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Illustration of bearded farmer, from anthology of Yiddish children’s literature

Excerpt from Mirim Udel’s book “Honey on the Page”

Miriam Udel’s passion for children and Yiddish children’s literature

An illustration showing a teacher sitting on an enormous open book with students on screens hovering around her, some raising their hands to ask questions

Harvard College gets its courses online

Students, faculty, and staff adjust to a changed landscape.

by Jacob Sweet

Graph shows rise in Harvard endowment over fiscal year from $40.9 billion to $41.9 billion.

Harvard Endowment 2020 update

The endowment increases to $41.9 billion, and Harvard Management Company reports a 7.3 percent return on investments.

by John S. Rosenberg

Multiple crises confront Harvard

Educational, financial, political, and values issues challenge Harvard’s leaders—and the University community.

Claude Monet's painting of clouds, fields, and poplars

Museum of Fine Arts winter exhibits

Winter exhibits at the Museum of Fine Arts

by Nell Porter-Brown

An illustration of social capital, the subject of the book being reviewed, in the form of an individual versus a group working together

Review of new Putnam and Garrett book, “The Upswing,” by Idrees Kahloon

In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history

by Idrees Kahloon

Emaciated cattle at a market in the Sahel region of Africa

A Climate Refugee Crisis in the Offing

Detail of a handwritten page from suffragist Susan B. Anthony’s journal, used as an example of the kinds of manuscripts volunteers are transcribing for Harvard libraries and archives.

Harvard libraries welcome volunteers’ help with historical manuscripts

Volunteer transcribers help make Harvard library documents accessible.

by Diane E. Booton

Photograph of Harvard Science Center tent where arriving first-year College students began virus-testing procedures

Harvard’s fall semester: an update

A semester conducted in the shadow of the coronavirus

by John S. Rosenberg

Portrait photos of HAA Award winners

2020 HAA Award winners

Six alumni are honored for significant volunteer service.

Black-and-white photograph of Karl Puchner in 1937 with his wife, young son, and a tiny, barely visible swastika button on his jacket

Review of Martin Puchner’s “The Language of Thieves”

A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Ross Douthat standing in a wooded park

Ross Douthat’s conservative conservatism, a profile by Lydialyle Gibson

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval

by Lydialyle Gibson