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An appetizer of ground pork with onions and basil

Cha Yen Thai Cookery

Cha Yen Thai Cookery

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photograph of a giant cuttlefish, “Sepia apama,” at Cabbage Tree Bay, Australia: among Peter Godfrey-Smith’s subjects for his research on cognition

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Drawing of a distant solitary figure walking alone toward the horizon along a narrowing path of light edged on both sides by darkness

The Loneliness Pandemic

As the country isolates, are we all alone?

by Jacob Sweet

A graph shows that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has become gradually more diverse, but that the total size of the faculty has grown little for more than a decade.

Harvard FAS dean’s annual report

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ annual report on the professoriate—and the challenges of making it more diverse

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow

President Bacow on innovation in Allston

As SEAS moves to Allston, President Bacow highlights the University’s newest innovation hub.

by Lawrence S. Bacow

An historic photograph from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library archives shows the 1936 exhibition on women scientists—in this case, folders of their published scholarship.

Radcliffe’s 1936 exhibit celebrating women in university life

“Women in Science” on display

by Alona Bach

Shelby Meyerhoff's photographic self-portrait of her head and shoulders transformed with body paints into a blue-ringed octopus

Profile of body-paint artist Shelby Meyerhoff

Shelby Meyerhoff’s liminal, liberating body painting

by Lydialyle Gibson

News on the spring term, naming conventions for buildings and gifts, and racial

Updates on the spring term, naming conventions, and racial equity

by John S. Rosenberg

Rakesh Khurana, Dean of Harvard College, photographed in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Faculty Room

Harvard College Juniors Seniors Back to Campus Spring Semester

After a successful fall term, but with coronavirus protocols still in place, an attempt to accommodate more undergraduates in residence

by John S. Rosenberg

Carrie Lambert-Beatty headshot over an orange background.

Ask a Harvard Professor with Carrie Lambert-Beatty

Exploring “parafiction” in contemporary art and our post-truth culture—with Carrie Lambert-Beatty, professor of the history of art and architecture and of art, film, and visual studies.

At Home with Harvard: The Art of the Profile

A selection of our readers’ and writers’ favorite longform profiles

Francesca Dominici headshot over an orange background.

Ask a Harvard Professor with Francesca Dominici

Discussing the link between air pollution and effects of COVID-19, and the importance of data for rapid public-health responses —with Francesca Dominici, professor of biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.