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Photograph of Milman Parry in Paris, circa 1925-1928

Milman Parry

Brief life of a Homeric scholar with a big idea: 1902-1935

by Robert Kanigel

Illustration of Sharon Beckman ’80 swimming the English Channel

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Aerial photograph of Allston, site of Harvard’s commercial enterprise campus

Strategy—and a Celebration

The Corporation’s role in communicating University strategies—and the magazine’s 125th

Photograph of William Randall playing guitar in his Lowell House room, c. 1970-1971

Learners, Grizzled and Downy

An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all

by Primus VI

Photo of Bobby Johnson outside of Superior Court in New Haven on September 4, 2015, released from prison after nine years for a murder he did not commit

“Fallen to the Depths”

Nicholas Dawidoff’s wrenching account of urban inequity

2022-23 Ledecky Fellows

The 2022-2023 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Illustration of two runners, one surrounded by components of a healthy diet, the other surrounded by high-sugar foods.

Does High Blood Sugar Blunt the Benefits of Exercise?

Understanding “low response to training”—and searching for solutions for diabetics and others

by Daniel Oberhaus

David Andersson standing among his colorful painted portraits

Making Art Work

David Andersson’s quest to reshape the public realm

by Nell Porter-Brown

“A Moral Obligation”

Charles Berlin and 60 years of collecting for Harvard Library

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photographs of Erika Lee and Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, ethnic-studies appointees

Brevia

Ethnicity appointments, Radcliffe roster, faculty honorands, and more

Portrait of Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow

The View from Mass Hall

The extraordinary promise of Harvard’s libraries

by Lawrence S. Bacow

Permafrost Fare

Soured seal liver, anyone?

by Jacob Sweet