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Andrea Baccarelli

New Dean for Public Health

Environmental scientist and endocrinologist Andrea Baccarelli studies the biological impacts of pollution.

by Max J. Krupnick

Inclusive Design, Incisive Art

Amy Yoshitsu’s vision for change

by Claire Zulkey

Senior fellow Penny Pritzker and President Claudine Gay on stage during Gay’s installation

“Let Us Be Courageous Together”

Claudine Gay’s presidential installation

Illustration of a box containing a laid-off fossil fuel worker's office belongings

Preparing for the Energy Transition

Expect massive job losses in industries associated with fossil fuels. The time to get ready is now.

by Erin O’Donnell

Illustration for Harvard Lampoon cover showing a Harvard-Yale football game rendered in the style of the famous Bayeux Tapestry

Football: The Tapestry

David C.K. McClelland’s famous Lampoon cover

by Craig Lambert

Photographic portrait of Virginia Woolf

Shakespeare’s Uncanny Presence

Marjorie Garber explores the bard’s influence on the Bloomsbury Group.

Anna Schwartz at U.S. Treasury Department 1982

Anna Jacobson Schwartz

Brief life of a pioneering economist: 1915-2012

by Jennifer Burns

Humorous illustration of Harvard Yard with Widener Library and University Hall; between the two buildings there is a swimming pool and people enjoying the pool.

Yesterday’s News

Courses in swimming pool management and table-waiting—with an eye toward summer employment

Legacies’ Legacy

Adapting admissions to new socioeconomic and political circumstances

Abstract photographs of colored lights, hands, and swirls

Curiosities: Lighting the World

Ellen Carey's pioneering photographs, New Britain Museum of American Art

by Nell Porter-Brown

An “Older Sister” to Combat Anemia

Alan Espinosa addresses a global health challenge.

by Nancy Walecki