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Diagnosing the “Skills Gap”

Educators and employers aren't collaborating well—and what to do about it

by Nancy Walecki

Karin Öberg

This astrochemist studies the chemical antecedents of life in the universe.

by Jonathan Shaw

Letters to the Editor

Readers’ views on the Supreme Court, reparations, the humanities, and more

"A Very Intimate and Painful Reckoning"

Dean Claudine Gay on the Native American hair clippings in Harvard’s holdings

by Lydialyle Gibson

Report to Readers

The publisher and editor on changes in the magazine’s design—and its evolving service to readers in its 125th anniversary year

When Children Fall Ill

“You work in the hope space, and you tend to the grief.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Fernando Zóbel-Montojo

Brief life of an abstract painter: 1924-1984

by Felipe Pereda

Black Ink—and Red

A huge budget surplus, but a down year for the endowment

by John S. Rosenberg

Mum’s the Word

The endowment data drought, and the FAS dean’s downsized report

The Forgotten Jugglers

Vaudeville's mysterious Ader Brothers

by Nancy Walecki

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Ups and Downs

Kings of the road, the football team struggled at home—and in The Game.

by Dick Friedman