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Photograph of Freshman Convocation

Convocation 2022: Grow in Wisdom

Speakers’ remarks reflect the urgencies of a turbulent time.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photograph of the 2022 Frederick Douglass Fellows together with Nettie Washington Douglass and James Pellow.

Following Frederick Douglass

During a summer fellowship, student-activists learn from the abolitionist’s legacy.

by Isabel Mehta

Photograph of the Crimson Goes Blue recruitment team

“Anyone Can Be an Activist”

Alumni get involved in politics.

by Isabel Mehta

Map of the expansion of Indo-European languages from a source in the highlands of West Asia.

Seeking the First Speakers of Indo-European Language

Ancient DNA sheds new light on the origins of a lingua franca.

by Jonathan Shaw

Loeb House, where Harvard's governing boards convene

Harvard Presidential Search Committees Named

Faculty and staff advisory committees appointed; students to follow

by John S. Rosenberg

The rewilded planter in front of Harvard's Museum of Natural History

Re-Wilding Harvard

Bringing native plant species back to campus.

by Kristina DeMichele

Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School Expands Financial Aid

Ten percent of MBA students to receive full tuition scholarships

by Lydialyle Gibson

colorful painting detailing birch trees

The Magic of Luigi Lucioni

 Exhibit at Vermont's Shelburne Museum offers beauty and vitality

by Nell Porter-Brown

Sharpening your skills

Opportunities for discovery this fall

by Kara Baskin

Photograph of Milman Parry in Paris, circa 1925-1928

Milman Parry

Brief life of a Homeric scholar with a big idea: 1902-1935

by Robert Kanigel

Illustration of Sharon Beckman ’80 swimming the English Channel

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Aerial photograph of Allston, site of Harvard’s commercial enterprise campus

Strategy—and a Celebration

The Corporation’s role in communicating University strategies—and the magazine’s 125th