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tree branch with pinkish-red blossoms

Springtime Antics at the Arnold Arboretum

Lesser-known plants with tricks up their sleeves (or, rather, stems)

by Nancy Walecki

British soldiers and local police searching homes to interrogate subjects during Mau May rebellion, c. 1954

Realities of Empire

A new history indicts the British imperium.

A Controller for Diabetes

Frank Doyle researches control dynamics of an artificial pancreas.

by Jonathan Shaw

Portrait of Ketanji Brown Jackson, then awaiting confirmation as a Supreme Court associate justice

Brevia

Associate Justice-in-waiting Jackson, the College class of 2026, and more University news

Ukrainian flag flying at University Hall

Blue, Yellow, Crimson

Harvard responses to the war on Ukraine

by John S. Rosenberg

Ballots, Please

The Board of Overseers and Alumni Association elected director slates

Photograph of pioneering Wexner Center for the Arts

Architectural Upheaval

A comprehensive examination of avant-garde architecture

Photograph of Gary Jones standing in front of a tractor trailer truck

The Upward Mobility Problem

Most Americans earn less than their parents did. Can community colleges bridge the gap?

by Nancy Walecki

Illustration of 2022 Commencement with movie camera for first time

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Illustration of an eye superimposed on iconography from the national flag of China

Authoritarian Regimes’ AI Innovation Advantage

Unfettered access to personal data may give Chinese companies an edge in artificial intelligence.

by Daniel Oberhaus

The lower halves of two women stylishly dressed in bright colored skirts and high heels

Photographs and Blackness, Barkley L. Hendricks

How the artist saw community—and the world 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Illustration depicting social fissures during pandemic by tearing of the U.S. Constitution

The Broken Social Contract

Danielle Allen on America’s broken social contract