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Wendy Lesser's "Threepenny Review:

The revered literary magazine editor discusses the writing (and reading) life.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Investing vs. Harvesting

Why (and how) to help undergraduates make the most of their extracurriculars

by Richard J. Light , Allison Jegla

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Conferring and Confirming

Harvard’s 371st Commencement, and a celebration for the classes of 2020-2021

by John S. Rosenberg

Moveable Feast

Commencement venues through the ages

by Primus IV

Beasts of the Big Screen

Jurassic World Dominion screenwriter Emily Carmichael on scripting Hollywood sci-fi epics

by Nicolas Rapold

The Long Game

A standout golfer’s patient approach

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard’s Ties to Slavery

A long-awaited, unsparing picture 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Fracking’s Deadly Toll

Harvard researchers find that fracking shortens the lives of elderly Americans living downwind of unconventional oil and gas wells.

by Daniel Oberhaus

Seafaring America

Visiting Mystic, Connecticut

by Craig Lambert

Harvard-Cambridge Scholarships

Four seniors win scholarships to Cambridge University.

Telling Humanity’s Story through DNA

Geneticist David Reich rewrites the ancient human past.

by Jonathan Shaw