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Portrait photograph of Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow

The View from Mass Hall

President Bacow on the engaged upside to online teaching and learning

by Lawrence S. Bacow

Historic photograph of Charles Follen Cabot, Civil War soldier, standing, in uniform

Civil War image, Empire State homage, and more

A Civil War image and an Empire State Building homage

by Primus VI

Photograph of cornflake chocolate chip marshmallow cookie from the book “Science and Cooking”

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Image of Harvard University seal

Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D. ’89, Shares Chemistry Nobel Prize

Recognized for developing genome-editing technique

by John S. Rosenberg

photograph of two election mail envelopes with face masks

The Voter-Fraud Disinformation Campaign

A White House-led effort to recast public discourse 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Headshot photos of Isaiah Andrews, Fred Moten, Mary L. Gray, Tressie McMillan Cottom, and Monika Schleier-Smith

Five Harvardians Win MacArthur Grants

Harvard faculty, alumni are among this year’s 21 winners

by Lydialyle Gibson

Football player Chubb Peabody, in pads and helmet, charges forward.

Harvard Great Performances: Endicott Peabody ’42

1941: “Chub” Peabody ’42 bottles up “Barnacle Bill.”

by Dick Friedman

Red graphic which reads At Home with Harvard: Sounds of Music

At Home with Harvard: Sounds of Music

A selection of our stories on musicians, composers, conductors, music scholars, and more 

Headshot portraits of: Roberto Gonzales, Peggy Koenig, Michelle Rodriguez, Julio Reyes Copello, Sergio Trujillo

Immigrant Stories, in Song

Sociologist Roberto Gonzales’s research is becoming a musical.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A framed drawing titled Accompanied: Two Views of the Sea, 2017-2020, by Marilyn Pappas and Jill Slosburg-Ackerman.

Being With the Other

A Radcliffe exhibition explores a lifetime of artwork and female friendship

by Lydialyle Gibson

Graph shows rise in Harvard endowment over fiscal year from $40.9 billion to $41.9 billion.

Harvard Endowment $41.9 Billion on 7.3 Percent Investment Return

Harvard Management Company reports a 7.3 percent return on endowment investments.

by John S. Rosenberg

A Harvard receiver catches the ball with two Yale defenders in front

Harvard Great Performances: Terence Patterson ’00

1999: Terence Patterson ’00 and his four scores

by Dick Friedman