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When Wildfires Make Your Air Unhealthy

Joseph Allen emphasizes that retreating indoors is an incomplete solution.

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

A New Contract for HUCTW

A year-plus of hard-fought negotiations yield pay raises and other benefits for union members.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Spotting Pollutants from Space

A satellite-mounted instrument developed at the Center for Astrophysics will track air pollution hourly across North America.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Appoints Ritu Kalra as New CFO

University finance executive succeeds Thomas Hollister as vice president.  

by John S. Rosenberg

Striving for the Straus Cup

The students who keep competition friendly

by Max J. Krupnick

Trailblazer in Space Science: The Legacy of Harvard's Ursula B. Marvin

Brief life of a pioneering planetary geologist: 1921-2018

by David A. Kring

Who’s News

Honored academicians, Radcliffe Institute fellows, and more

Commencement Confetti

This and that from Harvard’s annual graduation extravaganza

Not Sporting?

Crimson athletics meets the transfer portal, compensation for student names and images, different demographics, and other looming threats

Master Watercolorists

Works by Sargent, Homer, and others at the Worcester Art Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Short and Sweet

Larry Bacow’s Harvard presidency, beyond the pandemic

by John S. Rosenberg