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A portrait of Stephanie Paulsell, interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church

Harvard Memorial Church Interim Minister

Stephanie Paulsell is the successor, for now, to Jonathan Walton.

by John S. Rosenberg

A crow perched on a branch inside an aviary holds a stick tool in its beak during downtime from the experiment

Crows Know How to Have Fun

Surprising research about highly adept birds making and using tools

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Book jackets for "The Hate U Give," "The Diary of Anne Frank," "The Bluest Eye," "Coming of Age in Mississippi," and "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret"

Enlarging the canon, broadening the mind

One reader’s perspective

by Josiane Grégoire

The Institute for World Literature

The Institute for World Literature expands global scholarship.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Upsolve co-founder Rohan Pavuluri (right) and summer staffer Nick Brown in front of an Upsolve sign.

Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve: helping low-income families deal with debt

Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.

by Nina Pasquini

The cover from the March-April 2001 issue of Harvard Magazine with an illustration depicting an anatomical drawing of a human surrounded by the different contributions to aging well, or not.

The Talent for Aging Well

George E. Vaillant's generational research on Harvard men unveils the differences that distinguish the "happy-well" from the "sad-sick" in later life.

by Craig Lambert

Photograph of John Fish

On YouTube, watch vlogger John Fish grow

On YouTube, watch John Fish grow.

by Jacob Sweet

Linda Liedel (at left), representing Germany in Spain’s 2019 La Manga Tournament, competes for the ball with a Danish rival.

Linda Liedel of Harvard women’s soccer

Linda Liedel ’21 always knew how good she could be.

by Jacob Sweet

Drawing of Alan Lomax singing in Harvard Yard

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

A colorful stack of beer cans against a blue wall

Creative Artistic Collaborations

Creative artistic collaborations

by Kara Baskin

Teenagers watch a television screen showing a glamorous actress smoking.

New addiction risks in the war on smoking

Two public-health veterans warn of new smoking risks, especially for the young.

by Jonathan Shaw

A photograph of an eighteenth-century, three-inch pocket globe in its open case

A pocket globe at the Harvard Archives

Ebenezer Storer’s pocket globe

by Jacob Sweet