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A “Romper Room” Diploma

President Claudine Gay’s first semester-opening Morning Prayers

by John S. Rosenberg

Convocation 2023: The New Crew

Welcoming the class of 2027—and several first-year Harvard leaders

by John S. Rosenberg

Parkes Named Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean

The computer and data scientist is known as a listener and a leader.

by Jonathan Shaw

Black Students Speak

Jarvis Givens on two centuries of African American education 

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Burst of the South Sea Bubble

A Harvard Business School exhibit documents the first global financial crisis. 

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Marla Frederick Named Dean of Harvard Divinity School

The scholar of the African American religious experience will become dean January 1.

by Jonathan Shaw

Embracing AI

The dawn of the virtual teaching fellow

by Jonathan Shaw

New Impressions

Explore Boston’s cultural institutions through immersive exhibits and offerings.

by Kara Baskin

The New Little Magazines

Keeping literature and long-form journalism alive

by Nancy Walecki

Getting His Reps in

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt’s wildly profuse art

by Lydialyle Gibson

News in Brief

New Arts and Sciences dean, chief financial officer, Allston construction, and more

Polishing off Plastic Pollution?

Engineering microbes to metabolize plastic waste

by Colleen Walsh