features Children’s Books in Opening Exhibit

“Animals Are Us” contextualizes Houghton’s new treasures.

by Jacob Sweet

Ask a Harvard Professor with Nicholas Stephanopoulos

Understanding the impact of partisan gerrymandering: who is doing it, and why, and what might be done to stop it

Football 2021: Harvard 34, Yale 31

Harvard wins The Game in emphatic fashion.

by Dick Friedman

World Premiere of esperanza spalding and Wayne Shorter’s Opera, (Iphigenia)

Two jazz legends collaborate on an operatic reimagination of a Greek tragedy.

by Nancy Walecki

Celebrating the Classes of ’20 and ’21

The coronavirus short-circuited their Commencement. Harvard plans a do-over.

by John S. Rosenberg

Ask a Harvard Professor with Emily Broad Leib

Finding simple solutions to reduce food waste—with Emily Broad Leib, Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School

Football 2021: Harvard 23, Penn 7

The Crimson wins, keeping title hopes alive.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Basketball's Sibling Stars

Mason and McKenzie Forbes work together on and off the court.

by David L. Tannenwald

"“I Am Talking to the Part of You that Does Not Speak”

Artist Laurie Anderson delivers her fifth virtual Norton Lecture on Wednesday.

by Lily Scherlis

Ask a Harvard Professor with Sandeep Robert Datta and Venkatesh Murthy

Discussing what scientists do and don’t understand about smell—and how COVID-19 changed the landscape—with neurobiologists Venkatesh Murthy and Sandeep Robert Datta

Football 2021: Harvard 49, Columbia 21

The Crimson wins big over the Lions.

by Dick Friedman