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Elisabeth Remy Johnson playing a harp on stage, wearing a blue dress, with stage lights softly glowing in the background.

Harvard Harpist Creates Album of Women's Compositions

Harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson’s extended reach

by Lydialyle Gibson

Gary Ruvkun portrait

Brief News around Harvard January-February 2025

Nobel honorands, institutional voice, civil discourse, Rhodes Scholars, and more

Illustration of a scale balancing papers labeled "Press Charges" against "Decline," held by a large hand.

Reassessing Punishments for Misdemeanors

In more misdemeanor cases, prosecutors should decline to proceed from the start.

by Max J. Krupnick

"20-24" by Janiva Ellis, a dark, abstract painting featuring distorted human figures with vivid red and muted tones.

Artist Janiva Ellis at the Harvard Carpenter Center

Newly finished paintings unveiled 

View of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock framed by barbed wire, with the cityscape and hills in the distance.

The Ideology of Settler Colonialism and Israel-Palestine

A critical analysis of “settler colonialism”

Barbara Lawrence seated, wearing a textured blouse, in a portrait from the late 1930s.

Harvard’s Pioneering Mammalogist Barbara Lawrence

Brief life of an intrepid mammalogist: 1909-1997

by Jonathan Shaw

Jane Rosenzweig seated on a wooden bench in a grassy outdoor setting, smiling warmly.

Harvard Writing Center’s Jane Rosenzweig on AI and Writing

Harvard Writing Center’s Jane Rosenzweig on AI and writing

by Lydialyle Gibson

Bronze weight shaped as a bust of an empress, featuring intricate details and a hook for hanging.

David Gordon Mitten, Harvard Classicist, Professor, and Curator

An archaeologist/curator/hands-on humanist, and an artifact from the era of typewritten term papers

by Primus VI

Jacob Roberts in the film Half, wearing a blue T-shirt outdoors, looking directly at the camera.

"Rent Free" and Gen Z: Harvard Alum Jacob Roberts on Filmmaking, Gig Culture, and Growing Up

Actor and filmmaker Jacob Roberts’s Gen Z sensibility

by Nina Pasquini

Harvard football players in red jerseys defending against Dartmouth's Hail Mary pass, ensuring victory.

Harvard Football's 2024 Season and the Harvard-Yale Game

A shared Ivy football championship, after a loss in The Game

by Dick Friedman

Farmer harvesting rice in a flooded paddy field, with others working and observing in the background.

Sustainability and Food Production in Africa

Improved agricultural practices could cut methane emissions to zero.

by Nina Pasquini

Assorted vintage printing samples, including an Ames Plow Tavern advertisement and Walpole Society notice.

Museum of Printing Massachusetts

A unique museum in Haverhill, Massachusetts, offers a history of graphic arts.

by Nell Porter-Brown