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A Net-Zero-Energy Victorian Home Makes History

HBS alumna Betsy Harper develops the first net-zero-energy, Victorian “passive house” in the world.  

by Kristina DeMichele

Kevin Young Addresses Harvard Alumni Association

The acclaimed poet and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will speak at the annual meeting on June 4—and other graduation-week speakers are announced. 

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard pilots in-person teaching for fall

Faculty of Arts and Sciences tests hybrid classrooms and other pandemic adaptations.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Alumni Medalists Announced

Alumni Association announces Harvard Medalists.  

by Nell Porter-Brown

Where to Gift Your Grad

They've got the mortarboard—now support these worthy brick-and-mortars. 

Alexander Gassel retrospective at the Museum of Russian Icons

A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs

by Nell Porter-Brown

Rapid Tests, in Time for Fall Surge

Rapid COVID-19 tests, of the kind that Michael Mina has been advocating since last year, are finally approved for home use.

by Jonathan Shaw

Letters from our readers

"Shoddy," maskupmanship, American exceptionalism

Pediatrician Eileen Costello, profiled by Nell Porter Brown

A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Racial Tensions That Roiled Texas

Annette Gordon-Reed on the real history of Texas, and Juneteenth

Community-engaged research lessons for students via Harvard’s Mindich Program

The Undergraduate learns about making knowledge mutual.

by Che Applewhaite

Musician and professor Braxton Shelley

A gospel scholar shapes music theory.

by Jacob Sweet