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Illustration of Lewis and Clark Expedition artifacts at Peabody Museum

Short Headlines from Harvard History Spring 2025

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

A black-and-white portrait of a smiling person with wavy hair, wearing a beaded necklace.

Defeating the Darkness

After decades of mystery, a family reunion

by Brian Palmer

Detail from the middle panel of Hieronymus Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights”

Recent Publications Harvard Authors Spring 2025

Artmaking under duress, designing the UN HQ, Booker White’s blues, and more

Portrait of Walter E. Fernald c. 1910

Harvard Pioneer in Care for the Intellectually Disabled

From enlightened care for the intellectually disabled, to eugenics, and back

by Alex Green

Buildings under construction on the enterprise research campus

Harvard Land Development Plans for Allston

Harvard presents its 10-year plan for institutional development in Allston.

by Jonathan Shaw

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Spring Activities Around Harvard Square

Celebrating the season with the Trustees

by Nell Porter-Brown

Toussaint Miller in a dark sweater plays the trumpet on stage with eyes closed.

Music and Medicine

Toussaint Miller explores the healing power of art.


by Lydialyle Gibson

Supersonic test pilot Chuck Yeager

Essays from Edward Tenner

Essayist Edward Tenner on technology’s pitfalls

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Harvard's Faculty Room Is Remodeled

Reimagining an iconic space to reflect the Harvard community more comprehensively

by John S. Rosenberg

Comic illustration of hyperactive, pressured teens, many on their screens

Teen "Grind" Culture and Mental Health

Teens need better strategies to cope with lives lived partly online.

by Erin O’Donnell

Justice Edward Sanford portrait, modified to depict him as a baseball player

Harvard Alumni Association President Bob Bowie Jr.

An admissions odyssey, the search for “Casey,” and a Harvard legislative legacy

by Primus VI

A condemned inmate returns to his cell in the east block of death row at California’s San Quentin State Prison

The Supreme Court and Mass Incarceration

A legal scholar’s harsh assessment of the Supreme Court’s rulings on crime

by Lincoln Caplan